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1 October 2018


Class: 1Art – 1.2
Time: 09:00 – 11:40         (double period)
Date:  01/10/18
School: Coláiste Choilm
Mentor: Mary O’ Mahony

The roll was called and the pupils were told to take out their homework from the previous class. Moving on from cross contour drawings the pupils were introduced to wire as a media of drawing for the first time. The co-operating teacher went through the health and safety of working with wire (bending the end of the wire in so it can’t do damage if it flicks into their face, concerning the wire cutters). A number of pupils became frustrated quite quickly. One pupil in particular dropped the wire drawing she was working on, claiming it wasn’t working, that it was annoying and she didn’t like the media. Another pupil claimed their hand hurt. The pupils was gently, but firmly encouraged to continue with their work. I’m not sure whether it is because it was a new medium or that they are impatient for near instant results but the pupils need more encouragement when it comes to a task. Short attention span or just giving up easily in favour of doing something they are more accustomed and therefore better at? Overall the pupils were in good spirits and had fun in this class. Some of the results were very interesting and when I questioned some on their thoughts on the process and while they had some misgivings, they were generally enthusiastic. The class had become a bit unruly by the end of the session. It was quite a free class so this was to be expected.

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