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Spanish & French Artists- Art Week

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 Bonjour! Hola!

Boys and Girls today you will be learning about some famous artists, a bit of their history, where they lived and their most famous pieces of art. To do that, you will see the information on the sways and you will locate every important place in relation to them on Google Earth.

You will be looking at four artists, two from Spain and two from France. They all did amazing pieces of art, some of them you can find them in museums and others you can see from high up in the sky!

Spicy: Look up for the places given in the Sways, write in your journal about the one you thought was most interesting.

Hot: Choose your favourite artist and do some research about him so you can tell us more.

Let’s begin.

Spain

-Antoni Gaudí

-Pablo Picasso

France

-Claude Monet

-Gustave Eiffel

 

First, a reminder of how to use Google Earth in this sway.

Go to this Sway

Spain

Let’s explore these two well known artists by clicking in the sway.

Go to this Sway

 

France

Let’s explore these two well known artists by clicking in the sway.

Go to this Sway

 

Comment about your thoughts and your work.

 

Creativity Challenge, Mild literacy, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

Mild – Literacy – Tiger Tale Middle

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I loved reading the beginning of your ‘Tiger Tales’

Let’s think about the middle of your story.

  • Who might appear?
  • What might they look like?
  • What problem might they have?
  • How do they feel because of this problem?

Tiger Tale Beginning and Middle PDF

I had a go!

 

Creativity Challenge, Expressive Arts, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

Mild – Art and Design – Sculpture

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Last week we tried to create a collage inspired by Henri Rousseau and the educator at the National Gallery.

Then later in the week we had a go at building a a 3D collage, a structure that stood up. This can be called sculpture.

Learn more about sculpture from the gang at Sesame Street!

I had a go at making some tiger sculptures.

I wonder what you might use to make a sculpture

 

 

Expressive Arts, mild, Mild Numeracy, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

MILD: Numeracy – Building Animals using Shapes

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Last week we reviewed and extended our knowledge of Shapes. This week we are going to using our knowledge to apply it to an art task.

Some of you have already sent in your drawing following the video on the grid, Well Done!

Today we are going to look at identifying the shapes we need ourselves to create a simple shape drawing.

The sway below gives you ideas on how to identify the shapes you need to create an animal.

Most of the examples only use, Squares, Triangles, Rectangles and Circles. By used differently every time we can create and fish and a snake with just a few changes.

Discuss with family why you are using a certain shape as a neck, or arm or elbow rather than another shape. What qualities does that shape have that makes it the best shape to use?

Have great fun and on Wednesday we will extend this further and create some shadow puppets in the grass.

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, P3 Mrs Taylor, Spicy Literacy

Five Sense Poem

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I found this exercise very relaxing.  My mind was busy thinking about all the different senses and the world around us, so it made it hard to think about anything else in that moment.  This would also be a great strategy to use if you are feeling nervous or tense.  Stop, take a few deep breaths and start to list the things you can see, taste, smell, feel and hear.

I have had some great responses from pupils already.  Some excellent drawings, photographs and paintings displaying the ideas put forward in their poems.

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