Source and inspiration for extra value in early education

2006/2007

EUROPEAN Art and Culture

COMENIUS 1 School partnership

ECOLE MATERNELLE MARCEL PAGNOL TINQUEUX

Présentation proposée à nos partenaires européens à la réunion de Hallow

We started the school year with the discovery of a French artist, Niki de saint Phalle. She created statues and paintings, we will discover one of her famous creations when going to Paris in May with class 2 and 3

La “Fontaine Stravinsky” close to the Pompidou Centre in Paris

La classe des Grands a découvert l’artiste Niki de St Phalle et nous irons admirer ses sculptures lors d’une visite à Paris en Mai avec la classe des Moyens et des Grands

Septembre September

After the nature class, the elder ones studied the life of foxes and represented them

Suite à la classe découverte, les Grands ont étudié la vie des renards, ils les ont représentés

Octobre October

The children made different types of portraits, inspired by artists such as Gauguin or Chaissac, French artists of the 20th century

Les enfants ont représenté les portraits à la manière des artistes français du XXème siècle Gauguin ou Chaissac

Novembre November

Silhouettes de visages chez les Petits

Class two worked after the book “ Rainbow fish” by Marcus Pfister and its

illustrations

Les Moyens se sont inspirés des illustrations de “ Arc en Ciel” de Marcus Pfister

They discovered the universe of Matisse Collages

Ils ont découvert l’univers des collages de Matisse,qu’ils retrouveront au musée d’Art moderne de Beaubourg

Class two discovered traditional tales involving wolves

Les Moyens ont lu des histoires de loups

Class one ( 3 to 4 years

old) worked on the story

about colours by

Alex Sanders. They did collages

Illustrations collages chez les Petits

Charleville Mézières worldwide Puppet theatre festivalWe went to the festival with class 2

and 3 in september 2007.The creation of the Wordlwide Festival of Puppets Theatres has a major impact on Charleville-Mézières' cultural life, and all over the region.

Découverte du festival mondial de marionnettes avec les Moyens et les Grands

Our children saw two shows and a lot of street performances,and an exhibition.

Durant cette journée, nos élèves ont vu

deux spectacles, de nombreuses

animations de rue et une exposition

Of all the animated arts, the puppet theatre is one which derives the most

benefit from all the other arts. It gathers them, explores them, gives them a new interpretation and makes them come

face to face with each other. The theatre of actors, dance and music are the very

breath of life of puppetry. Painting, sculpture, cinema, video, illusory arts and manual skillfulness are the tools with which it is going to submit the

dimensions of space and time to the sole necessity of its own narrative.

In fact puppet theatre offers a future to the theatre and to performing arts in

general.

The younger ones made clowns after the circus show in

Reims

Les Moyens ont créé des marionnettes de clowns suite au spectacle du

cirque éducatif

The very young ones made some collages

Collages chez les tout petits

The children could borrow reproductions of paintings by European artists who did

circus scenery

Karel Appel

Seurat

Degas

Chagall

Les enfants ont emprunté des reproductions d’artistes ayant peint l’univers du cirque

Créations d’après Karel Appel

After Karel Appel

Portraits de clowns

Mobiles d’après Seurat

After Seurat

We also follow the events of the year, such as Christmas, Carnival or Easter to realize traditional

crafts

Nous suivons aussi les évènements du calendrier, tels Noël ,Carnaval, ou Pâques pour réaliser des objets créatifs

février february

The children also had a workshop on how to look and observe the universe surrounding them.

They took pictures

technological challenge on bridges, building them with specific materials and

techniques

Les écoles qui bricolent , autour des ponts, Avril April

In may and June, the children will study European Art related to bridges;

Architecture and Paintings

Les ponts et l’art

The children painted a scenery after Van Gogh’s painting .A main element of the landscape has been chosen to be stuck on the drawing

D’après Van Gogh

At the end of may, the pupils will go to visit our European heritage in Paris They already worked on

a representation of the Eiffel tower

Préparation de notre voyage à Paris, représentations de la Tour Eiffel

the children made puppets to realize a puppet show related to the African djembe project with the elder ones

Les grands ont réalisé des marionnettes africaines pour

raconter des contes traditionnels africains suite au projet djembé

Mai May

Les Grands ont étudié l’artisanat africain;ils ont observé les tissus Bogolan et Senoufo pour créer leurs représentations

Class 3 ( 5 to 6 years old) is having a djembé project and also studies

the art of Africa, inspired by African clothing such as Bogolan

and Senoufo.

Mai May