We all did some homework before number 11 session – which was to make sure and observe the NIGHT SKY. It just happened to be a clear night but if you were looking up to the night sky in Crossmaglen, you’d have seen a lot more visible stars than I did looking from my rooflight in the heart of Belfast City… I showed the children what I saw. I documented the view North and South from my windows, by taking photographs.



I asked the children what they saw and they had indeed seen more starts than me!
We discussed the reason for this and they suggested that all the city lights had drowned the night stars out. The children told me what stars they saw some saw 5 large stars spread out, very bright…
I invited them to make a charcoal drawing based on their night visions. Here are some, but you can see more on the Teacher section of the journal…
What lovely images! We were in the mood for some hands on working with art materials and decided to try the effects of wax resist….




Mrs Hughes has posted a lot of the children’s pictures on the Teacher Journal, go check them out…

We all talked about this painting the children loved the swirly patterns, the glowing yellow around the moon. We noticed some paler lights from the town below but the night sky was so big and beautiful. The children liked the big silhouetted tree in the foreground and thought that maybe it was a stormy night when Vincent painted this scene.
We have cultivated a real interest in the space and the stars and are planning a trip to a local PLANETARIUM!