Every year the National Gallery in London runs its "Take One Picture" scheme for primary schools. The idea is that one of the paintings from its collection is chosen to be used both in art and other curriculum areas leading to a display of submitted work at its annual "Take One Picture" exhibition. This year the gallery has chosen one of my favourites: J. M. W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire of 1839.
Full details of this year's scheme, which runs until November 2008, can be found on this website. The "Across the Curriculum" section contains a number of cross-curricular ideas that have been used successfully in the past as well as some examples of the artworks produced by schools. The gallery offers a one-day Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course to help teachers get to grips with the possibilities offered by the painting.
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