Term 2

I hope everyone has had an interesting and restful holiday!

We have lots of exciting things planned for this term. Children will be choosing a poem to present in a poster and to recite to the class. In week 3 we are going to the Botanic Gardens to learn about nature's recyclers. We also will be learning about how we can reduce our impact on the environment.

Self Portraits

Last term we worked hard on our self portraits. First we practised sketching our eyes, nose and mouth. Then we practised sketching our whole face with our features placed in the correct places and proportions. Next we sketched our face on a piece of cardboard. After that we copied our features onto smaller pieces of cardboard then cut them out and glued them on our face. Next we used more card and corrugated card to make our hair. After we had finished glueing it all on we cut our head and neck. Then Mrs A brushed a diluted wash of PVA glue over our faces to make them stronger. When that had dried we chose a hot colour and a cold colour, one for our face and one for our hair. We rolled the printing ink onto our face and hair, then placed a sheet of cartridge on top. Next we printed our portrait by putting the cardboard template and the paper through an old washing machine hand wringer. They look fantastic!