Our class made stained glass windows with Ms. Kelly.
The equipment we needed was an A4 acetate sheet,
permanent markers: black and other colours,
and A4 sheet of paper on which to make a design.
Here is a slideshow of our work:
Photo Credit: @Doug88888 via Compfight
If covering the topic of colour in class,
this website has great potential
for encouraging learning and discussion.
It is called Colours in Motion
and was created by Maria Claudia Cortes
It is interactive and animated
and deals with the symbolism of colour.
There are also opportunities
to experiment with digital art.
Soon it will be Chinese New Year
We listened to the story of the
Chinese Willow Pattern.
Then we acted out the story.
To finish we made ‘statues’
of that dramatic point in the story
where Li Chi’s Father tells Chang he must leave
and Li Chi begs her father to let her marry Chang.
We would love to hear what you think of our art.
A Song for Chinese New Year from ‘Children’s Music’ by Nancy Stewart.
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A Reminder:
Please don’t leave your child to explore online unattended
The internet is a portal to the world outside.
Children should be accompanied on this journey 😉
These are some of our pictures of trees.
Before we did our project we often drew trees
that looked like lollipops 😉
We learnt about colour, shape and angle,
looking at masterpieces by a variety of artists.
These included Vincent Van Gogh
and Georgia O’Keeffe .
These are some of the trees we drew today
at the end of our project on the theme of trees.
‘I found I could say things with color and shapes
that I couldn’t say any other way
– things I had no words for’.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Thanks again to Junior Art Gallery
whose link suggested this project to us.
We always appreciate feedback on our work 🙂
We would love you to comment!
We were talking in class about ‘moments in the sun’,
how every now and then some one has a day
where their talents are celebrated.
The children who took part in the Kilcoole Feis
had this ‘moment in the sun’.
Mark and Fiona had their most recent moment
when they got prizes in the art competition
organised by Junior Art Gallery.
More success will occur when the class enter
the Write A Book competition.
Winners and runners up will be picked from each class.
We will also enter the Junior Spiders Awards
and the Texaco Art competition
and who knows what might happen.
We talked about how we can’t expect
to climb to the top of the mountain
and be successful every day.
Being successful takes hard work.
Being successful also takes good luck.
If the weather was sunny every day
we would take it for granted.
The children in 2nd Class, Room 6
agreed that they all love snow days
but if it snowed everyday
they would eventually find this tedious.
Winning the Lotto would be
a dream come true
for many people,
but if it happened every day
we might say:
‘Oh No, not another
Lotto win’ 😉
We can take it in turns to be successful
and have our ‘moments in the sun’.
We can congratulate friends
who are successful
and enjoy their success
with them.
Today Nicole was successful.
Her lovely picture received praise
from Junior Art Gallery:
Nicole’s picture on Junior Art Gallery.com
Well done Nicole 🙂
This link will bring you to other successes 2nd Class Room 6 have had.
Children from 2nd Class Room 6 entered this competition:
Junior Art Gallery’s ‘Favourite Christmas Food’ Art Competition
from Junior Art Gallery
We received a very nice email
and some entries were on Twitter.
Favourite Christmas Food – Some entries
to see the thirteen entries from 2nd class Room 6
in Junior Art Gallery’s
‘Favourite Food Competition’
on display in ‘The Happy Pear’.
Patrons are invited to vote for their favourite.
I love them all 😉
UPDATE: Happy News for Fiona and Mark
who received their prizes today in school.
Thank you to Junior Art Gallery for this opportunity and your kindness.
Fiona’s and Mark’s pictures are on this link: Junior Art Gallery
From Killruddery’s Estate, Facebook Page:
These are the three winning entries for Enchanted Garden Colouring Competition.
Thank you to all the wonderful and creative kids who entered.
It was a really tough decision because as you can see the standard was very high.”
Congratulations and Well Done to Chloe and Rose.
I’m sure you will have a magical time in ‘The Enchanted Garden.’