MICRO-TEACHING MUSIC This week’s music input was very interesting and fun. We had a fantastic opportunity on learning to play a string instrument which was taught to us by a group of primary 6&7 pupils from a school in Ayrshire. … Continue reading →

       Over the last few drama workshops we have looked at numerous different drama techniques, there were a lot more than I previously thought. Through the teaching and identifying of these techniques my knowledge of drama has deepened. … Continue reading →

DANCE “When children create dances using their ideas, they are empowered to explore their thoughts, feelings, and perspectives” (Cone, 2009, pg 81). It is crucial that children have the opportunity to dance freely to express themselves. As a child I … Continue reading →

Music is such a powerful subject as it can help us develop in other areas and skills such as literacy, numeracy, creativity, social and personal development and many more. Music can help us to become successful learners, effective contributors, responsible … Continue reading →

VISUAL ARTS The visual arts section focused on the painting; Windows in the West (1993) by  Avril Paton.  This painting was created using watercolours and paper. Paton (2017) took inspiration from a personal memory that she had of snow and the feeling it gave … Continue reading →

ART In today’s seminar we had the opportunity to let our creative minds flow and put ourselves in the shoes of the children we will soon be teaching. We were given a bunch of different materials and asked to make … Continue reading →

Visual Arts In this workshop our class as a whole, analysed children’s visual art work, art created by 3 year old ranging to work created by the senior phase of secondary school. I found it very interesting to see how … Continue reading →