In the News...

A professor of surgery says students have spent so much time in front of screens and so little time using their hands that they have lost the dexterity for stitching or sewing up patients.

The professor, who teaches surgery to medical students, says young people need to have a more rounded education, including creative and artistic subjects, where they learn to use their hands.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46019429

"Creativity is not just for artists. Subjects like design and technology, music, art and drama are vitally important for children to develop imagination and resourcefulness, resilience, problem-solving, team-working and technical skills," says Mr Hunt.

"These are the skills which will enable young people to navigate the changing workplace of the future and stay ahead of the robots, not exam grades."

Prof Kneebone will address a report calling for an increase in creativity in the curriculum because "We have students who have very high exam grades but lack tactile general knowledge".

Primary Art ideas...

https://uk.pinterest.com/victorpatric/primary-art-ideas/

Back to work.... back to school... new beginnings...

So a new chapter began in my role as 'Teacher of Art and other subjects'; 

new schools and new beginnings. 

And then this happened....

QR codes in the classroom...

  QR codes might seem a bit intimidating at first but they really are simple to use and create

HOW TO SCAN A QR CODE:

STEP 1:  Download a QR reader onto your device 

A free app can be found on google play

 https://play.google.com/store

STEP 2: Scan the code. 

Try to keep a steady hand while scanning the QR code

STEP 3: QR reader will open up webpage, text and /or image that it links to

HOW TO MAKE A QR CODE:

It really is simple... find a QR code generating website, such as...

http://www.qr-code-generator.com/?PID=100&gclid=CMbZ9PDkqcMCFezKtAodxX8Asg

STEP 1:  Copy and paste the link, press enter, your QR code will generate

STEP 2: Click download QR code

STEP 3: Print or insert your QR code ready to be used and scanned...

The potential for using QR codes in the 'classroom' and engaging learners is endless

Here are some examples of my QR code postcards... 

Year 10 Natural forms visual ideas and resources

https://www.pinterest.com/SHSGArt/year-10-natural-forms-ideas/

Year 10 Natural forms coursework unit

Click on link to see lots of good visual ideas for this unit of work 

DIRT

Pupils returned to freshly marked books and were given time to reflect on written comments: 

WWW. 'what went well' and EBI. 'even better if'... 

Pupils were given Dedicated Individual Reflection Time 

This allowed pupils the opportunity for teacher comments to be discussed with peers and verbal feedback from teacher. Pupils were then invited to respond to comments and EBI suggestions

Pupils recorded their reflections on DIRT bubbles and attached these to their sketchbooks for future reference