Bowerdean Loves Art and We're Not Sorry!
This was our first and totally unplanned large-scale, child-driven project, which explored the links between maths and art.
It all started with 1 small black circle and her friends, Triangle and Square.
Then, thanks to the children falling in love with the avant-garde Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama, our learning evolved into something much bigger, wonderfully creative and wholly cross-curricular!
It was so impressive that we were asked to display our installation at a local art exhibition.
It all started with 1 small black Circle and her friends, Triangle and Square.
After learning all about the properties of a circle, we discovered artists love circles too.
We fell in love with a very special lady, who covered everything in dots and wasn't sorry!
Yayoi Kusama also liked to explore infinity, using mirrors and her beloved spots.
We did the same and learned all about reflections and, of course, infinity!
The second story in our shape trilogy was all about Square.
He was a sculptor, like Yayoi and a genius – just like us!
The final book in our shape trilogy helped us explore how shapes fit together.
We also loved the sneaky tricks the shapes played on each other.
We learnt all about Kandinsky, an artist who liked all types of shapes.
He also had a very special paint box that made sounds when he mixed colours.
And finally, after 6 weeks, we were expert art critics!
Here we show you how much we learned and give you a sneaky peak into our exhibition.