Schools |
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Why choose Mosaic Madness for your
school? |
| I can work with: |
- a class
- a year
- a school
- children and their parents
- teachers
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| We can create
a mosaic mural: |
- inside or out
- floor or wall
- semi permanent or permanent
- individual's panels put together to create the finished mural
- or groups working together
- can also create gift items such as mirrors and picture frames
to take home
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| Making a mosaic
can: |
- help to improve an individual's self esteem, motivation, ownership,
inclusion.
- working together as a group to improve teamwork, communication,
community presence.
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| Links to the
NATIONAL CURRICULUM: |
- Mathematics
- Calculate how many tiles are used for the project
and area covered
- Look at pattern, symmetry and reflection
- Discover shapes that can tessellate, e.g. squares,
rectangles, triangles, etc
- Art & Design
- Mosaics is an art medium itself and can be used
inside or outside, on a floor or wall, as a sculpture or as a
present to a friend or family member
- English
- Use words and phrases to describe the position
of different tiles or panels
- Create letters and words.
- Science
- Looking at different materials, for example how
each material is created, their suitability and how they can be
broken into correct shapes
- Design & Technology
- Problem solving using different materials, for
example if a mural is to be placed inside or outside will restrict
the materials required.
- History
- Mosaics have been around for thousands of years,
including in Greek, Roman, and Moorish cultures.
- Within England we have Bath nearby with Roman
examples
- Mosaics are still being used as an art medium
and modern examples exist throughout Bristol
- Geography
- The location of the Greek, Roman, and Moorish
cultures and how their environmental resources allowed them to
use different materials.
- A number of different recycled materials can
be used, for example broken crockery or roof tiles
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| Other ideas: |
- For schools that use the ASDAN qualifications, the modules of,
"The Community" and "Creative Activity," can
be accomplished using this activity.
- The Duke Of Edinburgh's Award - Mosaics can be used in the Skill
and Service Sections of the Award.
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| Types of mosaic
activities: |
- Running a workshop to create a gift item such as a mirror to
take home
- Working with the children, from design to completion of a mural
- Creating a mirror mural
- Paving slabs for a garden or pathway.
- Mosaic & Numeracy workshops for children and parents
- Literacy & Numeracy grids
- Mosaic seating (near vandal proof!)
- Creating your school name and logo
- An activity tied in with one or more areas of the National Curriculum
- Running a mosaic picture frame workshop within your fun day,
school fete.
- Or an idea of your own!
- For more information - Click
to see Portfolio
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| Criminal Police
Check and Other Qualifications: |
- A full enhanced police check
- F.A.E.T.C. Stage 2 Teaching Certificate
- City & Guilds 9281 (Numeracy)
- N.V.Q. D32/33. Assessor
See About Me for a full
list of different schools and child organisations I have worked
with. |
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| As one child commented,
"Mosaics is like doing a jigsaw but there's no wrong pieces." |
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| The Duke Of Edinburgh's
Award - Mosaics can be used in the Skill and Service Sections of the
Award. |
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| For schools that use
the ASDAN qualifications, the modules of, "The Community"
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