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Running a SAW Project
Science
Art
Writing
Before you begin …• Present the idea of a SAW project to staff
and get them on side• Decide scale of project e.g. whole school,
key stage or year group• Form a small team e.g. science, art,
literacy coordinators, plus SMT representative, to help with organisation
• Decide dates of project – several days or whole week – allow at least 3 months planning time
Planning your project – an overview
• Choose your theme
• Decide on key words associated with your theme
• Search for images
• Choose the images that are most inspirational
• Plan learning to explore your theme through science, art and poetry
Choose your theme
• This may be a science curriculum topic that you would like to cover (e.g. forces) or another topic of interest (e.g. water)
Key words
• Make a list of key science words/concepts relevant to your chosen theme
Search the internet for images
• Look for high quality scientific images that illustrate the different facets of your theme
• Use the Science Photo Library website, this has an excellent search engine and fantastic images
• www.sciencephoto.com
Choose 6 – 8 images that are:
• Visually exciting• Inspiring for Science, Art and Writing
Avoid images that are too obvious or don’t illustrate the science of the theme
Allocate the images
• Check your school’s Science Scheme of Work and link appropriate images to year groups
Explore your theme
• Define the learning objectives
• Plan the lessons
• Find your experts
Finding the experts
• Contact STEM for science ambassadors
• Contact LA art gallery for artists
• Approach local secondary schools for the loan of science, art and English teachers
• Look on internet for poets and artists who regularly work with schools
Meetings
• Ensure that teacher and expert have the opportunity to meet (or email) to discuss ideas and plan activities
• Ideally do this a couple of weeks before the event
Using the images• Introduce the images to stimulate
interest and excitement about the science investigations
OR
• Explore the images through the creative arts first – children have incredible imaginations
Finally …
• Remember that images can be used in a variety of ways
• Allow children the freedom to take ownership of their work
• Encourage children to find their own images
Enjoy the project!
SAW at Hollingworth
• Science
• Art
• Writing
Salt
• As small as a speck,• As big as a boulder,• As white as snow,
• As spiky as a hedgehog,• As sparkly as diamonds,• As smooth as a dog’s tail,
• As rough as rock,• When you eat something salty it’s like a
firework in your throat.
Sharing
• Feedback to an assembly
• Display in communal area – put a sticker on the boards to show they are SAW outcomes
• Produce a Power Point/ booklet for wider community
• Display project on school website
• Invite the local press
Credits
• This Power Point summarises the suggestions of Anne Osbourn, founder of the SAW Project
• Thanks to the children, staff and ambassadors from Hollingworth School who have helped to pilot the project in Tameside
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