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This week we worked with blank white masks. The children found the mask that they had made last week and wee compared the cardboard mask that the children had made the previous week with a white plastic mask. With eyes … Continue reading
This week we worked with blank white masks. The children found the mask that they had made last week and wee compared the cardboard mask that the children had made the previous week with a white plastic mask. With eyes … Continue reading
First session with P1 and P2: the children are working in an unfamiliar room with bigger chairs and tables and they haven’t met me or learned to use the whiteboard so we are took it very gently and spent time … Continue reading
There are rich and exciting layers of paintings and drawings building up in the dream jars. We will be working with the P3 and P4 again later in the term and they will be continuing to read the BFG in … Continue reading
This week we are going to look at how we can add watercolour and different layers of drawing and paint to create different effects. Self-portraiture is inspired by Quentin Blake’s beautiful style once again but we have also been looking … Continue reading
This is undoubtably the strangest moment: sitting waiting for the children to arrive. It is so quiet and calm here. I have no visual communication with the classroom and there is no sound either. It’s just me and the computer … Continue reading
We started off by thinking about last week’s session and looking at some of the words that the children had come up with -some very funny conglomerations. The made-up words took our attention back to The BFG and we talked … Continue reading
This week we thought about how we identify ourselves and others, looking at eyes in particular. The children worked with partners to see if they had been paying attention to the colour of each other’s eyes. We worked with watercolour … Continue reading
Meeting the children for the new phase is exciting. It was great to see Aimee H again. She was able to show the webcam to the younger children from P3 and P4. I recognised some faces from recording children’s voices … Continue reading
In preparation for our next phase, Mrs Wilson and myself have been spending time working out our new direction. We have been sharing inspiration and finding new threads within the curriculum. Our common ground stems from the portrait work in … Continue reading
To round off our 2015/16 project the children spent time reviewing their work, laying out everything that they had created in the school hall. The rest of the children in the school had an opportunity to look at the work … Continue reading