In the first semester Ms Howard and I worked together on a project involving the grade 3/4 children making bottle characters, devising storylines, taking photos then turning these into photo stories in the ICT lab. I had the pleasure of viewing the finished videos tonight and I am absolutely thrilled with what the children have achieved. I can't wait to share these little photo stories with the school community at the art show in October. I am also looking forward to showing them off to the other teachers at a staff meeting next week!
At the moment in the art room the Preps have just finished creating some abstract paintings. They drew lines in pencil and black pastel across their pages, painted in each section with colours of their choice, then used metallic oil pastels to fill each area with patterns using selected shapes or lines. The results are very effective. In the other Prep artwork featured in the photo presentation, the children used torn tissue paper to create a background and a camouflaged chameleon in response to the very cute story, "Rex".
The grade 1/2 children are also working on abstract pieces, but they are using candles to draw their design before painting with water colours in primary colours.
The grade 3/4 children are finishing their collage workfrom last term. Our next project will involve using felt and blanket stitch to make Australian birds and animals, which will be included in a large group fabric mural. (Help with teaching sewing would be greatly appreciated!)
The grade 5/6 chilren are also finishing last term's collages before starting work on clay and completing the Memory Trail project.
In addition to this we are trying to sort out entries in this year's Royal Melbourne Show. It's going to be another very busy term!
