First Year Group D 24.09.18

24/09/18

This is the last sampling class they have that I am observing. They got shown so samples of the JC. One being the horse as mentioned before, just highlighting the painting can be done in other mediums (horse done in pastel and colouring pencils). Ms S showed another project (one that was new to me too) it was the second theme of the junior cert which was ‘Look up-Things that fly’, and the pupil chose owls as their concentrated theme. She had a beautiful poster which had amazing use of pastel and pencil to create atmosphere within the painting.

They then moved onto their first exercise which is the introduction to lettering and making words into animations that describe the word.  They again where give a list of words to work with and told to divide the page into 4 or 6 and explore different words. Again some people in the got out rulers and measured, some just folded the sheet, and some just went straight in and drew the line freehand. Its very interesting to see who chose what. I guess its just in their nature or their way of rationalizing it.

There is a great set up in the art room that allows for interaction between the teacher and the pupils. The desks are set up in a U shape with the teachers demo desk in the front. It avoids the teachers arc from occurring, which can happen in the average classroom. This is were the teacher class only upon the pupils directly in front and to their side. This set up also allows the teacher to see the whole groups progress as they work on a task and allows the pupil more creative space. See below for a rough plan of the classroom set up.