ATOURHEART ISTHEARTS; ThisweekECHO Education Reporter BenTurner visits art-embracing Mosspits Junior School inWavertree.Byline: BenTurner wish for the school to reach out to the community," said Miss Everitt. Other examples of the school taking its arts ethos to the wider community include its choir and orchestra performing a concert in the lead-up to Christmas to the fellowship of the nearby St Stephen's Church. A carol conc The school also welcomes sixth formstudents from King David High School in nearby Childwall. The teenagers are to create a mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. in the foyer and help with the school's garden club as part of a leadership and enterprise course they have signed up to. "It is very good for our children who look up to the older students and it gives them something to aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for . "But it also breaks down barriers between different schools as not all the studentswho come are ex-pupils. Community cohesion Community cohesion refers to the aspect of togetherness exhibited by members of a community. Characterised by similar cultures, lifestyes, family lineage or relations, neighbourhood or any other bonding factors of human living, togetherness in communities is a very cherished trait is something very important to us," Miss Everitt said. As youwould expect art is a staple part of the school's timetable. Weekly sessions of art and craft are held, which include pupils studying the history of arts before having a go at painting in the style of artists from that era. And for those relishing a puzzle - then look no further than clay making. "Yes there is a lot of problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. with clay. If the pupil cannot get the clay as they would like, then they have to judge how much water to add, so with art they are working out how do something, "explained Miss Everitt. But art manifests itself in other subjects too. History lessons, for example, have seen pupils studying the Romans to make replica jewellery from the period, while a look at the Ancient Greeks This an alphabetical list of ancient Greeks. These include ethnic Greeks and Greek language speakers from Greece and the Mediterranean world up to about 200 AD. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related articles A included the creation of period pottery. "The creative curriculum is a fantastic opportunity to escape the straitjacket straitjacket /strait·jack·et/ (strat´jak?et) informal name for camisole. strait·jack·et or straight·jack·et n. and merge art and drama into all aspects of the school, "Miss Everitt added. The school's annual spring production sees pupils spend months working as a team preparing, rehearsing and taking on roles ranging from actors to prop designers. And drama is valued highly here. Teacher Alan Harbottle - who leads the schools drama club, one of a host of arts and music-based clubs at the school - said: "Drama allows you to be loud and noisy if youwould not normally and the pupil whomay find it hard to settle gets to learn control and to be still. "A saying I often use is that drama allows the extrovert extrovert /ex·tro·vert/ (eks´tro-vert) 1. a person whose interest is turned outward. 2. to turn one's interest outward to the external world. to be the introvert introvert /in·tro·vert/ (in´tro-vert) 1. a person whose interest is turned inward to the self. 2. to turn one's interest inward to the self. 3. a structure that can be turned or drawn inwards. and the introvert to be the extrovert." MOSSPITS junior school in Wavertree is so into the arts that pupils should be issued with blackbelts in origami The code name for Microsoft's Ultra-Mobile PC. See Ultra-Mobile PC. . Arts, drama and music are embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. into the school from the moment pupils start. Paper folding paper folding Japanese origami Art of folding objects out of paper without cutting, pasting, or decorating. Its early history is unknown, but it seems to have developed from the older art of folding cloth. aside, arts plays a key role in all subjects and an array of extra-curricular clubs. The thinking behind the arts emphasis is a relatively simple as the school's headteacher Louise Everitt explains. "We believe a well-rounded education results in children being able tomake amyriad of connections and become multi-faceted adults with more interests from pupils who are exposed to a limited number of subjects. "Children who struggle in one discipline may do well in another. "The self-esteem gained from doing well in one area can give the children the strength to keep trying in an area he or she finds difficult." In a nutshell the arts help pupils here find their voice. One project which pupils are shouting from the rooftops about is their inclusion in the city's Go Penguins scheme, set to take over Liverpool this winter. The school has snapped up one of the 100 mini-penguins to make their own design for the city's display. A group of creative children at the school spent five painstaking weeks designing and then painting the little sculpture. They plumped for a design based on the four seasons with every season carefully depicted. "One of the reasons we decided to get involved was it fitted in with our ARTY art·y adj. art·i·er, art·i·est Informal 1. Of or relating to artists or the fine arts. 2. Showily or affectedly artistic. : Eleanor Ager, Michael Gillespie, Adam Tibke and Sian Casey all tend to the needs of Josh Rivera as part of the rehearsal for the school''s Cinderella Rockefella show JM061109SCHOOL-3 CAPTION(S): WADDLE: Pupils Sophie Macgee, Xera Kuya and Elliot Flecther-Barwise, together with the school's Go Penguin ARTY: Eleanor Ager, Michael Gillespie, Adam Tibke and Sian Casey all tend to the needs of Josh Rivera as part of the rehearsal for the school's Cinderella Rockefella show JM061109SCHOOL-3 |
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