Assessment+Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Paint the Picasso Cow Painting your cow will be the final act in a process that involves planning, teamwork, learning about Health and Nutrition related to Dairy, and the recording of the process using digital photography and student reflective writing.

The photographs and team essays form the core of the Class Learning Journal (Assessment Task 2)

While the painted cow will be an expression of student creativity, it will also communicate class awareness and a strong message about its chosen theme.

To help ensure 'the big ideas' flow, further online support is listed below and in the Picasso Cow manual pages 27 to 41

The 12-page template is provided in the manual to allow teams of students to plan and refine ideas through a number of drafts.

In successfully meeting the design brief, three main steps are required: 1. Investigating and Designing This involves discussing and learning aboutthe chosen theme, listing goals and key ideas and messages, producing sketches and text at 'initial design' level, refining artwork and text by producing 'roughs' on the large templates, discussing as a team each new draft, leading to a design that is accepted by the class as that to be painted. 2. Producing: Having successfully worked through the design process, the class paints the cow with the materials provided. At this stage, team members should share roles of painting, supporting, digital photography and recording (text). 3. Analysing and Evaluating: Throughout the desgn process, many changes will occur that move away from the original ideas. Discussions and events can be recorded by teams, with each team expected to contribut a reflective essay or report for the Class Learning Journal. Written reports should include the thinking behind alterartions to the original ideas - why were the changes made and how did the changes improve the big ideas? Photos should also be used to show student involvement (teamwork and immersion), to record the various stages from initial sketching to finsihed produce, and to provide a photographic record of the learning for the Class Learning Journal. A written record of the goal-setting and key message discussions should also appear in the Journal