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May the 4th be with you…

Good morning, I hope you are all well and staying safe.

Please check out the link below if you’re interested in trying out any Star Wars crafts.

https://www.redtedart.com/30-star-wars-crafts-activities/

Alternatively, you might want to chill out with some mindfulness colouring. The pages on this link are free to download and print.

https://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/characters/star-wars-coloring-pages/

Another fab site, full of great Star Wars ideas, is Jojoebi.

https://jojoebi.com/101-free-educational-star-wars-activities/

Have a marvellous Monday and take care.

Mrs Macdonald.

Good morning everyone. I hope you are all well and keeping safe.

This week the Willowbank art challenge is to create some funny faces, using random household items.

• Can you create a portrait of yourself?
• How much detail can you add?
• Did you explore the different textures of the items that you used?

Have fun and take care.

Mrs. Macdonald.

Successful Learners & Effective Contributors!

The Bluebells are going to be creating a new wall display for their classroom. The theme for this is ‘The Jungle Book’.

Today the boys and girls tried their hand at marble inking.

What we used:
– A large tray with deep sides filled with cold water
– Marbling inks
– White A3 paper
– A spoon

The ink is carefully dropped onto the water where it floats because it contains oil. A spoon is used to swirl the ink before paper is placed on top. When the paper is lifted an interesting marble pattern is left.

Super creative!

Successful Learners & Effective Contributors

The Transition class all showed great interest in this week’s art lesson… expressive art!

Working together from one large sheet of paper, the pupils were given the freedom to create their own marks and drawings, using varied resources:

• coloured markers, paint, pencils & pens
• charcoal
• crayon and pastels
• paint brushes or different sizes and textures
• rollers
• stamps
• stencils
• sponges

Once the paper dried, the designs were used to make these lovely personalised cards. Absolutely fabulous work boys!

Successful Learners & Confident Individuals.

In order to recognise World Book Day on 5th March 2020, the pupils in the Bluebells class demonstrated excellent understanding whilst creating paper weave bookmarks.

These are created by using four strips or paper and glue.

All of the children actively participated and through curiosity and imagination this design problem was solved.

Keep up the hard work everyone!

The boys in the Transition class have continued to work hard during swimming lessons which are lead by Mrs McGowane.

There has been lots of turn taking during pool games, excellent listening to instruction and the boys have been encouraging each other whilst discovering new techniques.

Successful learners and confident individuals all round!

Today the pupils in the Beech class created some unique contemporary art inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Concentric Circles’ painting.

These ‘Kandinsky Trees’ were created by using the sensory elements of foam, felt, shiny paper and textured card. The children listened well to instruction and took turns when sharing resources.

Excellent work today by these super successful learners!