Title |
Short description |
Related curricular areas |
Age group |
Artwork - 150 years of
River Clyde |
Through investigating artistic images of the Clyde over
the last 150 years, learners will create an exhibition of their own
artwork images of the Clyde today. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Artwork
on 'Recognising unity, celebrating diversity' |
Pupils produce two pieces of artwork suitable for a
Scottish arts festival and set up exhibition in school for peers
and parents. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Religious and Moral
Education |
Lower Secondary, Upper Secondary |
Brochure of
Clydeside visitor attractions |
Analyse availability of tourism and leisure facilities in
order to produce a brochure for use by Glasgow's
tourists/residents. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Ceramic
wall panel |
Design and make a decorative wall panel based on the
theme of natural environment of the Clyde for display in a new
waterfront restaurant. |
Expressive Arts, Science, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Clyde
animations |
Learners will produce short animations based on the Clyde
using techniques learned in Art class and present their finished
products to an audience. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
Clyde bridges - cards
& postcards |
Create 'impressionist' images of the Clyde bridges and
waterfront to be used in greetings cards or postcards. |
Expressive Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Clyde street theatre
project |
Devise a street theatre piece - celebrating Clyde
waterfront - and perform at a chosen location e.g. primary school
or senior citizen centre, or event e.g. 'West End Festival' of
'Glasgow River Festival'. |
Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages, Social
Studies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
Clyde-inspired
jewellery design and manufacture |
Develop knowledge and understanding of 3-dimensional
designs by making jewellery based on structures on the Clyde
waterfront. |
Expressive Arts, Technologies |
Upper Secondary |
Compose a
song |
Fulfil curriculum requirements by composing a
rock/popular song about the Clydeside to recite and teach to P7 for
school liaison, and perform at school concert. |
Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Concert on the River
Clyde |
Learners who are members of a school band or choir will
learn how to project manage and perform a concert on board a Clyde
vessel. This will be combined with an educational
excursion |
Expressive Arts, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper Secondary |
Craft design on a tourism
theme |
Applying learning about plastics to design and make a
plastic artefact based on a tourism theme. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science,
Technologies |
Upper Secondary |
Creating a poetry book |
The class will work both individually and as part of a
group in order to produce a book of poetry about life in and around
Glasgow. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Technologies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
Design a paper lantern |
By applying k/u of 3D design processes and taking
inspiration from Clyde architecture, learners will design and
produce a unique paper lantern that will be judged for use at
Glasgow's City of Light festival. |
Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages,
Religious and Moral Education, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Graphic
design inspired by the architecture of Glasgow |
Learners will work to a design brief, developing
knowledge and understanding of the graphic design process, by
designing an invitation for The Lighthouse, based on architecture
on the Clyde waterfront. |
Expressive Arts, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Handel's Water Music |
Research and perform Handel's Water Music and present a
class arrangement on evaluation of findings to an audience of peers
and parents |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Key ring
design |
Create a unique key-ring graphic design inspired by the
Clyde waterfront using k/u of 2D design processes to market to the
tourism sector for use a local arts and cultural festival/tourism
outlets e.g. Celtic Connections festival. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Magazine on
inspirational figures |
The learners collate articles to present their research
in a magazine entitled: 'People who shaped the world' which is
circulated to a focus audience. |
Languages, Religious and Moral Education |
Lower Secondary |
Making a
music CD and putting on a performance |
To apply both historical and musical knowledge in order
to compose and record a piece of music which will be performed in
the local community and a CD sold to fund raise. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Model making in metal |
Designing a new lectern for the school theatre and
present to experts - welders, engineers, craftspeople for feedback
and possible funding to produce winning design. |
Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Origami boat design |
By using k/u of 3D design processes and taking
inspiration from the Clyde waterfront, learners will produce a
unique origami boat and present to River Festival organisers, Clyde
waterfront developer, local designer for potential development for
festival purposes. |
Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages,
Science, Social Studies, Technologies |
All Secondary |
Outdoor lighting design |
This project will develop students' k/u of 3D design
processes by using Clyde architecture/bridges as a starting point
to create a unique outdoor lighting design to present to a panel of
experts such as a festival organiser, Clyde developer, local
designer, local authority personnel, local community and an
exhibition at parents' evening |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Science, Social Studies,
Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Painting inspired by
the Clyde waterfront |
By using k/u of 2D painting processes and taking
inspiration from the Clyde waterfront developments, learners will
produce a painting which will form part of an exhibition on Clyde
waterfront regeneration. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies |
Performance
on changing life and times on the Clyde |
Write a script and performance for peers to tell the
story of people involved in working or living on the Clyde through
the generations. |
Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing,
Languages |
Upper Primary |
Photographs of River
Clyde 1858 - 2008 |
Investigate photographic images of the Clyde over the
last 150 years. Create an exhibition of children's own images of
the Clyde today. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Technologies |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
Presentation and
exhibition on Ken Currie |
Taking Ken Currie's work at People's Palace (content for
Standard Grade critical activity) create an exhibition for peers
and parents about the work of the artist. |
Expressive Arts, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper Secondary |
Public mural
inspired by the Clyde skyline |
Learners will produce a mural design, considering green
issues by using recycled materials, which will be exhibited to
local artists and local authority personnel for potential use in
the community. |
Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Languages,
Science, Social Studies |
Lower Secondary |
Public
sculpture |
By using k/u of sculptural processes and taking
inspiration from Clyde architecture, learners will produce work
which will be judged by a local sculptor/local authority
personnel. |
Languages, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Shipbuilding: a drama
performance |
Learners will produce a performance based on the rise and
fall of shipbuilding in the Clyde. The performance will use music,
drama and dance to convey powerful images of shipbuilding on the
Clyde |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Social Studies |
Upper Primary |
Sounds
of the Clyde |
Apply k/u of the elements of music to create a musical
composition for Higher/Advanced Higher music and present to their
peers and record onto a CD |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Science |
Upper Secondary |
Sporting hero sculptures |
Create sculpted images of the sports men and women to
commemorate the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. |
Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, Technologies |
Upper Primary |
Stained glass window
design |
Create a unique stained glass window design to
participate in a presentation by using 2D design processes and
taking inspiration from Clydeside architecture. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Religious and Moral
Education, Social Studies, Technologies |
Lower Secondary |
Symbols |
Research symbolism used by the six main world religions
and produce a presentation/display for school to demonstrate an
understanding of different beliefs and cultures found in
society. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Religious and Moral
Education |
Upper Primary, Lower Secondary |
Woodcraft screens |
Learners will work in a team to research, design and
construct 4 pieces of craft work using wood as the main material
which will form an exhibition for parents' evening. |
Expressive Arts, Languages, Mathematics,
Technologies |
Lower Secondary |