On Thursday, the 24th of January, we started to make a loom for weaving. First we cut out a 10cm x 10cm piece of cardboard. Then we drew 10 equally spaced lines. After that, we made small incisions to put our string through. This was our loom. The next day, at two o’clock, we started to weave. We picked our favourite colour wool, got a straw,
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For the last few weeks in Art we have been practising pencil drawings. We began by looking at examples of drawings and examining how shade and shadow are used to create a 3D effect. We then practised drawing spheres using the techniques studied to create depth. Our next lesson was to draw an apple and a bottle from observation. As we were drawing, we used torches
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Last week the theme for our lessons was The Ocean. In art class we took dried seaweed, collected from the rocks on the seashore, and glued it onto special ‘under the sea paper’. Then we took small shells, collected from the beach at Strandhill, and glued them on too. We each chose a fish or a shipwreck to paint and, when they had dried,
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First class have had a great time doing our Autumn art work the last few weeks. The first project we did were Not-So-Scary Scarecrows. This had to be done over a few days but it was great to watch it come together step by step. First the backgrounds were painted and detail was added using black paint. Then the class created their scarecrows using different colours
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Snowflakes We got this idea from a class that we are following on Twitter @REACHRocketeers! Teacher gave us three sheets of paper with lines on them showing you where to cut. We had to make six arms to form the snowflake. We cut the sheets of paper different ways and then sellotaped the arms together and then stapled them. After we formed
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6th Class were busy little elves!!! A few weeks ago we came up with a fundraising idea to help raise money for our trip toDelphiin June. We decided to make Christmas cards. Teacher got the supplies for our cards from the internet. We waited impatiently for the parcel to arrive! We were very happy when it did. We decided that we would
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In June we did some work in the Visual Arts curriculum about Andy Warhol and the Pop Art movement in the 1960′s. We used Google Images to look at and respond to some images from this period in art history. We paid particular attention to the structure of pieces of art created during this period and especially how common, everyday objects were used to
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We were invited to a photo shoot in the Sligo Education Centre. Only four children could go so we picked two girls and two boys out of a hat. We had to bring our art project with us. The photographer’s name was Bernie, we had great fun trying to get good shots of our sculptures. There were five other schools there too. We looked
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6th Class have been involved in planning and designing a mural for our school bike shed. Karen Webster: On the 5th of May 2011 an artist called Karen Webster came into our classroom and talked to us about the sea. She then told us about a mural we were planning to do and that we would be having different sessions with her. She
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Last Thursday we went on a bus to visit Breeogue Pottery. It is very close to our school. Grainne showed us around her studio. We saw the two kilns that Grainne used for our sculptures and pots. Grainne made a bowl and a vase while we were there. It was fascinating to watch Grainne make these items from clay! Grainne then showed us how to glaze
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