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This week is Art Week at Great Waldingfield School. I spent a happy hour at the school yesterday
afternoon watching some of the sessions and admiring work done earlier in the week.
The whole school was involved in a series of projects, some
relating to other subjects such as ‘art through maths’. Each class spent one session in the church,
and children were also involved with creating pop art and tie-dyeing with
natural dyes. The results of the latter
activity were clearly visible hanging in colourful lines outside the
school. A Year 2 child told me that she
was ‘really looking forward to using her tie-dyed pillow case’. She assured me that the dye would not come
off!
Visiting teachers from Thomas Gainsborough School in Great Cornard
led workshops on ‘chalk and charcoal’ and ‘creating wax resist pictures’. I watched two year groups, including Early
Years, enjoying the not inconsiderable challenges of wax resistance, I was also fascinated by a
session led by Deputy Head David Sandford in which the children were guided in
creating drawings of Japanese Manga characters. This last activity would be a great
springboard for acquiring more advanced drawing techniques and I am going to
have a go myself!
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It was great to see the children enjoying being creative,
and the wide range of different sessions offered meant that all would have
found something at which to excel!
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