Case studies: Out of Art into Storytelling

Storymaking case studies

Encouraging pupils to create their own stories from paintings

Year 3 and 4 case study: 'River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants'

Year 3 and 4 pupils from Halstow Primary School in London took inspiration from 'River Landscape with Horseman and Peasants'

Year 5 case study: 'Bathers at Asnières'

Pupils from Year 5 at Bonneville Primary School, London took inspiration from 'Bathers at Asnières'

Year 5 case study: 'The Four Elements: Earth'

Pupils' work from Earlsfield Primary School, taking inspiration from Joachim Beuckelaer's 'The Four Elements: Earth'.

Year 6 case study: 'Bathers at Asnières'

Pupils from Deansfield Primary School in London took inspiration from Georges Seurat's painting 'Bathers at Asnières'

Storytelling case studies

Using National Gallery paintings of myths and stories from the Christian faith

Year 1 case study: The adventures of Perseus

Pupils from Halstow Primary School, London took inspiration from 'Perseus turning Phineas to Stone'.

Year 2 case study: 'Tobias and the Angel'

Pupils from the Alton school in London took inspiration from 'Tobias and the Angel' by the Workshop of Verrocchio.

Year 3 case study: 'Tobias and the Angel'

Pupils from Norwood Green school in London took inspiration from 'Tobias and the Angel'

Year 4 case study: 'Bacchus and Ariadne'

Year 4 pupils at the Archbishop Sumner School in North Lambeth took inspiration from Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne'

Year 5 case study: The adventures of Perseus

Crown Lane Primary School in London took inspiration from 'Perseus turning Phineas and his Followers to Stone'

Year 6 case study: 'Tobias and the Angel'

Pupils at Sherington Primary School in London took inspiration from 'Tobias and the Angel' by the Workshop of Verrocchio.