Students used “rainbow” coloured paints to create a background for their art. They then used construction paper to create their penguins and copy paper to create the icebergs.
Category: Class News
Pringle, the Penguin Comes to Visit
A very cold package was delivered to us at school this afternoon! Inside the package was a letter from Admiral Drake explaining about the penguin (in the package).
The penguin’s name is Pringle. She arrived with a journal and a copy of Mr. Popper’s Penguins, written by Florence Atwater.
Pringle will be visiting each student’s home, with the journal, so they can make an entry about their experiences with Pringle. Students will share their entries each morning at Calendar time.
Division 6’s Gingerbread Village
Lots of fun was had today with the students creating their own versions of a gingerbread house. A lot of creativity was noted in design and detail.
A huge ‘thank you’ to our parent volunteers and Miss Maya!
Remembrance Day Poppies in the style of Georgia O’Keefe
Bernard, the Butterfly, and some cousins
We have been learning about colour theory through exploring how the primary colours (red, blue, and yellow) are used to make the secondary colours (orange, green, and purple – with equal amounts of the primary colours), and intermediate colours (orange, green, and purple – with unequal amounts of the primary colours).
Students used tempera paint (the three primary colours only) and put blobs of paint onto one side of their folded paper. They then folded the paper closed and rubbed it together to share the paint on both sides. The goal was to give their butterflies a symmetrical look. They were encouraged to put two primary colours together to create intermediate colours. It is difficult to create secondary colours without measuring the paint.
Today students created construction paper bodies, with antennae, and put them together. They are in the bulletin board in the hallway. They look great!
Thanksgiving Fun with Turkeys
Exploring the Elements of Art
Students used waxed crayons to do crayon rubbings (shading) of leaves I had collected in my backyard. We were exploring the Elements of Art – colour, line, shape, texture, value, space, and form.
A Starry Night in the style of Vincent Van Gogh
These were created on slightly larger watercolour paper than we used for The Japanese Footbridge (Monet) pictures, using oil pastels and watercolour paint.
These are on the bulletin board in the hallway.
Japanese Footbridge in the style of Claude Monet
We have continued our look at Claude Monet. For this art work we used oil pastels on watercolour paper.
We then used watercolour paint – green for the background and blue for the ponds.
We Have Caterpillars 🐛
Our larvae arrived last Friday afternoon. We have small containers labeled A to Z, plus AA, BB, CC, DD, plus seven leftover larvae still in their original large container. Students have been enjoying watching them eat and grow.
We are awaiting their metamorphosis into their chrysalides.
