Collaborative Learning for Grade 6 A & B Visual Arts students in the Library and Art Room
The 7th of February, 2017 marked a new initiative between the Librarian and Visual Art Teacher working on an interdisciplinary theme for Grade 6 students. The pupils have been learning about Africa in their Social Studies classes .The plan was to bring in the tribal custom of face painting into the classroom so the resources were to be provided in the library. The Visual Arts students of Grade 6B had the opportunity to leave through books, magazines and they were also shown some slides of painted faces of African tribal people.
The next stage was to use the visual stimuli and recreate interesting designs on drawn/printed faces during the next Visual Art class.
On the 8th of February, the students were given outlines of faces to paint and decorate, taking inspiration from what they had seen the previous day.
On the 9th of February, the Visual Arts students of 6A had their turn at looking at the material their counterparts had seen two days before. Discussions in class also brought in social practices of other countries and a lively interactive session followed.
The Visual Art students of Grade 6A were also given outlines of faces to paint in with designs and patterns they had seen on the 13th of February, 2017.
Just recently the project was completed and the results were quite varied and interesting.The students and the undersigned are indebted to Madhu Ma’am and Manjubala Ma’am for their help and support and we look forward to more collaborative efforts in the future!
T. Chatterji
MS VA
