Sculptor | Artist | Educator
BA3 Placement at Ellenfield Community College
As part of my BA Joint Honours in Fine Art & Education at the National College of Art & Design, I completed a post-primary teaching placement at Ellenfield Community College. This placement provided valuable experience in planning and delivering visual art lessons aligned with the Junior and Senior Cycle curriculum, supporting students across a range of abilities and year groups.
Throughout the placement, I developed my skills in classroom management, differentiation, and supporting students with additional educational needs (AEN). I engaged in collaborative and team-teaching practices, which strengthened my communication skills and highlighted the importance of shared planning and reflective teaching. Working closely with experienced teachers allowed me to adapt lessons to meet diverse learning needs while fostering an inclusive, respectful, and supportive classroom environment. This experience further enhanced my ability to encourage student engagement, creativity, and confidence in visual art practice.
Visual Aids
1st Year Sculpture
Unit of Learning
Aim: To explore line, shape, form and movement through collaborative design to create a Keith Haring inspired cardboard sculpture on the theme Fantastic Figures.
Support studies: Keith Haring, Paul Klee, Lee Quinones, Dondi, and Futura 2000
Length: 7 x 1 hour lessons
Student Work
Learning Outcomes:
1.2 respond to an artwork using critical and visual language
2.6 investigate their own personal approach to craftwork through the technical and creative application of drawing and mark-making
1.9 debate the value that they and society place on an artwork
2.12 justify the choice of art elements and design principles in their own or others’ craftwork.
1.13 identify media which are used to create artwork
Visual Aids
TY AEN Pop Art
Unit of Learning
Aim: To explore line, shape, form and movement through collaborative design to create a Keith Haring inspired cardboard sculpture on the theme Fantastic Figures.
Support studies: Keith Haring, Paul Klee, Lee Quinones, Dondi, and Futura 2000
Length: 7 x 1 hour lessons
Learning Outcomes:
1.2 respond to an artwork using critical and visual language
2.6 investigate their own personal approach to craftwork through the technical and creative application of drawing and mark-making
1.9 debate the value that they and society place on an artwork
2.12 justify the choice of art elements and design principles in their own or others’ craftwork.
1.13 identify media which are used to create artwork
Student Work
Visual Aids
5th Year LCA Batik
Unit of Learning
Aim: To explore line, shape, pattern, space and balance through Batik to create a batik design inspired by environmental patterns in nature, under the theme Nature’s Imprint, based on the Leaving Cert Applied Module 2: Surface/ Pattern design
Support studies: Martin Klimek
Length: 7 x 1 hour lessons
Learning Outcomes:
1.6 to make drawings, photographs, rubbings or record relevant and appropriate information in other ways
1.8 use the appropriate terminology
4.3 Students will undertake a study of individual craftspeople
5.3 produce written or verbal analyses of their finished work. These should emphasise the successful elements as well as identifying areas where work could be taken further, elaborated, developed or improved.
