Today in art we went back to our prints from last week and added to them. We made a black and white photocopy and then tried to copy the rest of the painting around our prints and then using some colour. This taught me the principle of going back to completed work and creating another art form around them. Once we had finished, we looked at some books that can inspire children in the classroom.

In music, we created a loop on GarageBand, increasing both out ICT and Music skills, again exploring a concept of interdisciplinary learning (IDL). Bloomfield (2000) states that teaching music should allow children to develop their music skills as well as their ICT skills, something that this activity definitely does! Then we were to take an animation that was soundless to create our own ‘silent movie’ so to speak.

This week was an interesting week showing me the benefits of going back to finished work to create something new. This could link to the overall theme I have found of the integration of the arts to explore deeper new and different concepts. Also, the value of using the arts to teach another curricular area by means of IDL, and that the arts don’t need to be a stand-alone subject. This is a great point to pick up on as the school timetable doesn’t necessarily create room for the arts, so allows me to now teach them using IDL.

Reference List
Bloomfield, A and Childs, J (2000) Teaching Integrated Arts in the Primary School. Oxon: David Fulton Publishers.