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Pat Brassington education resource: primary students

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By the Art Gallery of NSW

This education resource was produced for the 2017 exhibition Pat Brassington: the body electric. It presents a selection of focus works from the exhibition along with questions and activities for students in Years 3-6.

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CREATIVE ARTS
Choose a tree in your local environment and pose your body to look like the shape and form. Imagine the tree moving in the wind and move your body to describe what that would look like.
Create an artwork using tones of one colour. Describe the type of mood you have created ? How is it similar or different to The Branching?

ENGLISH
Build a word bank to describe The Branching
What time of day is it? What season?

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Find images depicting a variety of trees. Divide them into categories of those that are native to Australia and those that are exotic.

CREATIVE ARTS
Who do these hands belong to? Create an image of the person or creature and describe why they are holding this object.
Create a series of photographs with hands holding a variety of objects on a blank background. Display your work in the classroom.

ENGLISH
What happens next? With this image as inspiration, write a play for the class to present. Create the characters, the scene, props and stage design. Include a twist or the unexpected in the story line.

MATHS
Fold a piece of paper carefully in half. Draw a shape on the fold and cut it out. Open up the paper and observe the symmetrical shape you have made.

CREATIVE ARTS
Set up a vase of fresh flowers on a table against the wall. Photograph it each day for a week. Present your series to the class.

Compose a piece of music to capture the mood and choreograph a dance inspired by this image.

ENGLISH
Write a poem called Gifted. Use this artwork as your inspiration.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Experiment with a collection of cut plants in jars, some placed in water and others in different solutions or without water. Observe the changes over one week. Record your findings through images and written accounts.

VISUAL ARTS
Look at Feeding time. Use your imagination and draw the body that these feet belong to.
Design your own magical shoes.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Collect images of feet from different creatures. What makes them different or similar?

ENGLISH
Write a short story about finding a pair of magical shoes. What magical powers do they possess? How and when would you wear these shoes?