The framework for planning art activities The planning of suitable art activities in the

Primary classrooms are often far from ideal places in which art activities may be initiated, especially as we normally associate the practising of all forms of artistic work with studios and workshops in which materials and special facilities contribute to a creative atmosphere. Yet the most superb work eminates from so many classrooms, that educationalists, politicians, and parents are delighted and, in all honesty, astounded at the standards achieved. Of course purpose-built studios attached to every primary school would be welcomed by large numbers of teachers, but this is not a possibility and so young teachers must accept the general classroom environment in which they find themselves teaching.