Special Educational Needs Placement, 2019
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'Our vision is to create a welcoming environment where we can deliver customised learning and training programmes that promote employment opportunities and empowers our students to achieve their full personal and vocational potential. We believe in creating a safe space that nutures and recognises the unique talents of each individual empowering them to be the best they can be.' Vision Statement, festinalente.ie.
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Festina Lente provides a unique range of education services in equine care, equine therapy, horticulture and employment training. The service users we worked with were aged 18-21 and had mixed abilities with downs syndrome, hearing impairments and autism.
We worked alongside the service users to create a body of work, exploring different processes and collaborating an exhibition. We carried out collaborative painting, gathering research in Killruddery Gardens, photography, photo transfer, felting and tie dyeing.
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Aim: Exploring the art elements through painting, felting, drawing and print, students will create collaborative and individual work while exploring the theme “my local environment”
Learning Intentions:
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Gain an understanding of expressionist painting through supporting artists and discussion.
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Develop social and interactive skills through group painting
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Gather primary sources both physical and through photography
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Learn about the history and function of felt as a material, from the field to the art room.
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students will be able to develop their community building skills by cooperating with classmates and sharing materials
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Gain an understanding of how to display artwork - balance. Positive and negative space
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Presentation on the Scheme
This presentation shows detailed learning content, visual aids, support studies and student's work.
After each lesson we carried out a reflection. This placement was an incredible experience and I am privileged to have had the opportunity to take part in it. I feel my time here really developed my teaching such that my understanding and empathy towards students grew. I also think that I discovered the importance of simplifying my lessons in my planning.
