Key Stage 3

Paint Me a River

Art & Design
Students are shown a wide range of work by artists who have painted water and river landscapes. There are opportunities to draw and paint from observation inside and outside the galleries. There is also a practical screenprinting and mixed media activity.
Students discover:
• How different artists, using different styles and from different cultures, have represented water in their paintings
• What sort of vocabulary to use to describe a painting
• How they can achieve a sense of distance in a composition
• How they can develop their work further independently

National Curriculum areas: • Developing creativity and imagination • Developing practical and critical skills • Learning to make value judgements and aesthetic decisions • Exploring ideas and meanings in the work of artists • This course can also be adapted for GCSE

Write Me a River

English
Use the river and museum objects to inspire creative writing in context
• Play the metaphor game to stimulate collaborative language development
• Write individual poems to develop imaginative and formal confidence
• Focus on close textual skills: imagery, editing, sequencing and voice
• Group work on editing, presentation and performance
• Gather creative-response ideas for ICT/Artwork

National Curriculum areas: • Use imaginative vocabulary and varied literary techniques and forms • Organise and structure material to achieve particular effects • Analyse critically their own writing • Listen, understand and respond to the work of others • Group discussion & interaction