{"id":8231,"date":"2014-05-18T11:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?p=8231"},"modified":"2014-05-23T11:41:12","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T11:41:12","slug":"locws-schools-2014-ysgol-gyfun-gymraeg-llwynderw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=8231","title":{"rendered":"Locws Schools 2014: Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llwynderw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another beautiful day for an exciting Locws tour across the city. After a few tips on how to unravel the meanings behind contemporary Art we were off to a good start as Alex asked if the Jon Bergerman art piece was based on Dylan Thomas\u2019 work. Gwenno commented \u201cI like the way each character means something different\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Mirain thought it looked like a fantasy story and this idea set everyone thinking and the children decided on a  small brief ; to make up your own fantasy stories based on the same Characters.<br \/>\nAbigail commented on Jeremy Deller\u2019s  More Poetry is needed. \u201cIts definitely a statement\u201d, she said. Steffan made up a quote saying, \u201cLife is to be lived not to be read\u201d.Ellis made up his own Statement which said &#8220;Swaglicious Swansea\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the maritime Museum the children were keen to add to the Mega Poem created by Rhian Evans.<br \/>\nJamie commented on Craig Fishers work by saying \u201cbecause the War was dark maybe the Artist tried to brighten it up and make it less depressing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We created lots of drawings of the works and started to think of what creations we could make at school.<br \/>\nIt was very interesting to hear the comments regarding Tom Goddard\u2019s work, Steffan saying,  \u201cin the first plaque the elephant falls. In the second he grows then lands, dies and then comes back as a circus Ghost in the third\u201d. Alex asked \u201cis this an elephant inflating ?\u201d  whilst, uncannily, Gruffydd said, \u201cIs it the past present and future?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7638\" alt=\"YGG Llwynderw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/schools\/llwynderw\/llwynderw1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7638\" alt=\"YGG Llwynderw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/schools\/llwynderw\/llwynderw2.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7638\" alt=\"YGG Llwynderw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/schools\/llwynderw\/llwynderw3.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7638\" alt=\"YGG Llwynderw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/schools\/llwynderw\/llwynderw4.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7638\" alt=\"YGG Llwynderw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/schools\/llwynderw\/llwynderw5.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7638\" alt=\"YGG Llwynderw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/schools\/llwynderw\/llwynderw6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another beautiful day for an exciting Locws tour across the city. 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