Project Details / timetable

  • AIMS

     -Improving children’s creativity, supporting and motivating them to use informal languages such as Music and Art so that they can express their emotions.
    - Improving the cultural knowledge about classical/traditional music in Europe. 
    - Learning some English when creating their drawings with simple words (for example The Four Seasons piece they may learn the name of the seasons, the weather, months…) and so make them aware of the power of knowing a foreign language to make new friends (this will increase their motivation and interest in learning a new language!)

    WORK PROCESS

    Teachers from the partner schools will communicate the music that they choose for their pupils. A list of composers / music styles will be made as a page in the twinspace. Although they are creating pictures from their own culture initially they will hear and see what others produce and can extend their experience to include those.
    The first video from each partner will be expected at the end of February so that teachers can share them with their classes before Easter. Schools then view each others’ videos and teachers can plan whether to create another based on their own country or to explore one from a partners’ country.
    The idea is to choose a classical/traditional music and have our students draw, as a story, what they are listening to: picturing the sounds.
    Step 1 - January 2019
    Choose a classical/traditional music (which is typical or famous in our Country or well known within Europe)
    Step 2
    The students listen to and discuss the music so they can draw it.
    Teach them a few English words to describe their pictures and/or the elements in the music.
    Pupils may work individually, in pairs or in groups to create their response to the music.
    Step 3
    Scan the drawings (These can be produced in any medium, pencil, pen, paint, collage, photos taken in response to what they hear)
    Step 4 - end of February beginning of March
    With those scanned drawings (and additional little English) make a video with the musical piece as a soundtrack. 
    Step 5
    Videos are uploaded to the Twinspace for partners to see. Play them to students so that will improve the cultural knowledge about classical/traditional music in Europe.
    Step 6 - April /May
    Partners can choose to listen to and interpret music used by others to create their own interpretations.

    EXPECTED RESULTS

    We think that our students (and teachers, too!):
    - will start building their language knowledge supported by a strong motivation.
    - will learn about classical/traditional music of their own Country and Countries in Europe.
    To achieve so we are going to:
    - Create a video with the musical chosen piece as a soundtrack and pupils’ drawings (published and shared on the Project Twin Space)
    - Exchange videos made with partners and publishing them for the schools

     
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