Tuesday 23rd June martes 23 de junio
SPANISH ARTS DAY Dia de Artes Espaňoles
A spotlight on Pablo Picasso & Antoni Gaudi
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
SPANISH ARTS DAY:
Dia de Artes Espaňoles
On Tuesday 23rd June 2015 (martes 23 de junio), we held a unique day of
creativity here at Sandgate Primary School, focusing on the inspirational art
of Pablo Picasso & Antoni Gaudi, two prolific Spanish artists.
Ks1 focused on Picasso, who was born in Malaga in
Andalucia, in the South; whilst KS2 learned about the
life and works of the Catalan artist and architect, Gaudi,
one of Barcelona’s most famous sons.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Pablo Picasso
• Born: October 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain
• Died: April 8, 1973, Mougins, France
• One of the greatest and most influential
artists of the 20th century.
• Co-founder of the Cubist movement.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Each class focused on different aspects of the artists’
creations. These included creating their own abstract
self-portraits, painting in colour tones such as used in
the Blue Period, designing and making their own
Gaudi towers and chimneys out of clay AND designing
their own structures inspired by Gaudi’s Sagrada
Familia Cathedral, to name just a few.
The children developed their Spanish language
skills, being taught and then challenged to describe
their own art works in Spanish. As well as the Art
and Language skills , they had many other
opportunities to use cross-curricular skills in
Computing, Geography, History and other areas.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
KS1 enjoyed reading ‘Picasso’s Trousers’
by Nicholas Allan
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
They also read ‘Picasso and the Girl with a
Ponytail’ by Lawrence Anholt
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Antoni Gaud
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• Born: June 25, 1852, Reus, Spain
• Died: June 10, 1926, Barcelona, Spain
• Antoni Gaudí was a Spanish Catalan
architect and the best known
practitioner of Catalan Modernism.
• Gaudí's works reflect an
individualized and distinctive style
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Casa Batlló
Parc Guell
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Sagrada Família
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Gaudi Mosaics
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
KS1 Spanish Vocabulary:
The Colours:
LOS COLORES
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Negro
Blanco
Naranja
Rojo
Azul
Verde
Lila
Morado
Gris
Amarillo
Marrón
Naranja
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
E.G. OF KS1
development
of colours
Es la nariz naranja
Son los ojos negros
Son los labios
rojos
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
KS2 Vocabulary taught:
The children enjoyed reproducing
Gaudi art works through drawings,
paintings, pastel and charcoal
interpretations as well as clay,
junk modelling and mosaics…
The Spanish language skills were
developed and the children
wrote a little about their art work in
the target language
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Describing the Art:
A Progression of Spanish language skills :
KS2 Vocab and Grammar
• Year 3 : Children write the key vocabulary in picture.
• Year 4: Children write the key vocabulary with
numbers and colours.
• Year 5 and 6: Children write key vocabulary with
numbers and colours in short descriptive sentences.
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Describing the Art:
KS2 Vocab and Grammar
A Progression of Spanish language skills :
Year 3 : Children write the key vocabulary in picture, e.g: CASA MILA.
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la casa = house , el edificio = building
la ventana = window (las ventanas)
la puerta = door
(las puertas)
la chimenea = chimney (las chimeneas)
el balcon = the balcony (los balcones)
los pasos = steps
la torre = tower
(las torres)
el círculo = circle
(los circulos)
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Describing the Art:
KS2 Vocab and Grammar
A Progression of Spanish language skills :
Year 4 : Children write the key vocabulary
with numbers and colours in picture
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la casa blanca = the white house
una chimenea amarilla = a yellow chimney
seis torres grises = 6 grey towers
cuatro círculos azules = 4 blue circles
una ventana transparente = a transparent window
diez pasos marrones = 10 brown steps
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
Describing the Art:
KS2 Vocab and Grammar
A Progression of Spanish language skills :
• Year 5 and 6: Children write the key vocabulary with numbers and colours in
short descriptive sentences , e.g: Parc Guell
• hay = there is/ there are
• tiene = (it) has
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hay una casa naranja = there is an orange house
hay seis torres grises = there are 6 grey towers
tiene cuatro círculos azules = it has 4 blue circles
el edificio tiene una ventana transparente =
the building has a transparent window
• hay diez pasos verdes =
there are 10 green steps
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
This was our first Spanish Arts Day- it has proved very
successful and we are sure there will be more to come in
future …
The children had been invited to dress up and they did
themselves proud, with some amazing costumes, as
these photos demonstrate!
A big thank you to you all for
supporting this exciting day,
Muchas gracias
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."