More Art Activities

Mural project – based on a theme relevant to an event or project currently running. It gives the opportunity for large amounts of students to collaborate on a joint venture, sharing the process of adjusting and developing an image through time. This encourages students to communicate well with each other whilst working within creative guidelines. It teaches the students the skills needed to research, plan and prepare a given subject. This often spans many subjects within the school curriculum.

'Footnotes' Visual Thinking Workshops - Oliver West’s alternative learning methods and study skills introduce learners to visual thinking techniques that can allow them to realise their full learning potential. Footnotes techniques can be used to develop skills in the following areas:-
• Personal management skills such as finding a focus, keeping a focus and problem solving strategies for thought processing and communication.
• Collating ideas and information using ‘sketchbook wallet’ memory triggers.
• Sketchbooks & presentation preparation.
• Note-taking strategies.
• Story/Essay planning and structuring.
• Spelling strategies.
• Reading strategies.
• Research techniques.
• Time management techniques.
• Strategies for short and long-term memory.

Click here to see an example itinerary of a typical Footnotes workshop day.