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On Monday, October 16th the children were introduced to the project. They told us something about themselves and their expectations. Here you will find a random selection of their responses. Later, this page will be expanded to include new material arising from the workshops.
 
 
The children were asked a range of questions about themselves and their background. We asked them about lots of different topics ranging from what they think of computers, through to places they have travelled to. Here you can see a constantly changing selection of some of their responses.
Self-portrait

Leila
Favourites
My favourite tv programe is the Simpsons.My favourite football team is Chelsea.I like running and sports.At schooI I like drawing and my favourite sudject is maths.
Damilola
Favourites
My favourites are dancing and singing because they keep ocuppied and Ilike all kinds of music.
Rochelle
Computers
I use a computer for home work and to help me with my maths.
Rochelle

The children were asked lots of different questions about what they thought of art. We asked them about their idea of who artists are, and what they thought art could be. You will be able to see a selection of some of their responses after they visit Tate Modern soon.

Yes because I have been to the Tate Modern and met some artists.
Rochelle
Art
Art is…sculptures, portraits, paintings, mosaics and collages. Art is a fantastic topic!!
Leila

People make art because…they enjoy it and they like to do work of inspiration.
Damilola
 
The children were asked about what they thought of Tate Modern. We asked them about their expectations of the museum itself, and about the kind of people they might find when they get here. Here you can see a constantly changing selection of some of their responses.
People
At Tate Modern I will meet many artist and I think some may be famous.
Georgina
People
I will meet people who how paint pictures and how put up paintings.
Katie
Artists
An artist is someone who paints pictutres and makes sculptures.…
Lydia

Very soon the children are going to start making their own artworks! You will be able to look at what they make soon.

Lamala
Materials
you use wood,paper,food,metel,plastic, glass and rock.
Nicky
Collage
A collage is something that you make out of all different things like materials because i have done one on paper.
Katie
Collage
Yes,a collage is a type of art.A collage is any thing stuck together. You can use newspapers,letters,bits of wood,leafsand any thing that can be stuck down. At Tate Modern we saw a collage by Schwitters.Every time he travelled around from one country to another he would bring some thing and stick it on his collage.
Leila