Continuing our theme of artworks based on Houses and Homes, 3/4J are going to complete an artwork of a castle in the style of Paul Klee (Pronounced clay). WALT I can create a castle in the style of Paul Klee I can use watercolour paints in warm and cool colours WILF I can draw…
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Hey 3/4J, Check out these haunted house artworks! Stu Shepherd is an American aviation artist whose work has been featured on the boxes of aeroplane model kits. Haunted Houses are a great setting for suspenseful stories. But they can be tricky to draw! Here’s an easy artwork we can do! Thanks to the teachers…
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Our new novel this term “The Vanderbeekers of 141st St” is set in Harlem, New York City in a Brownstone building. We are studying different types of homes and houses, like the Brownstones of NYC. For art in Term 3, 2019, we are creating artworks of buildings and houses! Our first artwork is inspired…
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Henri Rousseau was a famous artist from France who painted artworks in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is known for his whimsical gardens, jungles and animal scenes. 3/4J love animals so what a great artist to study! “Surprise! Tiger in a Tropical Storm” 1891 (Surpris! tigre dans une tempête tropicale) “The Hungry Lion Throws…
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Look at this book about Chengdu the Panda, who would not, could not fall asleep! Chengu is actually a city in China. It is also the home of a panda sanctuary. Miss B visited China, Chengdu and the Panda Sanctuary back in 2014. They are amazing animals, so cute and cuddly looking. The sanctuary even…
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This week’s animal of the week is the Chameleon! Chameleons are cool! Well … says this book by Martin Jenkins. One artwork we can try is a watercolour Chameleon. Did you know the artworks in the book are all watercolours? Thanks to Deep Space Sparkle for the lesson inspiration! The first step will…
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We have almost finished reading our first chapter book of 2019 “The Explorer” by Katherine Rundell. It followed the theme of our Term 1 reading and writing topic – Human Survival! Add your comment to the wall! Leave a comment to tell us what you think of this book!
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Continuing our theme of art of Japan and looking at the Great Wave by Hokusai, our next artwork will be a watercolour. This drawing is broken up into three sections: Foreground (first two waves) Middle Ground (main wave) Background (horizon line and Mt. Fuji) The biggest wave should extend almost to the top of…
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Hokusai’s most famous artwork of Mt Fuji has to be “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”. This is what it says about this artwork on Wikipedia: The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 as the first print in Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It is Hokusai’s…
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This majestic Mountain is Mt Fuji. Where in the world is it located? It’s in Japan! And its not far from the capital city, Tokyo. A very famous Japanese artist called Katsushika Hokusai, like Mt Fuji so much he painted it 36 times! This series of artworks is called (The-Art-Curator-for-Kids-Art-Spotlight-Hokusais-Thirty-Six-Views-of-Mount-Fuji-1qye1mg) and each artwork also…
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Another year has begun. And what a special year to be on the blog! This year marks NINE YEARS of Adventures with Miss B! Nine years of fun with Bosco. Nine years of Stage 2 and 3 classes. Nine years of Miss B’s adventures, in and out of the classroom. Here are some highlights…
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The end of 2018 was very busy for 3/4J! Here are some photos of our lessons and projects! We had a lot of stem challenges, researched and explored shadows, did some amazing learning in morning routine and kept being mathematicians!
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Everyone loves Market Day! What is your favourite thing to do on Market Day? Leave a comment below!
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It’s time for another fantastic Space art work. This time, 3/4J are going to create a simple rocket drawing and use oil pastels to colour it. Add a black background, some stars and voila! We have a outer space artwork as good as James Hill, science fiction artist. WALT CREATE A ROCKET LANDSCAPE WILF…
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This term 3/4J are learning about the Earth, Moon and Sun in our Solar System. So we are going to do some Outer Space themed artworks too! Our first artwork is of a hot and cold sun and moon. But what does that mean? Read on to find out! Firstly, does anyone know what this…
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