Creative Schools Council
Committee members:
Jules, Grace, Emilia, Tom, Carminho, Killian,
Jack, Medina, Chloe, Aidan
As part of the Creative Schools programme we have set up a Creative Schools Committee comprising of a student representative from every class from 2nd to 6th class.
The first step of the programme involves investigating what the arts and creativity mean to our school community and how they may be further developed. As part of this first step, Mairéad Crowley, our appointed Creative Associate from the Arts Council, came to the school in November and December to do workshops with the Creative Committee. There was some fantastic input from our students about creativity, why it is so important and how it may be developed in Oatlands.
Creative Schools Week!
Well done to the Creative Council and Mr Egan on a fantastic Creative Schools Week.
The week was jam packed with all manner of creative activities! Every class had a 'Drop Everything and Draw' session on Monday, and the artwork was displayed in the hall in the exhibition on Friday.
We had wonderful parents come into classes to do exciting art lessons, a great story teller, Seosamh O'Maolalaí, and 3rd class were treated to a tour of the Hugh Land Gallery from our very own Ms O'Connell!
The range of artistic talent in the school was clearly evident in Friday's art exhibition in the hall.
News and Updates
This term has been busy in terms of engagement with the city’s national art galleries. Ms O’Shea’s 5th class had an online workshop exploring modern art from the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s collection, through engaging discussion with an expert guide from the gallery. Ms Mayer’s 5th class also had an online workshop exploring highlights of the National Gallery of Ireland.
Online Workshop
Ms O’Connell’s and Ms Ní Mhurchú’s 3rd classes had an online workshop exploring modern art from the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s collection, through engaging discussion with an expert guide from the gallery. The workshop explored highlights of the IMMA collection such as works by Barry Flanagan, Patrick Hall, Michael Craig-Martin, Alice Maher, Hilary Heron and many more. The session was very much based on discussion and our 3rd class students had some very interesting input and asked fantastic questions in response to the art works shown.
