The staff and pupils of Wheeler Primary school used a visit to the Ferens Art Gallery as the starting point for a whole-school cross curricular project. They took their inspiration from a prominent painting in the Ferens Old Master collection - 'The Fish Market' by Joachim De Beuckelaer.
At the end of the project, a selection of the children's work was exhibited at the gallery. The table below shows how staff linked the painting to other curriculum areas.
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Curriculum area |
Ideas |
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Science |
Investigate-Food chains Fish- identification, internal organs, skeletons Healthy Eating |
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Art |
Oil painting techniques Still Life (observational) Collage (fish scales) Perspective Figures Flemish Artists Symbolism Tapestry Fish sculptures (Wire, card clay etc) |
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Music Dance |
Flemish music Traditional Dance |
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Literacy |
Creative Writing The Rainbow fish by Marcus Pfister Story Telling Descriptive writing Drama- conversations and accents. |
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Maths |
Perspective Data handling- Classifying and organizing (fish identification) Weight Capacity Nets for buildings |
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DT |
Boats Baskets Flemish Architecture |
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Geography |
Antwerp- Belgium The Fishing Industry |
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History |
Period Shopping Local Heritage (Hull’s Fishing Industry) |
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PHSE |
Healthy Eating Maintaining our fish stocks Moral issues of plenty and poverty Religious connotations within his pictures. |