The Friendship Tower by Rachel Scanlon
By Rachel Scanlon
A Project Inspired by the Countries of the World for the Whole School
During May 2014 South Wilford Primary School contracted me to help them plan and deliver a project for arts week, this was based on Countries of the World.
With the onset of the world cup all of the children were interested in discovering more about other nations. The school wanted a three-dimensional sculpture which involved their theme, as well as some training for teachers and whole school involvement.
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February 4, 2015 @ 1:59 pm
Rachel, what an exciting, colourful, optimistic project – thank you so much for sharing – I’m sure lots of schools will be picking this up!
andrea butler
February 4, 2015 @ 5:16 pm
What a good idea, Rachel, to use a simple process that allowed the children to explore such a broad range of topics within a theme and create an imaginative project that was shared across the whole school. The variety of gestures and colourful detail of the figures make the sculptures fun and exciting – and it’s nice that the teaching staff got a chance to play and explore materials too!
Rachel Scanlon
February 5, 2015 @ 1:10 pm
The teachers loved it almost as much as the children!
I especially enjoyed some of the teachers comments after their training session: “even I can make this and I’m not very arty” and they were so proud of their statuettes!
It was a really enjoyable week in school, and yes it could be adapted to suit lots of other projects.
Thanks guys 🙂
Emily D
May 29, 2024 @ 6:24 am
Am looking forward to trying this out for our Olympic themed art week with my class, thanks.