Year 6 Colour Theory Layered Tape Painting

Students alternated paint layers with masking tape to achieve an amazing effect. The colours they had to work with for the layers were as follows: first layer - primary colours, second - one secondary colour with a white tint, third - complementary colours, and fourth - black and white.

Year 6 Tree of Life Mural

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 6 Monochrome Prints

Year 6 Tree of Life End of Year Project

Students have begun painting the discs, which will be part of their Tree of Life mural display on the wall near the bike stands at school!

Year 6 Foam Rubbing Print

Year 6 Non-dominant Hand Portraits

Year 6 students drew portraits of each other this week using their non-dominant hand. Letting go of control and accepting imperfection in their drawings was the aim of this lesson, as well as fun!