MAUD LEWIS, A CANADIAN ARTIST

 

  In Art and Crafts ,Primary Year 6 students have been introduced to Maud Lewis ´work.

  This Canadian folk artist lived most  of her life in poverty ,in a tiny house in Marshalltown (Nova Scotia)  with her husband, Everett. She was born with birth defects and developed rheumatoid arthritis which  reduced her mobility, especially her hands.

  Lewis used bright colours in her paintings and subjects were flowers , animals and outdoor scenes. She painted every available surface in her home.

  These are the amazing houses that  the students have made following Maud´s painting style.

TARSILA DO AMARAL, A BRAZILIAN PAINTER

 In  Art and Crafts, Primary Year 5 students have been introduced to Tarsila Do Amaral´s work.

This Brazilian painter is considered one of the leading Latin American modernist artists. She used sweeping curves and bright colours and wanted to add indigenous Brazilian elements and the vivid and unique natural landscape of her homeland.

These are the paintings that the students have created following Tarsila´s style.

  Can you find in each painting “Cuca”, the evil witch?

 

 

CARNIVAL 2022

         Primary Year 6 students have created African tribal masks in Art and Crafts. 

         They have learned about:

• Basic collage techniques.
• How to simplify and stylize shapes.
• The balance and interaction of positive and negative shapes.
• The use of symmetry in design.
• The effects of colour and pattern on their designs.

THANKSGIVING DAY 2021

ART AND CRAFT

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated every year in North America on the fourth Thursday in November. Family and friends gather to cook a large meal with traditional dishes and spend time together.

Primary Year 6 students have created these interesting and funny lapbooks. 

HALLOWEEN 2021

 Lay your table for Halloween dinner with these creepy napkin rings that Year 5 students have created in Art and Crafts!

Primary Year 2: ARTS: KANDINSKY: Colour study with concentric circles

In Arts, in Primary Year 2, we have used primary and secondary colours to replicate this famous work by KANDINSKY.
Look at this video and discover our creativity and innovation!
Thanks everybody!

GROUNDHOG´S DAY

Many Canadians take the time to observe Groundhog Day on February 2 . Groundhog Day in Canada focuses on the concept of a groundhog coming out of its home in mid-winter to “predict” if spring is on its way in the northern hemisphere.

AUTUMN

Congratulations to our students who have been working very hard. Great job!!!

Autumn 2013 - presentacion imagenes

Frederick (1986)

While the other field mice work to gather grain and nuts for winter, Frederick sits on a sunny rock by himself. “I gather sun rays for the cold dark winter days,” he tells them. Another day he gathers “colors,” and then “words.” And when the food runs out, it is Frederick, the dreamer and poet, whose endless store of supplies warms the hearts of his fellow mice, and feeds their spirits during the darkest winter days. Frederick’s story will warm readers as well in this Caldecott Honor winning fable.
Frederick (1986) from waanaki on Vimeo.

3º: THIS IS MY TOWN

In Science, we have been learning about the importance of living in a community and the different buildings in a town or city. In parallel, in Arts and Crafts we have worked together on a project to create a Model town at school. All children have worked really hard to create one building of our town: a church, a hospital, a school, a bus station and a train station, a cinema, a theatre, various shops, etc. we even have our own stadium!! Thanks to everybody for your hard work!!! It is great!!

3º_ENGLISH_ARTS_EASTER EGG HUNT

Today Annabelle, our language assitant, and our teacher organised an Easter Egg Hunt for us at school. We were divided into 4 teams and we had to answer a few questions to get the necessary clues to find a great surprise: a basket full of Easter chocolate eggs, which was hidden in the library :-) Mmmmm, delicious!!! We had lots of fun and we celebrated Easter together! Then, in our Arts class, we decorated an Easter basket made with an Easter bunny.

Easter Egg Hunt - presentacion imagenes

3º: SCIENCE_ARTS_THE SOLAR SYSTEM

We are discovering many things about the Solar System in Science and we also created our special Solar system in our Arts class. Look at our beautiful creation: the Sun, Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Pluto is no longer considered a planet as it is now classified as a "dwarf planet". Science can be fun :-) and when we work together, we learn even more!

3_Solar system - diapositivas

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