Making Connections

Making Connections: Primary Art Teachers Forum

Wednesday 29th April, 4-5.30pm @ Grundy Art Gallery

Another great opportunity to meet Primary teachers in Blackpool and
share good practice. The session will be an opportunity for you to share
your forward plans for upcoming topics and themes, and to make
connections with other schools as well as the Grundy's own exhibition
programme.

Grundy Art Gallery's Education Officer will share plans for a new
programme of activity for schools, leading towards the annual schools
exhibition in 2016.


Please RSVP to Hannah Gaunt, 01253 478176

Hannah.gaunt@blackpool.gov.uk by April 24th 2015.

Teachers Event 18th March 2015

Teaching history with objects

The British Museum have out together 100 objects to help teach history in the classroom. It is a really useful resource for schools. To find out more, click on this link. Teaching History

Quality in the Arts

Arts Council recently released a report on understanding the value and impacts of cultural experiences which helps us understand how others have asked or considered the question ‘what value do personal experiences of art and culture have for people?’ in the past, and to contribute towards our knowledge in this area. Read the Report

Grundy has partnered with three Blackpool schools (Mereside Primary, Park School and Marton Primary) to deliver a Quality Hubs project funded by Curious Minds. 

We have developed an action research question:

How do we work with schools and families to define the quality and value of arts and arts experiences? (Explored through exhibitions, competitions, events and celebrations.)

We are currently working with Infusion Research and Blackpool Council’s Corporate Development and Research team to develop a survey around quality in the arts which will be send out to all teachers in Blackpool in the new term. The results of this survey will be analysed and form the basis of a report with recommendations on how arts organisations should engage with schools. 

50 ways to use a postcard

This is a really useful article by the V&A on all the different uses for art and museum postcards. You can use them to play games, numeracy and literacy tasks, problem solving and of course understanding art in more depth. Start collecting your postcards now!

To read the article click on this link 50 ways to use a postcard

Forum about schools competitions

The next art forum will be looking around the Grundy's current exhibition by Heather Phillipson, ideas sharing and problem solving. We will also be thinking about schools art competitions; their value, structure and purpose.

Here are a few examples of the different ways other organisations approach them....

Tate St. Ives birthday competition

Tate online competition

Saatchi Gallery schools competition and exhibition

Scotland's National Gallery competition

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool competition

Teachers Digital Resource

TES Connect allows members to download and share user-generated resources free of charge forever. Search for subject specific resources to use in class.