In today’s lecture, we started by listening to “Tam O’Shanter” by Robert Burns. Following on from this, we then listened to Malcolm Arnold’s composition which was inspired by “Tam O’Shanter”. While listening to this, we were asked to think of parts of the composition which sounded like specific parts of the poem. We were then shown the website “BBC Ten Pieces” which introduces young learners to classical music. I believe that it is used widely by teachers.
During today’s visual arts session, we explored emotion prompt cards. These were designed to allow learners to think outside of the box and to spark creativity. The emotion prompt cards show a piece of artwork and it asks questions to allow the learner to look into the image more deeply and allow them to ask themselves questions that they would perhaps not have considered previously. Firstly, we looked at a piece of artwork featuring a glove which was missing a finger. We then discussed as a group, what we thought the image represented. We discussed that the artwork connoted loss and disturbance. We then moved on to look at process, form, content and, mood through a list of questions that we had been given. These allowed us to think more deeply about the questions we could ask ourselves and our peers about different pieces of artwork. An experience and outcome that relates to today’s activities is as follows:
Inspired by a range of stimuli, I can express and communicate my ideas, thoughts and feelings through activities within art and design.
EXA 0-05a / EXA 1-05a / EXA 2-05a
In our music session, we reflected upon the morning lecture. We then listened to a piece of music and were asked to write down notes while we listened about what we felt were key moments from the piece of music. We also wrote down feelings of the music during this task. Following on from this, we separated into small groups and were asked to create an 8-piece story-board based upon the notes that we had previously written down around the piece of music that we had listened to. Our group based our story-board on the ups and downs of a night out and how it progresses. Personally, this lesson was very enjoyable and would carry out a similar activity with young learners.
References
Scottish Government (2018) Experiences and Outcomes[Online] Available from: https://education.gov.scot/Documents/expressive-arts-eo.pdf [Accessed: 5 December 2018].
