Last Week of Term One

The last week of term has arrived with many bears well on the way to being finished. Jack Baker and Harry Cooper, in grade 5, have finished sewing their teddies and will make outfits for them this week. Well done boys!

On the right is the little jointed bear being made by some children.

The children in Prep will complete their mixed media picture related to the beautifully illustrated picture story book, "Fox", this week and the grade three and four children will be continuing to work on their Bottle Character. Some have already started painting and decorating their model and all children should be planning their photo story which we will complete next term.

The schedule for this year's Royal Melbourne Show has arrived so, over the holidays, I will be compiling a list of all the classes we can enter . Twenty of our cute teddy bears will certainly be on display.

Happy holidays all!

Camp Week

I will be working on Thursday instead of Tuesday this week, so that the grade 5/6 children do not miss a week of teddy bear making.

What's Happening This Week?

Preps
With a focus on illustrations and illustrators this year the preps have viewed the gorgeous pictures in the picture story book, Fox and Magpie. This week they are constructing a fox, solely using triangle shapes, to place on their painted desert backgrounds. Warm coloured crayons will be used to colour the fox, with children encouraged to layer and blend colours to create interesting effects.

Grade 3/4
Our bottle characters are well underway, with newspaper, wire and modroc being used to create the basic model ready for painting and decorating.

Grade 5/6
All our "You Can Do It" skills are being well utilised in this challenging and rewarding sewing project. Some bears are already at the stuffing stage! A great effort. A big thank you goes to the parents who have given their time to come and help the children construct their bears,