How We Express Ourselves

Our final unit of inquiry is focusing on: 

How we Express Ourselves

The unit is an inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.

The central Idea is:

Powerful art engages the audience and invites a response.

The lines of Inquiry are:

·         Forms and elements of art,

·         How the arts are interconnected

·         Ways in which different people interpret the arts

We began this unit by viewing a storybook of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and then responding in writing as to how it made us feel. We learnt about many instruments in the orchestra. 

Next we watched an animated version of the story which had a different setting and a slightly different ending. Children were asked to compare and contrast the two stories . We discussed how both the book and animation were one artist's response to another type of powerful art.
We also responded to the music by making our our moving shadow puppets.