ArtEd 2023 - lots of photos in our Gallery
The children of Ms Phelan’s 2nd class were chosen
to participate in a new ArtEd programme funded by the Kilkenny Arts Office and
Kilkenny Education Centre.
The programme ran for 5 weeks and during that time the
artist Kiri Tulloch came into our classroom and helped the children to create
different works of art around the theme of ‘Wellbeing’ to coincide with our
Amber Flag. The children made worry dolls and dream catchers made from willow,
string, wool, beads and feathers to hang in their bedrooms and catch all their
worries and bad dreams.
As a class, we read stories about the different types of
feelings we can have and we discussed different symbols that represent each
feeling. All feelings are okay and important. We wanted everyone to know that some
days we feel sad and can have a black cloud hanging over us. Other days, we can
feel strong and powerful like a bolt of lightning and sometimes we feel so
loved our hearts expand. The children then designed and made their own mosaic
tiles with their own unique feelings symbol. The artist and all the children
put in a huge effort to create beautiful, colourful and special pieces of art.
We can’t wait to hang our mosaics in the school for all to
see and we want to say a big thank you to Kiri for all her time, effort and
expertise.