Willowbank School, KilmarnockThroughout this term, the pupils in the Oak class have been learning about various famous Australian artists as part of their class topic. The children have investigated the colourful and simplistic elements of Ken Done’s painting style and recreated their own versions.
Successful learners!
The boys in the Oak class have been creating artwork inspired from indigenous pattern. The boys used a combination of art materials including, paint, crayons, pens, pencils, cotton buds…and their fingers to make these gorgeous dotty pictures!
Super successful learners!
The pupils are continuing to enjoy the fabulous puppet workshop which is being provided by Little VIP’s, Kilmarnock. Here is a sneak peek at the puppets which were created today by our young designers. I think you will agree that we have some very talented and creative pupils at Willowbank School!
Confident individuals today. Wonderful!
Today our John Muir group created some outdoor art. The pupils selected twigs from the sensory garden, bound them with natural wool and designed some lovely hanging displays. Super successful learners today!
The SQA Practical Crafts groups created these fantastic flower pictures using recycled materials. The pupils used egg boxes and displayed excellent cutting and painting skills during the activity.
Well done to these super successful learners.
The SQA Practical Crafts group have been having a fantastic time creating shadow puppets. Big thank you to the Puppet Theatre Workshop who have been helping the children to get creative and design some wonderful characters. The children also had the opportunity to record their own jingle for the final show. Confident individuals and effective contributors!
The group still have a lot more work to do so watch this space…!#
The Sunflowers have been investigating the work of famous French artist, Henri Matisse. The boys used a variety of brightly coloured solid and fluid shapes to recreate some of his famous work.
The pupils used the ‘thumbs up, thumbs down’ cards to self assess their own designs. Successful learners all round!
The boys in the Oak class have been investigating aboriginal art as part of their class topic. Aboriginal art is art made by the indigenous people of Australia.
The pupils used paint and cotton buds to recreate dot art. They also evaluated and self assessed their work through emoji emoticons. Super successful learners today!
The boys in the Sunflowers class created these super pictures of the Eiffel Tower. They used paint dabbers to ‘bounce’ red, white and blue paint onto black card. Super successful learners today boys!
The Sunflowers were given the freedom to select and choose which colours they wanted to use for their artwork. The boys all worked together and shared the resources well.
Everyone was able to self assess at the end of the lesson and we all enjoyed the ‘Well Done’ song after each pupil presented their work.
Confident individuals today! Superb!
