On Wednesday 6th March 2019 Mr Brooks' year 6 class (6A) invited the 'Be Anything Do Anything' project into their class of 31 students and took time out of their busy SATs preparation to partake in this creative session.
As with previous delivered sessions the class was introduced to the project with a presentation (see below), a brief overview of the themes surrounding the project were discussed and the children were asked about their future career aspirations. As in some previous classes footballer appeared to be the career of choice for the boys whereas the girls had different ideas from teachers, to vets and even an astronaut. The latter was a good starting point to explain how the classes planned activity would fit into the part of the exhibition themed around space; this pleased one student in particular who stated;
"I'm so excited you picked space. This is the best lesson ever!"
Before the creative work could commence the class were given short questionnaires to establish how the inner workings of a 10/11 year old mind interpreted stereotypes. On evaluating the answers it appeared that boys thought more stereotypically at this age, whereas the girls standpoint was more equally balanced; however this is a small snapshot of views where further research could be conducted in the future.
The thoughts of 6A
Personality traits
Job Roles
Interests
Battle of the Planets: Big Bang vs Creation theory
Creation Theory wins hands down during this session (well creative anyway), but with time constraints being quite tight within the session, only one creative activity was made available to the class, as the work consisted on several elements.
To follow the space theme 6A were tasked with decorating planets which will be hung as solar systems in the gallery amongst the Reception years black hole spirals artwork to highlight the variety of age groups involved in the project within Woodlands Primary Academy. The students were given a selection of wooden shaped planets and given coloured pens, pencils, a variety of patterned papers and stickers to decorate them with. The below pictures are just a selection of those created during the session and it is hoped that once these are combined and hung in their correct intended form they will provide a colourful and varied display for all to enjoy.
Overall the children appeared engaged with the activity offered and were excited to be part of an exhibition in an art gallery. One student took it upon herself to make an alien being to go into the solar system, she named him Kev and was reluctantly given up for display purposes on the promise of returning him once the exhibition was over; Kev will be hidden somewhere within the display and will hopefully add an element of fun with a 'Where's Kev?' activity on the family and friends day on the 4th May 2019.
On reflection the children may have benefitted from a wider range of activities, incorporating different techniques, but due to time constraints this wasn't an option on this occasion, this would be something to consider for future planning.
It appeared that the children greatly enjoyed a bit of creative relief during the session and it is hoped that the children will bring their family and friends to the special event day planned on Saturday 4th May at Skippings Gallery, where other creative activities will be available to everyone along with a larger scales artwork planned for the day.
The children of 6A should be proud of the work they've produced to contribute towards the display in May which will give the children an opportunity to show their creations in a professional space. Thank you 6A for welcoming the project into your classroom with such enthusiasm and imagination.
The exhibition will be open to the public from 1st - 4th May 2019 11am - 2pm at Skippings Gallery, 133 King Street, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2PQ.
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