Further Afield

Further Afield

Here are some of the thoughts from the children teachers and artists involved.

"We drew different textures on lamanating pouches it was absoulutley brilliant we want to do it again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" by Hugo and Simon

"I'm hooked on virtual travel with Google Earth.

P5 are studying water as their current topic and I had asked them to select the names of five rivers.I invested quite chunk of the project time allotted for artist's response into travelling the Mississippi, the Thames, the Severn, the Nile and the Bann and pulling out stills.

I find this ability to investigate the surface of planet earth from an aerial perspective absolutely intriguing." by Ann Henderson.

"Ann spent quite a bit of time with the kids discussing how we take rubbings of the kids. Working in pairs, the kids had to take 2 rubbings of the same surface - one with pencil, one with white crayon. When we got back into class we experimented with rubbings and paint washes over the crayon ones to bring out the patterns most effectively."
Teacher, Julie Orr

Also see:

http://journal.kidsown.ie/furtherafield