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Mr Reid’s Music Journey – Term 4

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Hello all!

Today’s post is very different and will not focus on my music journey. Instead, we are going to be highlighting the music journey of a family in Methlick School – Harry and Emily.

They both really enjoy their music and even have their own band called The Bubble Rats.

You can listen to two of their songs by clicking on the following link – https://thebubblerats.bandcamp.com/

Emily wrote and sang all the lyrics herself to the song “Me to you” – Harry sings the backing vocals on “The Bubble Rat Shuffle”. All the voices you will hear are theirs and their dad plays all the instruments.

If you have been playing any music during your Home Learning, we would love to hear about it! Let us know in the comments.

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RSPB Wild Art Activity – Mild/Spicy and Hot

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Hopefully you have spotted the RSPB activity on the grid by now. If not here is my effort to inspire you to enter. The great news for this activity is that anything goes!! There are two options in more detail below but both have the same idea to “Create a piece of art inspired by nature.” There are 3 age categories –  under 8s, 8-12, and 13 years and over.

See the link for the fine detail on entering here – https://bit.ly/2ziDH4a

If you want to create and not enter that is perfectly fine too, remember to share with your teacher any work and please ask a parent for help to enter the competition as teachers are not able to do this for you. Remember to  always check it is safe to use items around the house before you start.

Option 1 – ‘REAL LIFE’ – entries using the more traditional approach of paints, pastels, acrylics, pens or pencil.

Here is my effort inspired by some wild flowers we collected during our daily walks. For this activity I used some watercolours which take a little getting used to and some thicker paper than normal as the water can make the page soggy.

Our wild flowers collected on our walks and from our garden. We have a small flower press but this can be done using newspaper and some heavy books.

My effort of drawing some flowers, we used the time lapse function to speed it up.

The painting part, this will be revisited to blend colours and layer. It takes a little effort to get this right so maybe try on scrap paper first.

Option 2 – ‘GO WILD’  for those of you who want to ‘go wild’. To enter this category you can use non traditional items and experiment with textiles, sculpture, recycled materials or a combination of more than one to add to a collage.

Here is a wonderful collage from Finlay in P3, he shared this with me to inspire others to enter too.

Fantastic detail and different textures used.

Or for those of you that like to junk model here is another idea from another P3 (my youngest daughter) using recycled items and then painted.

I look forward to seeing some ‘Wild Art’ – good luck all.

Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, P3 Mrs Flockton, P3 Mrs Taylor, P4 Mrs Rees, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans

Art Appreciation Discussion – Spicy/Hot

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Following on from last week’s ‘Become an Art Critic’ post, I thought we could meet up here to have a discussion regarding the paintings.  You can have another look at them here before adding your comments below:

My personal favourite from the ones I posted is number 5 – ‘Starry Night’ by Vincent van Gogh.  It depicts a moonlit scene with a large cypress tree in the foreground and a small town in the background.  The most noticeable thing is, however, the sky.  The artist has used bold, swirling brushstrokes to create a sense of movement.  This makes me think that he may have been upset or agitated when he was painting this.  The cypress tree in the foreground is buffeted by the wind, perhaps reflecting van Gogh’s own inner turmoil.  It is not a calming painting, but I love the colours and the wildness of the  swirling starry sky.

Let’s hear your thoughts!

Health and Wellbeing, hot, Hot Numeracy, Numeracy, P4 Mrs Rees, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans, spicy, Spicy Numeracy

Interactive Lesson for Lines of Symmetry (Hot/Spicy) Numeracy

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Hi Everyone,

Have a go at learning or recapping lines of symmetry with a range of FUN activities to help to develop your knowledge and understanding of symmetry.

 

 

 

Please comment and share which activities you did or liked, we love to hear your feedback 🙂

Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans

Health and Wellbeing – Methlick’s Virtual Gallery – Week 2 – Hot

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Good morning everyone!

Last week we took a virtual tour of Aberdeen Art Gallery – https://bit.ly/2AR37X5

Let’s create Methlick’s Art Gallery!

Now it is time for you to create your own piece of art. We would like for you to be as creative as possible. Use any medium you wish – it could be a sculpture, painting, drawing or anything else you can think of. Once your masterpiece is finished, complete a short biography for it. This should include information about the artist (you), what you have used to create your piece and the meaning behind your work. Don’t forget to give it a title too!

Click on the Sway below to see everything you will need to complete this activity. An example has also been provided. Good luck and remember to share your work with your class teacher.

Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, hot, Literacy, mild, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch, P3 Mrs Flockton, P3 Mrs Taylor, P4 Mrs Rees, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans, spicy, Whole School

Dance Dance Dance (MILD, SPICY and HOT) #ExpressiveArts #HealthandWellbeing #LiteracyComprehension

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Happy Friday Everyone,

Have you had a go at this weeks community challenge yet?

Not to worry you still have time to bust a move or two and send it to your teacher.

I thought i’d help you with some suggestions of dance moves:

Want to keep learning and dancing away, how about you try out our Dance Comprehension work where you watch a range of dances and answer questions on them, click below to carry out this fun activity.

Dance Comprehension 

Creativity Challenge, Expressive Arts, Feel Good Friday, Health and Wellbeing, hot, mild, spicy, Whole School

Feel-Good Friday – Make a Leaf Mask

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Now that the trees are in leaf and many of the flowers in our gardens are beginning to bloom, I thought we could try making decorative eye masks using natural materials.

Wearing decorative masks can be traced back to history of Venice and its carnival celebrations. The tradition of mask-wearing started in the 13th century when Venetians held many celebrations and parties.  They would wear elaborate masks to hide their identity, just like you may do at Hallowe’en.

Click on the Sway below to find a step-by-step guide for making your own mask.  It’s very simple, and you need only a few resources.  Remember to ask for an adult’s permission first!

 

Here is another quick tutorial:  How to make a Leaf Mask

Don’t worry if you can’t find any leaves or flowers – you could cut out leaf and flower shapes from coloured tissue or paper, or even draw your own.

Here is a link to a simple mask template which you can download and print out:   Mask Template

Once your mask is finished, why not make up a short play and then act it out while wearing your mask?  I look forward to seeing all your creations!

 

 

 

 

Health and Wellbeing, Hot Literacy, Literacy, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog – Chapter 1

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Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

I hope that you have enjoyed your first week of Expressive Arts fortnight. This week, I have read chapter 1 of J.K. Rowling’s new book , ‘The Ickabog’. Have you managed to read the first chapter too?

Your questions to answer this week:

  • What is your opinion of the story so far? Share what you like or dislike.
  • Making predictions – Now that you have read Chapter 1, what do you think will happen next? Is there going to be a main character and who might they be?

You will find my responses in the comments.

Please share your responses in the comments and let’s all talk about The Ickabog!