1. Gerald Fox Venn academy
Start with the art!
Gerald Fox
Venn academy

2. Three examples of the role of art for learning
Art as “the hook.”
The arts providing a context for learning.
Arts for arts sake - Dual thinking.

3. Space circus

5. Setting up an imaginary community
1. Introducing the topic or theme
2. Mapping your imaginary
world
3. Creating characters and the dramatic moment
4. Establishing the characters and the community
To gain ideas and support students in making an informed decision.

6. Setting up an imaginary community
1. Introducing the topic or theme
2. Mapping your imaginary
world
3. Creating characters and the dramatic
4. Establishing the characters and the community
Drawing maps, freeze frames, modelling, artwork, designing a set, den making

7. Setting up an imaginary community
1. Introducing the topic or theme
2. Mapping your imaginary
world
3. Creating characters and the dramatic moment
4. Establishing the characters and the community
Using drama techniques to establish characters; ensuring connections are made to the developing story

8. Setting up an imaginary community
1. Introducing the topic or theme
2. Mapping your imaginary
world
3. Creating characters and the dramatic moment
4. Establishing the characters and the community
Establishing characters is key to students engagement and investment. You can use a combination of drama (e.g. hot-seating, thought tapping) arts (e.g. pictures, play dough) literacy and cross-curricular tasks to support this.

9. Imaginary Communities as an on-going tool for learning
Framing key events within the community

10. Imaginary communities -Why Does it Work?
Building on children’s knowledge. 
Creating student led purpose for learning.
Using improvisation and play to unlock the imagination
Re-thinking the role of teacher and students

11. Dual thinking http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss2/art3/
Two distinct forms of thinking – intuition and reasoning
Intuition can be characterised as kinetic and associative thinking
Reasoning can be described as a more logical and linear mode of thinking
Also termed fast and slow thinking
Science has a systematic bias to the second sort of thinking
Being good at intuition is often correlated with creativity

12. Why does it matter?
Intuition produces ideas that are not only original but useful
Good science requires a balance of these two systems
A partnership with the arts is a way of developing and encouraging intuition
Arts can boost adventurous learning and stimulate innovation
Nobel Laureates are more likely to pursue artistic endeavours then are members of the Royal Society who in turn are more artistically engaged than the “average” scientist.