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School Workshops
These Workshops are aimed at Key Stage 2 and can be developed as a one-off
day workshop
or a sustained project to run throughout a week or one day a week throughout
the term. These are some ideas for projects that can be followed:-
History
of Writing
Pictograms ,hieroglyphs. Different forms of writing around the world.
Examples of materials-influence on writing forms. Invention of
printing-influence on writing.
Practical
Using various implements –influence of marks.
Mark
& Pattern making; explore different ways of communicating.
Poetry
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Read
and choose from a selection of poems.
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Ideas on layout.
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Exploring handwriting.
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Interpreting sounds of words-exploring size and texture in writing.
Practical
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Handwriting & Layout.
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Simple book-making,
or
Broadsheet
MAPS
Practical
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Exploring different ways of making maps using various materials.
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Adding calligraphic text, title , poetry, history, place names.
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Adding symbols.
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