Take One Picture in Leeds
Amanda Phillips LMG Learning and Access Officer - Leeds Art Gallery March 2011
Take One Picture is an on-going partnership project involving the National Gallery,
Leeds Metropolitan University and Leeds Art Gallery
Take One Picture uses Leeds Art Gallery collections to inspire cross-curricular
planning and learning
Take One Picture provides student teachers with direct experience of ‘learning
outside the classroom’
Take One Picture fosters creativity, imagination and learning enjoyment
Take One Picture provides training and facilitates with students, placement school
visits
Take One Picture is embedded within a PGCE 2nd year elective module Art for
Exploration
Art for Exploration
Level 6/Year 3
Semester 1/15 Credit points
• facilitate the enjoyment and critical appreciation of a range of
art forms
• develop confidence in using art for teaching and learning
• develop an understanding of how art can be accessed by a
variety of audiences
• develop an understanding of art as visual literacy
• experience the use of art for teaching and learning in nonclassroom and classroom settings
• develop cross-curricular planning, using art as a stimulus
• promote the idea of creative working relationships between
peers, teaching colleagues and cultural institutions
Art for Exploration Module Handbook 2010
Module Assessment
•
Formative: peer and tutor assessment takes place in the National
Gallery, at Leeds Art Gallery and in University seminars.
•
Summative: students are assessed by a portfolio of work typically
including cross-curricular planning, a reflective statement synthesising
theory and practice, and resources designed to encourage pupil
engagement with the Gallery. (100% of mark)
Art for Exploration Module Handbook 2010
TDA Standards
Professional Attributes
Q3(b), Q6, Q7(a), Q8
Professional Knowledge and Understanding
Q10, Q14, Q15, Q18
Professional Skills
Q30, Q31, Q32
Art for Exploration Module Handbook 2010
Project Process
March/April – elective introduction and selection by students
September - Art for Exploration module introduction at Leeds Metropolitan
University
October - week long training experience at the National Gallery
October to end of November - 4 workshops at Leeds Art Gallery.
Placement school visits, placement planning, and project mentoring by
Leeds Art Gallery
January/February - placement school visits to Leeds Art Gallery
March - project evaluation module Assessment
Take One Picture Teacher Notes
Booking Procedures
Please contact Leeds Art Gallery by phone (0113 2478254) with a proposed date stating whether you want to use the
Studio or Artspace or both, providing an email address. We will confirm or re-arrange the date to suit and email you a
booking form. Please complete and return the form keeping a copy for yourself as confirmation of your booking. We
would be grateful if you could let us know if you require a lunch space and have any specific needs.
Risk Assessment
Leeds Art Gallery has a general risk assessment for arts activity in the Studio which also refers to activity in the Gallery
more broadly. We will ask the student to produce a risk assessment using our proforma so that we can ensure that
activities in our Studio are suitable for young people. We will provide support for this on request. We advise that schools
complete a pre-visit risk assessment and can also support this on request. Our booking form is accompanied by note for
teachers which provide useful information for visit planning and risk assessment. As part of Take One Picture, we would
like to record a group(s) in the Gallery and in a school, this will require the Gallery to ask permission from the school(s)
and in turn the school to ask permission from parents. Images may be used in Gallery publicity, websites and in reports,
within Leeds Metropolitan University and possibly for student portfolio. We would be grateful if school(s) would let us
know if this is possible by the beginning of the 2011 term.
Transport Costs
To reimburse payment for transport costs, please contact Sheel Douglas- Bharj (0113 2478256) or
sheel.bharj@leeds.gov.uk with the total amount providing the schools income code so that an internal transfer can be
arranged. If this is not possible, please contact Sheel who will raise an order asking the school to send us an invoice
which will secure payment.
Evaluation
Leeds Art Gallery actively seeks feedback on its activities, and as Take One Picture is a pilot it is particularly concerned
to do so. We will use a standard visit proforma for teachers and young people. We would also like to suggest that an
activity diary relating to the project is completed in school, this could be managed by the children, students or teachers
or a combination of all three. This could be achieved in a creative way, let us know if you would like any help. We hope
the activity diary will record the project for school, student and for us. We would very much like a copy.
Student Comments
“I enjoyed seeing how much the children enjoyed coming to the art gallery. The
excitement of the children showed that they were really listening and learning when
in the gallery. I enjoyed doing various activities with the children throughout the day.”
“This is the first opportunity I have had to take a class of children on a school trip whilst
on student placement. It offered me a chance to plan my own workshops around the
gallery visit and gain a lot of new varied skills within the planning and preparation of the
visit and to experience the day as a whole with the class. It was a very successful and
enjoyable project and the children appreciated the new experience too.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even through the ups and downs. I liked
facilitating the trip and watching the children explore and engage with a range of
artworks. I now have experience in doing risk assessments, organising adults and
using artwork as a stimuli for learning through different subjects.”
“I can use my skills in teaching around an artwork to help me plan and teach cross
curricular. I have grown in confidence; so can use my knowledge and understanding of
art in school.”
“When I first considered the prospect of a week experience in the National
Gallery, my first thoughts were apprehension. These fears came from
what I associated with a gallery. A gallery to me signified a quiet place, a
place full of restrictions and a place where your education of art would in
turn be your right to an opinion. I have always enjoyed art, but I always
thought that knowledge would prevent me from being confident when
exploring and teaching art.It wasn’t until I stood, a vast painting before me
and expectant group in front of me, that I realised the change this
experience had given me.”
”● completely opened my eyes to how art can be used in the classroom in
so many ways
● carried away the ignorance I myself held about art
● made art appear in a new, beneficial way”
“As dramatic as it may sound, my entire attitude to teaching has changed.
I have found a new confidence.”