Darwin day!

Whilst some children were cooking, others had some time to finish their amazing HMS Beagle collages. They will be on display very soon! 

Some other sailors finished their timelines too.

Pinch pot turtles

This afternoon we made pinch pot Galapagos turtles! We used lots of skills and had to follow instructions very carefully! 

First we had to make a ball or sausage to cut into two pieces, one for the body and the other for legs, tail and head.

Phoebe made such a good pinch pot that she showed it to others so they could do the same! 

We had to cross hatch the clay carefully and make some slip (clay glue) to make sure the legs, head and tail stuck carefully. 

Next we had to roll two sausages, one for the legs, the other for the tail and head. 

Building up compositions

This afternoon we have been building up our backgrounds ready for our compositions of HMS Beagle. We have thought very carefully about the shape of the boat, the colour of clouds and the different art media we can use. 

We found some great fabric for the sails and the rigging! 

Critical friends

Yesterday afternoon we were learning how to improve our work, by listening carefully to the advice from a critical friend. 

First of all we drew an owl in flight, by copying a picture on the board. This was our first draft.

Then we listened carefully to the advice from our critical friends about how to improve our drawings. Now we were ready to start our second drafts. We thought carefully about the advice we had been given. 

Our second draft was much better, but could we improve it even further? We learned how writers, artists and many other people work hard to improve their pieces by valuing the practice of redrafting and accepting critique. 

It worked! By not accepting that our first draft was our best work, we all learned that through perseverance, listening to advice and looking carefully at our own work we could all end up with a great piece of work on our 3rd draft! We will share some on the blog very soon.

More brilliant learning at home!

More incredible homework from class 2. What a lot of lovely learning!