This afternoon, we learned about wax resist. We traced leaf patterns on to paper using a white crayon. Then we used watercolours to paint over and reveal the pattern. As well as using the visual element of line, we experimented with colour. Take a look…
This week in literacy we have been learning how to use speech marks and commas. We used a game about an ancient temple to write our stories. Click on the links below to read our writing.
Ancient temple of massacre by Jake
Temple of doom by Stuart
Ancient by Heidi
The hidden discovery of the ancient temple of Ra by Kerr
The discovery of the haunted pyramid by Isla
In maths we have learned how to use the written method for subtraction and we used the dienes blocks to help us exchange hundreds, tens and units.
In art we learned about perspective drawings and then drew the Polar Express. We used the vanishing point, horizon lines and guidelines to help us.
In PE we have been doing basketball and this week we were perfecting our passing and dribbling.
We have been writing Haiku poems. There is a rule where you have to have three lines and the first one 5 syllables, second 7 syllables and last one 5 syllables.
In maths we drew line graphs and we have been learning doubles.
We have also been doing scratch art fireworks. Then we also picked carrots in our garden and Mr Mackay will be making us carrot soup. 😊😉🥰
On Friday, Mrs Connell challenged us to create our own artwork using the materials around us in our green space. Using leaves and sticks, although some us got a bit messy in the mud, we created some pictures. Have a look…
This week we have been learning how to use adverbs nouns adjectives and verbs.
In maths we have learned place value and how to times by tens hundreds and thousands.
In art we have learned to scale up flowers in paintings.
In PE we played dodgeball.
Have a great weekend.
Everyone learned how to write numbers in words.
We have started a new book called Kensuke’s Kingdom as class Novel.
We predicted how we thought what would happen in the book and played unlikely or likely with the post it’s that we made. We decided how likely each prediction was to happen.
We painted watercolour flowers with Miss Walker.
Today Primary 5/6/7 enjoyed a visit to the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock to see the Quentin Blake exhibition. We enjoyed looking at his artwork and illustrations before getting a chance to create our own artwork. Fiona showed us how to use mixed media such as ink, watercolour, crayons and charcoal.
What do you think of our artwork?
