All week we learnt about symmetrical shapes and lines of symmetry.
We made *stain glass window” pictures of symmetrical minibeasts. Then we made symmetrical insects on the painter programme on the computer. We also went outside around the village, looking for symmetrical shapes in the real world.
Some of us also looked in catalogues and cut out symmetrical objects to make posters.
The Noughts and Crosses game in the playground.
The frog bin in the playground
Drain in the playground
Nursery railings
Plants in the playground laid out in a symmetrical way.
The glass pattern.
Gates at the Braco Hotel
The War Memorial and plants around it are laid out symmetrically.
The horse above the art gallery.
Braco Clock Tower-We even discussed the times that were needed to be truly symmetrical. We realised the clock figures didn’t make the face symmetrical.
Learning to play the percussion instruments to the story.
Rebecca on the drums while the rest of the group sing.
Playing percussion.
Ben on the triangle.
Noah and Carly painting the tree.
The tree nearly completed.
Ben and others deep in thought!
Sandy on the drums now!
The second group playing percussion.
Alexander and Kiara making beautiful music!
Fred and James making the sound of ants scurrying.
The finished tree being hung up while the children start dancing.
Our drummers!
Today P2/3 went over to Blackford Primary School to take part in the Awongalema Tree activities provided by the Art, Drama and Music specialists.
They heard the story of the Awongalema Tree. They had to draw and paint a beautiful, colourful tree. They also learned to play different percussion instruments to different parts of the story. The children also performed in the final performance of the story with singing dancing and playing the instruments.
Everybody came away with a smile on their face!
A big thank you to the specialists and Blackford Primary for letting us use their school.
Thaumatropes were very popular in Victorian times. They were a kind of optical illusion. We all made one with a bird and a cage and then we were able to make our own design.
P2/3 have been doing decoupage to decorate their scrapbook for homework. This was a popular activity in Victorian times. It involved cutting out pictures of your favourite things and overlapping them. A coating of glue was then brushed over to give a shine. Flowers were very popular in Victorian times, but we also stuck on our favourite toys.
