Embedding ICT across the Curriculum

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Embedding ICT across the Curriculum The Kent
Weather Watch Art and ICT Project

April 2008
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Embedding ICT across the Curriculum The Kent
Weather Watch Art and ICT Project
Getting Started The project was an opportunity
for primary pupils in schools across the County
to take part in an on-line Art Activity with
Michele Gregson (ASK Art Advisory Teacher.) The
Task was to create 2 and 3-D Artworks that showed
what the weather feels like and not how it
appears. To successfully create their abstract
models and designs all the pupils were encouraged
to use a wide range of materials and tools.
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Embedding ICT across the Curriculum The Kent
Weather watch Art and ICT Project

• How can ICT enhance Teaching and Learning?
• Gathering Information
• To start the project the pupils viewed the video
  published on the Weather Watch website of Michele
  Gregson working with a group of Year 4 pupils at
  Oaktree Primary School, Ashford.
• Presenting our Work
• Following this the pupils were given three weeks
  to complete the assignment and post digital
  photographs or videos of their Art work on the
  Making the News web-site.
• Reviewing our Learning
• To review their work most then took part in a
  FlashMeeting web conference with Michele. During
  these sessions the pupils had the opportunity to
• discuss their own and others Artwork
• view the work of famous artists including J.M.W.
  Turner

Background Information
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Frittendon Primary
We used a range of colours, materials and tools
to represent different weather conditions.
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Frittendon Primary
The challenge was to assemble our 3-D weather
sculptures without using glue or sellotape.
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Frittendon Primary
We designed and made our weather sculptures using
paper and card.
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Frittendon Primary
We filmed the activity using digital cameras.
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Frittendon Primary
Visit the Weather Watch 2008 Making the
Newswebsite to post a comment about our work..
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Frittendon Primary
.or to view more examples.
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Bodsham Primary
In class we viewed the work of the famous artist
J.M.W Turner.
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Bodsham Primary
We then selected different coloured chalks and
used these to create our own weather landscapes.
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Bodsham Primary
Do you think these pictures represent hot and
cold weather conditions?
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Lydden Primary
We used a range of different colours and marks to
represent different weather conditions.
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Lydden Primary
We displayed our Artwork in the classroom for
others to view.
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Lydden Primary
We used some of the ideas to design and make 3-D
sculptures of the sun, wind and snow.
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Lydden Primary
We hung our finished weather sculptures in the
school Environmental Garden.
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Lydden Primary
Visit the Brisbane Dover Schools web-site to
view more examples of our work.
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St Marys C.E Primary, Swanley
We have been learning this term about Weather
around the World.
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St Marys C.E Primary, Swanley
We used coloured chalks to create these super
weather landscapes.
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River Primary, Dover
We used a wide range of colours, marks and
tools.........
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River Primary, Dover
..to represent extreme weather conditions.
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River Primary, Dover
Why do you think blue and yellow have been used
in this Artwork?
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River Primary, Dover
For more information about our work visit
http//www.segfl.org.uk/microsites/brisbane/
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Godinton Primary
This term we have been studying the work of the
Swiss Painter and Sculptor Jean Tinguely who
designed many sculptural machines.
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Godinton Primary
We used some of his ideas to create our own
weather sculptures.
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Godinton Primary
We worked to scale. How large in real-life are
these models?
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Harbour School, Dover
We viewed a range of photographs and postcards.
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Harbour School, Dover
To recreate the colours and effects we used
chalks and charcoals.
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Harbour School, Dover
We then used these skills and techniques to
create our own weather landscapes.
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Harbour School, Dover
To view more of our super art work visit the
Kent Weather Watch Making the News website.
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Nonnington Primary
Outside our classroom we created a weather walk
using twigs and bamboo.
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Nonnington Primary
In class we then used a variety of colours and
marks to represent different weather conditions.
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Nonnington Primary
We used these ideas to decorate our wonderful
weather walk.
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Nonnington Primary
Here is our finished Artwork.
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St Marys C.E, Folkestone
We drew pictures outside the classroom of the
weather vane and the sky.
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St Marys C.E, Folkestone
We used these ideas to create our own Weather
art.
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St Marys C.E, Folkestone
We then published these and more pictures on the
Weather Watch web-site for pupils in Kent,
Kenya, Poland and Spain to view.
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St Albans Road Primary
We created wind chimes in class this term using a
range of materials.
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St Albans Road Primary
You can view our wonderful Art and Design work in
the school entrance foyer.
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St Albans Road Primary
Visit the Weather Watch Making the News website
to view the video we made about our work.
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Oaktree Primary
We recorded daily changes in the weather on the
class chart.
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Oaktree Primary
We used a range of colours and materials to
represent different weather conditions.
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Oaktree Primary
Then we recorded our their ideas on large sheets
of paper.
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Oaktree Primary
When it was windy we designed and made our own
kites. Here are some of our wonderful designs!
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Faith Lutheran College, Brisbane
We are taking part in the Weather Watch Project
with River Primary, Lydden Primary and St Marys
C.E Primary Dover.
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Faith Lutheran College, Brisbane
Our Year 6 pupils viewed the video of Michele
Gregson working with the Year 4 pupils at Oaktree
Primary School, Ashford.
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Faith Lutheran College, Brisbane
We used some of the ideas in the video to create
our own weather pictures .
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Faith Lutheran College, Brisbane
This painting is titled Fire in the cane field.
What do you think the painting represents?
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Faith Lutheran College, Brisbane
To view more of our wonderful art work visit the
Dover Schools Brisbane website.
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Weather Watch 2008 Web Links The Kent Weather
Watch Website http//www.segfl.org.uk/microsites/w
eatherwatch/ Making the News http//kmi4schools.
e2bn.net/segfl_weather_watch/index.htm Kent
National Grid for Learning http//www.kented.org.u
k/ngfl/weatherwatch/index.html Dover Schools
Brisbane Website http//www.segfl.org.uk/microsite
s/brisbane/ South-East Grid for
Learning http//www.segfl.org.uk/
FlashMeeting http//flashmeeting.e2bn.net/index.
html
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For more information about the Kent Weather Watch
Art and ICT Project contact Michele Gregson
ASK Art Advisory Teacher Michele.gregson_at_kent.gov.
uk Phil Bracegirdle ASK ICT Hands on
Support Consultant Philip.bracegirdle_at_kent.gov.uk
Advisory Service Kent Oxford
Road Maidstone ME15 8AW Tel [phone]