Jul 23
Miss B’s trip to Lennox Bridge
Last term 3J learnt about Lennox Bridge, Australia’s second oldest arch bridge and the oldest arch bridge on the Australian mainland. Miss B visited in the holidays!
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Aug 5
Renaissance Portraits
Slowly but surely our Renaissance Portraits are being finished. Once we had painted our faces and backgrounds, we framed them in gold, silver or purple paper and laminated them. Then three portraits are being hung from the ceiling. They look amazing! We have some super talented people in our class. Check out these finished artworks!
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May 25
Art Term 2
This term we will be creating a portrait in the style of the RENAISSANCE. The Renaissance was a cultural movement that lasted from the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. What do we already know about artists from the Renaissance?…
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Feb 28
Leap Day
Today, 29th February is leap day, the day we add to our leap year every four years. Leap Years are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth’s revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth approximately 365.24 days to circle once around the Sun. If we didn’t add a day on February…
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Mar 12
Life on the Gold Fields
We have been reading a lot about what it was like to live on the Gold Fields for the diggers, the women, the children, the Chinese and the policemen. It sounds like the food wasn’t very pleasant and you would have been very dirty! Though we all agreed that finding a large nugget of gold…
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