In the visual arts workshop, we discovered the work of Tim Ingold. We had the opportunity to watch a video clip on the topic of drawing and writing in education. He explains that children tend to grow out of drawing which should not be the case as drawing has many benefits to young learners. It was very interesting to hear from his perspective and to understand how drawing can help children throughout their education and not only at the early stages.
During the music workshop, there were several musical instruments around the room that we took turns to explore. This allowed us to get a feel for a lot of different instruments and to evaluate how they can be played and used in the classroom. Following on from this, we had the opportunity to create our own banjos and harmonicas. Firstly, to create the banjo we used two lollipop sticks, straws and, elastic bands. We took one lollipop stick and placed an elastic band around it. Then, we placed straws at each end of the lollipop stick and secured these down with more elastic bands while placing the other lollipop stick on the top. In order to play these harmonicas, you must blow into the gap between the two lollipop sticks. This vibrates and allows noise to come from the harmonica. Next, we created the banjo using a paper plate, elastic bands and, a wooden stick. We folded the paper plate in half and placed the wooden stick in the middle and secured it down with several elastic bands to create the strings. An experience and outcome that would relate to this activity is as follows:
I have the freedom to discover and choose ways to create images and objects using a variety of materials. EXA 0-02a
References
Scottish Government (2018) Experiences and Outcomes[Online] Available from: https://education.gov.scot/Documents/expressive-arts-eo.pdf [Accessed: 5 December 2018].
