Jan Lewandowski

If you’re considering organising a school trip, Rouen is another great place to visit. Packed with interesting historical and artistic associations: Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) was burned at the stake there and Monet painted the famous cathedral at many different times of day. If you can’t get to Rouen in person, you might like to take a look at this illustrated alphabet which uses a collage technique taken from an XV Century tapestry from the Bibliotheque Municipal in Rouen.

I contacted the designer Virgile Laguin who was very happy to let me use the illustration on this site. I love his original, quirky, innovative work; so many educational websites are just plain ugly! (Sorry personal rant over). I don’t suggest you use the alphabet all in one go in its entirety but for the odd five minute now and again I think it’s a winner! You’ll need to explain some of the words here and there and possibly some of the humour, but this is a ‘sophisticated’ little resource which might appeal to Year 6 or work as a resource for secondary transition and it has plenty of potential to form the basis of some creative arts and/or language work.

Tags: argile, art, artist, creativity, french, history, learning, PML, primary, resource, Rouen, school visit, teaching

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