Grade 2 are going to make a piece of public art for the school as their first form and construction unit of the year. We looked at examples of Public art and the kids tried to decide what kind of art we could make for our school environment. They liked the idea of using animals and wanted to create an Read full article »
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Planet Cooney
In 4 Cooney they have decided to create their own personal solar system. Each planet will represent a person in the class and even Ms Cooney will get to have her very own planet. The kids really enjoyed thinking about how they could express who they were on a sphere! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ismanilaes/sets/72157627490905290/ Read full article »
Animations
Grade 4 have had a blast making their animation films and many of them have already started on another production. There were a huge variety of themes and ideas and it really showed off the creativity of our grade 4 students. The animations were a highlight for many in our ES at exhibition and were easy for all ages to Read full article »
A stitch in time
Grade 3 have been working slowly and patiently at their stitching. They have learnt a variety of different stitches and have used these to design their own bookmark using words or symbols that are important to them. Sometimes the stitches get all tangled and sometimes there have been awful tear inducing knots. But we have learnt patience and we have Read full article »
Tinga Tinga
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ismanilaes/sets/72157626452933326/ Tinga Tinga Painting is a style of painting that originates in Tanzania, East Africa and is still produced my many east African artists today. This style of painting is not only colorful, but grade 2 observed that the colours are like abstract colours. They are not the colours you would expect to see, like red giraffes and colorful turtles. WE Read full article »
Grade 2
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Grade 3
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Grade 4
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Ms. Nadia Hartley