This resource is for children at home. Art at home… with what you’ve got… It is a film demonstration of the skills involved. Kind regards, Shirley Sides Art website http://artimeusartzip.com Also teacher support documents KInd regards, Shirley Sides

This power point givers some ideas for this great theme. The planning was done using paper and pen, so I will have to upload it another way..!! Do you get tired doing the same things in the same way all the time..?

This power point is to stimulate ideas for children so that they can share their work together and learn from each other. It shows Fantasy stories, poetry, stories from an object and science fiction stories. Promoting the value of imagination helps with all kinds of learning and activity. It is good to finish work and spend time on illustration, so that the full effect can be seen and children and teachers can take satisfaction on worthwhile work to share and keep.

This activity is centred around using premade boxes, or made boxes. It shows how to make a little scene using the box and to add your own characters… Art a home…Art with what you’ve got… Art website for ideas and teacher support documents. http://artimeusartzip.com kind regards, Shirley Sides

This activity uses home made salt dough as a starting point for modeling food designs. Art at home… with what you’ve got… Art website for ideas and teaching supports. http://artimeusartzip.com

This activity is to extend our ideas to use unconventional materials to do drawings. Look around your home to find drawing surfaces to use for observational drawings. you can make a selection and put on display on the wall. Have fun thinking about what to use. Art ideas from http://artimeusartzip.com Take a photo of your work, and send it via the website. I will put it on the web page.

A series of ideas for making your own lettering. demonstration and dislogue… see also website http://artimeusartzip.com kind regards, Shirley Sided

This film shows skills for making stop frame animation. it shows how to make your own film using a smart phone and a free App. The principles for stop frame are explained and shown. anyone can do this with a little patience and the willingness to learn. check out website… http://artimeusartzip.com kind regards, Shirley Sides

This film demonstrates poerty, Art and calligrahy skills. The film introduces ideas and opportunities to explore creative aspects of Art and other curriculum areas. The presentation is a good introduction for teachers, parents and children to try out new concepts and Art ideas. You can also check out the website… http://artimeusartzip.com kind regards, Shirley Sides

This A5 booklet can be printed out using your computer. Choose the print setting for double sided, booklet option. The pages should print out as a double sided booklet, in the correct order. Print the cover separately in card, and collate the booklet, bound by staples. The booklet can be used to support Inset training, or as a handbook for teachers.

This series of resources is centered on the ability to put forward a cogent and balanced case and be able to argue each point of view, clearly, and come to a conclusion. It has text, planning ideas, suggested vocabulary, connectives chart, scoring matrix and letter. It is very helpful to have lots of verbal practice before trying to produce a hard text. It is also great fun to have 'arguments!'

These giant vegetables were made by Nursery children, with some adult help.... We looked at pictures and decided to make the vegetables really big... They look great on display, but were quite fragile and not that good for play activities.

This power point shows the work of reception class as they designed and made their own shoes. Some help was necessary for cutting the corrugated card and the fabric. We used a wide variety of materials and used our imagination to put the pieces together to make a pair of shoes.. 120 children took part in this project- that's 240 cardboard soles..!!

Succinct planning, analysis sheet, DT design format, Analysis proforma and power point, to encourage and suggest some ideas as starting points for children to think about their own designs. This selection is mainly for purses of different sorts, but the concept could be widened out considerably. Encourage children to think for themselves, rather than produce something 'suitable' for a display...

An activity to stimulate thought and reasoning around negative and positive numbers and how they work. My intention is to help children think around an idea and how it could be used in life and philosophical ideas in modern presentations of mathematical ideas. This power point is a background for discussion and questions that relate to positive and negative numbers.

These resources will get you started and motivated to examine this amazing piece of Art work. It has become part of Irish culture for a long time, and continues to be the premier manuscript for illustration and illumination. A power point, a series of planning documents and a pupil planning sheet are here. The humans will supply the rest...

This series of resources includes a mapping document of the whole pic. Also a series of planning for 5 weeks. A summary of the work produced is shown on the power point.

A selection of charts showing groups of types of connectives. Addition, Listing, Opposition, Reinforcing, Indicating result and Time connectives.

This power point shows some shared books made by classes of children reflecting their topic or interest. It shows various aspects, planning, writing, edit, rewrite, illustration, diagrams, etc. Its purpose is to spark ideas for others.

This is a plan sheet and model text for use with IWB and could be used for reading , writing, or speaking and listening. It discusses points of view and presents a discussion around this issue. It could be used to start a unit of work, or to initializes a specific piece of work by children. Keep it flexible and with opportunities for children to think of their own ideas - that is best of all... if it becomes a burden, then scrap it!