Michelle Jones
Artist & Educator
Post Primary
St. Dominic's College
I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in St. Dominic's College. The students here were among the most welcoming, polite, and hardworking students that I have met.
1st Years, 3rd Years, TY's, 5th Years and 5LCA make up the year groups that I taught during my time at St. Dominic's Collage. Below you can find 3 examples of projects that I carried out in this school. The first acted as part of a Digital Media Literacy module for TY's, and the second is a Visual Studies Unit of Learning for 5th Years.
TY Digital Media Module - Digital Wellbeing Poster
Aim: Through the use of the digital media tool Canva, students will explore colour, shape and balance to create informative posters under the theme of ‘Digital wellbeing.’
Learning Outcomes:
From JC micro-module
2.7 represent information about a topic that is relevant to their lives in graphic format.
4.5 publish an item online presenting their views on a subject or topic that is relevant to their lives.
From LC Specification
1.3 Experimenting and interpretation - discriminate and extrapolate information from research
2.1 Making - create realised work based on their research
2.2 Contextual enquiries - apply the art elements and design principles in creating and evaluating their work
2.3 Process - experiment and edit their work
3.3 Impact and value - experience art through sensory and/or emotional responses
5th Year Visual Studies - The Bronze Age
Aim: Aim of Unit of Learning: Through a range of academic and practical activities the 6 elements of the visual studies framework will be used to explore Pre-Christian Ireland - The Bronze Age.
Learning Outcomes:
Research Strand
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Looking - analyse an artwork
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Recording and Documenting - record visual information through a variety of media and techniques
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Contextual enquiries - explain how context and period influence artistic thinking
Create Strand
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Process - illustrate sources of information
Respond Strand
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Impact and Value - argue the merit of a work using appropriate contextual information
Mount Carmel Secondary School
Mount Carmel Secondary School is situated in Dublin City Centre. It is a Deis school. It's location and status means that students are offered the chance to participate in a wide variety of projects, which creates an exciting, hands on learning environment.
During my placement here I taught a variety of groups of students, including 1st Years, 2nd Years, TY's and 5th Years. Below you can find an example of a project completed during my time in Mount Carmel Secondary School.
1st Years Paper Mache Fruit Still Life
Aim: Through drawing, sculpture and painting students will explore form, colour, and pattern to create a group painted paper mache fruits still life inspired by the ceiling of Kilmainham and Historic Still Life Oil Painting and the explore the theme Fruit and Veg Still Life.
Learning outcomes for unit of learning:
1.1 Analyse their work, or that of another, using appropriate vocabulary and knowledge.
1.4 Demonstrate how they use drawing to observe, record and analyse the human figure and the world around them.
1.8 Discuss examples of historical and contemporary visual art.
1.12 Apply their understanding of the art elements and design principles to make an artwork.
1.14 Use media to create their own artwork.
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