Review of Art & Design Work 2007 Presentation to the Governors by Christine Taylor : Co-ordinator

Overview Work throughout the school Stimulating ‘Out of School’ Visits Whole School Art Days: Collaborative & Individual work Victorian Christmas Decoration Day Andy Goldsworthy ‘Sculpture in the Environment’ Whole School Art Day Good local press coverage Public Displays Targets for next year

Stimulating ‘Out of School’ Visits Wimpole Hall Henry Moore Foundation Fitzwilliam Museum & Clare College Cambridge

Henry Moore Foundation

Fitzwilliam Museum & Clare College Cambridge

The first whole school art day Victorian Christmas Decoration Day After Class 2’s visit to prepare Wimpole Hall for Christmas the Year 3 & 4 children helped to lead the school around a series of exciting craft activities, making Victorian decorations for school and home. The children were challenged to use and apply a wide variety of skills. They were grouped vertically to that the older children could help the younger ones. 1.Using evergreens willow hoops and ribbons to make garlands and kissing boughs 2.Making and decorating Christmas crackers 3.Making fashionable Victorian faces 4.Making dolly peg angel and Father Christmas hanging tree decorations 5.Decorating and threading wooden beads on ribbons for the tree 6.Making and baking salt-dough wreathe tree decorations 7.Threading pop-corn and cranberry garlands for the tree 8.Tying bundles of cinnamon sticks to hang on the tree

Making Christmas Crackers

Fashionable Victorian Faces

Making Salt-dough tree decorations

Shall I make a Dolly peg Angel or Father Christmas?

Threading pop-corn and cranberries to make tree garlands

Decorating and threading wooden beads

Decorating the tree

Second Whole School Art Day The Andy Goldsworthy Landscape Art Day 1.Working collaboratively with CJ on the large Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture 2.Working in pairs, with a ‘Buddy’ on a Collage Landscape 3.Weaving on a branch loom to create an individual piece of art As follow-up to their visit to the Henry Moore Foundation as part of their Art Topic of Sculpture in the Environment, Class 2 once again led another whole school art day. CJ Mahony, a talented young sculptor from Cambridge came to give further inspiration and practical help. This time the school was divided into 3 vertical groups for the three activities.

Working collaboratively with CJ on the Andy Goldsworthy Sculpture

Landscape Collage with a Buddy

Landscape Weaving

Good Press Coverage

Royston Library Displays

Targets for next year Focusing on the skill of mixing colours using resources in stock (both powder and liquid paint) Checking all stock and ordering new materials where necessary e.g. art pencils and paint brushes Continuing development of all the skills and improving standards at all levels Developing innovative ways to display children’s work Continuing to keep the school’s profile in the public eye with press coverage and displays

Thank you and Good Evening!