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Art and language learning , my blogs so far ....



This blog post is my own mental note and list of  the Art and language learning blogs I have written so far- to help the associates, colleagues within the network and me  plan purposeful and language rich learning opportunities:

3D Art and verbs using Renoir the Boating Party - Drama and Art /spoken activities (personal information , feelings, 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular questions and responses)
3D Art and verbs stage one
3D Art and verbs stage two
3D Art and verbs stage three

KS2 Matisse Cut Outs Art and colour - dance,drama, spoken language , reading and writing
Matisse Cut Outs

Conveying emotions through Art - using the target language
conveying emotions

Rousseau and shape jungle animal sentences for jungle display  (noun verb adjective and animal descriptions) 
shape sentence jungles

Poster Power Poems (revisiting familiar language : weather,people, reactions,emotions, activities etc) - using the visual evidence in a poster to create spoken activities and performances (based on the Tour de France but activities can be used with lots of different posters etc)
Poster power poems

Preposition Picnic: creating our own sculptures using foods and cutlery/crockery and prepositions-using all 4 skills
Preposition picnic

Sentence calligrams- creating our own suitcases of Summer clothes - full sentence descriptions of items for a class display
Sentences ,objects and calligrams

Abstract Art - how we can use art to revisit and practise basic core vocabulary- colours, numbers 
Abstract art and beginners language

3D Clay and conversations - using clay sculptures to generate dialogue and conversations
3D clay scene questions and answers

If a picture paints a 1000 words. Portraits of women's faces through the ages used to practise eye, hair colour, target language names and emotions. Linking Art , Drama , music and language learning,
If a picture paints a 1000 words  



A celebration fit for a King.... second blog post.Bring something to eat and drink!

Last year for the Diamond Jubilee we created our own street party food and the ideas poured in from network schools and their creative children!

So this year why not spend a lesson looking at fresh and healthy Summer fruits and vegetables in the target language.
Play some simple memory, pelmanism and challenge games and then ask your children to select at least four items for their own party drink and party kebab create for the celebration fit for a King. 
Perhaps you could display these or ask children to speak about the ingredients in their creations!
Or even better why not make some of them and try them out! 

Create a kebab!


Create a fruit cocktail!


And then don't forget the celebration cake!
Hold a simple class survey about the decorations below and see which two decorations are the ones the class likes the most for their cake fit for a King! 


diamante de choclate
bolitas de colores
coronas de choclate
caramelos
fideos de chocolate (hundreds and thousands)
fresas


So all we need now is music,lights, a party game  and dancing...........................!