Year 4 - 6 Stoneware Clay Beads

Students modeled textured beads and then painted the beads after they had been fired in the kiln. We will be using the beads to make Christmas ornaments.

Embrace the Shake TED Talk

In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense of purpose…until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace the shake. Year 4-6 students watched this video and we discussed it. A Compass Learning Task was set for the Year 4 students to answer two questions about the talk. You can find Phil's inspiring talk HERE.

Year 3 - 6 Ojos de Dios

Students loved creating the traditional God's Eyes or, in Spanish, Ojos de Dios, and first learned its history. This craft originated with the Huichol indigenous people in western Mexico. The God's Eye is started the first year a baby is born and each year a new colour of yarn is added. It hangs over the child's bed and symbolises God's protective eye watching over the child.

Year 5 Weaving Frame

Students were challenged with this project to create a weaving loom on a cardboard frame by threading yarn onto it, and then weaving fabric strips in a pattern. The frame was painted with a food dye wash. Fantastic work!

Year 5 Weaving Plates

Year 5 Stitched Bookmarks

Year 5 Paper Strip Birds

Students used staplers and paper craft techniques to construct their colourful birds, now flying high in the art room!

Year 5 Foam Print in Complementary Acrylic Colours

Year 5 Embossed Foil Board

Year 5 Cup Construction Challenge

Year 5 Mixed-Media Planets

In conjunction with their Science unit on planets this term Year 5 students created artwork using acrylic paint and soft pastels to achieve a 3D effect in space!