Artist and Educator
St Michael's House
Special National School Raheny
St Michael’s House Special National School in Raheny, Dublin is a co-educational special national school supporting pupils with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and additional needs. The school provides a child-centred, inclusive learning environment focused on individual development, wellbeing, and independence.
This placement marked Mary’s first year of teaching practice and her introduction to primary-level education, where she gained valuable experience through team teaching alongside a college peer. Working with a mixed-age, mixed-gender and mixed-faith class, she developed a strong awareness of how to adapt lessons and approaches to cater for a wide range of educational needs in an inclusive classroom setting.
UoL - Texture and Colour in Clay
Aim: To explore the art elements and design principles of shape, form, texture and colour through the theme of Dublin City, by creating and painting clay tiles using impressed textures and colour-mixing techniques.
Learning Outcomes:
To explore different textures and shapes by pressing found objects into soft clay.
To use hands and tools safely to make simple clay tiles.
To notice and talk about colours and use paint to add colour to their clay tile.
To look at and talk about their own work and others’ work, using simple words like rough, smooth, bright or dark.
