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"LeAP" "My
Square Mile" INTRODUCTION
The Square Mile project engaged thechildren in an investigation of the area immediately surrounding their school. Briefed with a series of questions they were guided to re-examine the familiar, approaching the built environment in their locality with a fresh and critical eye identifying aspects which create a sense of local distinctiveness. They looked at the good, the bad and the ugly in the locality which enabled the children to make decisions about what they see and formulate value judgements. The children recorded their responses with drawing and photography and subsequent discussion revealed both their perceptions of the built environment and their emotional response to it. During the day the children were also invited to reflect upon what they discovered, suggesting improvements and alternative and innovative solutions. The focus for this discussion was on sustainability. At the end of the day, the drawings, photographs and written and oral records were collected together and a selection put onto this CD. The CD provides an archive of images that is a valuable resource for future learning.
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Drawing underpins so much of our modern life. Everything – the clothes we wear, the furniture and products we use, the buildings we inhabit, the transport systems on which we travel – have all been designed. That means, at some point, someone has drawn the maps, plans, designs and patterns that brought them into existence. The drawings may have been done by hand and then modified by computer, but drawing has been the means that has shaped the ideas in the first place. We are surrounded by drawings that communicate information and ideas – traffic signs and road markings, graphics in advertising, diagrams to enable us to construct flat pack furniture, or understand how to operate equipment, maps to enable us to travel on roads or underground. Marks that have particular meanings enable us to both understand and to shape our world. Drawing is a significant part of our culture. It is important that children feel able to take part in it and understand how it works. Eileen Adams
Credits Management
and Co-ordination Administration Artists Swansea
Primary Schools
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