For our Textiles Unit in Art we have been studying the artwork of artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. We focused on his use of bold colour, perspective, line and shape. We will be using this artwork to influence us when creating textile wall hangings. After collecting ideas in our sketch books and drafting out a rough sketch we are now using wax crayon and watercolours to create wax resist paintings in his distinctive style.
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Firstly, we decided on our groups and then decided what paragraphs each person in the group was going to write. Then, we edited our paragraphs using the Quick Editing Station and wrote them up in neat for the display board. Afterwards, we worked on the rest of the display board, adding more detail, diagrams or photos and captions, fact boxes and other decorations to draw the reader in. Here are our final finished display boards: Good use of these Learning Gems:Today saw the first five children perform their poems to the rest of the class. In Mandela Class we are lucky enough to have Mr Harvey work with us to help a different group (each half term) to learn a poem off by heart and recite it to the rest of the class. This is a skill, which is not only part of the Year 6 expectations for reading, but is also a life skill which prepares the children for High School and beyond. It always amazes me how all different types of children respond to the task and the change which occurs in their confidence and ability in just 6 weeks. Well done! Good use of these Learning Gems:The children have been working hard on learning the long division method. First we did lots of practice on long division wipeable boards, so we could concentrate on the method rather than having to set the work out. To start with, the children were very unsure of this method but by the end of the lesson there were lots of smiles and realisation of how much easier it was to use this method rather than the short division method when the divisor was a 2-digit number. Once it had been mastered on whiteboards, the children worked in their books, learning how to set out this method whilst solving some calculations. Good use of these learning gems:This afternoon we invited parents and grandparents in to class to learn about the calculation methods we use in Y6. It was great to see how confident the children were with these methods, particularly with long division! Good use of these learning gems:Using our perspective design skills we designed and made our own press prints and created some lovely press print pictures! Firstly we came up with a design and scored our design onto the press print. Then we used our finished press prints, using the designs we scored onto our polystyrene tiles and printing ink to transfer the design onto paper as a repeated pattern. We were able to select from a range of colours to print with. The best results were when the lines were scored deeply into the tile and the design was kept simple and clear. A great way of using our perspective drawing skills! Our Finished Work:Good use of these Learning Gems:The class were really confident using the short division method today and those who knew their multiplication tables well were very quick to solve these calculations. They were also able to take on some of the reasoning challenges using their great understanding of the method. Well done Mandela Class! Good use of these learning gems:We then learnt how to create one point perspective drawings and practiced the technique. Our finished perspective drawings:Good use of these Learning Gems:
We enjoyed looking round and finding out more about the Christian Church. Good use of these Learning Gems:In our English lessons we have been learning about complex sentences, making sure that we can identify the main clause and subordinate clause and use commas and subordinating conjunctions correctly. We worked in pairs or threes to come up with are own complex sentences using given main clauses. The following day we had a go at writing our own complex sentences: We reviewed our work and came up with a complex sentence checklist: Good use of these Learning Gems: |
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