Outdoor learning highlights
Author: Miss Dunsmore
Scrap to Sculpture
Last Friday as part of our Art lessons we looked at the work of Eduardo Paolozzi. We tuned in to a live broadcast from The National Galleries of Scotland to lead this session. After exploring the artist a little we then created our own paper creations using only scissors with no glue or sellotape in sight! The creativity was exceptional with everyone helping each other, communicating politely and demonstrating critical thinking. We are going to follow this up in our creativity lesson this week using our French theme and transferring our art skills in to a new concept
HWB community meeting
Today we were very lucky to have Melissa Dunn from our council HWB team come along to talk to partners and pupils on what actions we can we can take in the local area with a focus on sustainability and climate. They met with our eco reps in school who went along to join in the collaboration and suggest their own ideas.
Challenge Poverty week
Today we were very lucky to have S6 from West Calder high visiting us today to explain challenge poverty week. They talked about lunches and uniforms and highlighted what actions we can take. This is a Scotland- wide campaign that challenges the stigma and discrimination often associated with poverty.
Art and Craft club fun today
Today we were creating snow globes and designed our own personal skateboards. It was messy art and we loved it!
Claude Monet – creativity hour
Today we started our research on Famous French artists. We found out about his Early life, Impressionism, famous paintings and his later life. This involved lots of practice in our literacy skills and skills for life. After our research session we will begin to re- create one or two of his most famous paintings using different materials.
Fraction birds
Maths week Scotland: Wild Maths
Today as part of Maths week Scotland, we worked outside as a team to collect natural materials such as leaves, pebbles, sticks and feathers. Back in the classroom we created designs such as repeated patterns and lines of symmetry using our own materials.
Pattern Hunt
Today as part of our maths lesson we went out to the school playground on a pattern hunt. We found different tree barks, arrangements of plants, games markings, paving stones, brick walls and windows to name a few! Lots of collaboration and creativity!
Eiffel Tower Art
Today we challenged ourselves to draw the Eiffel Tower as part of our creativity project. We were practicing using line as outline, drawing shapes and bold lines using our rulers. At the end we used Eiffel Tower grey to colour our drawings in and we added in a few clouds to the sky. The end results are fantastic and we are all very proud of our finished art pieces.
