Saturday 20th August 2011

I am thinking about art and forest school planning for next term.  I'm excited about working with year 5 on Fridays.  The topic is Australia and I have been thinking about the Australian season at the British Museum and how we can use some of the exhibits there as inspiration.  One of the exhibitions is called 'Baskets and Belonging'.   I like this quote from the catalogue:

"The baskets are not empty.  They are full of makers, their stories, their thoughts while making.  The baskets are never empty.  All of the thoughts jump out of the baskets onto all of us."

There is another exhibition with beautiful prints and drawings 'from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas'.

And, amid the roar of traffic, there is a mini Australian landscape, installed by Kew gardens.

Here's a link to the Australia page on the British Museum website (but you will have to hurry because the Australian season as it is nearly over):

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/australian_season.aspx