by admin | Oct 22, 2023 | Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Hallowe’en-themed Visual Arts lesson is a perfect way to celebrate the season of Hallowe’en and decorate your classroom in style! Suitable for pupils in middle and senior classes, the picture is done in two stages – creating the background first, followed...
by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Hallowe'en, Visual Arts
This spooky Visual Arts lesson with a Hallowe’en theme is a really quick and easy one to do. A collection of the finished product looks really well when displayed together, creating a Hallowe’eny atmosphere in the classroom. This lesson is also good for fine motor and...
by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Visual Arts
Although this lesson is called “Paper Weaving”, it is much easier to do the weaving if it is done with card. This activity can be a little “fiddly”, so it may be better to do it with pupils in middle/senior classes. This lesson could be done as part of the...
by admin | Sep 15, 2023 | Technology
Have you ever tried doing some Digital Art with your pupils? I originally came across the Weave Silk website ten years ago when it was recommended on Twitter by the late, great Bianca Ní Ghrógáin, who was always a mine full of the greatest digital ideas. I’ve tried...
by admin | Sep 14, 2023 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Visual Arts
This is a really simple and easy art lesson to do, yet it is one which pupils of any age will enjoy. It focuses on the pattern of the shoes that they are wearing in school and trying to recreate that pattern onto a shoe print. A class full of these shoe prints makes...
