Observational Drawing & Still Life

We have been doing observational drawing using different mediums including pencil, pastel and paint. We are practising drawing 'what we actually see' not 'what we think we see'. First of all, we look at the outline of the object's shape. We can add detail through different shades and we can add dimension through light (white) and dark (black) or through using different depths of shading and creating shadow so that it looks 3 dimensional.

 

 

 

 

Canterbury Tough Kid Event

We can't wait!!!

Tuesday 8 December

Woo hoooooo!!!

Fractions Frenzy (2)

Fraction Frenzy (1)

Literacy through The Arts!

Rooms 3, 19 and 20 have been collaborating together on literacy through the arts. We have been unpacking poetry through dance and drama and what a way to comprehend figurative language, learn new vocabulary, be creative, and have a lot of fun in the process!

In groups, we have been using space, timing, energy, levels and relationships to create a series of moving scenes, with each one ending in a freeze frame, that represent the poem . We have been working on trying to be creative and figurative in our movements rather than literal to represent the poetry we have been studying.

The most recent poem we have been working on is 'If I Were A Storm...' by Katie Boom.

The poem reads:

If I were a storm,

I would range over farms and plains,

houses, cities and seas.

I would beat against the window panes of houses

with warm fires inside.

I would whip the leaves off trees.

I would flood rivers while I could,

for all too soon, the sun will peep out

from behind a cloud

and I must pick up my black billowing skirts and leave

to whine over the oceans and beyond.

Below, you can see photos of us cooperating, creating, discussing and using team work skills to come up with our presentations on a beautiful spring day!

See our performances at our school assembly below....