Air-drying clay Carnival Masks (step 1: modelling)

Creating decorative Carnival masks using air-drying clay. Choosing a theme for the masks, including owls, butterflies and underwater.

Using different techniques whilst handling clay such as piercing, applying and scoring to add texture and detail. Awaiting next week for painting and decoration :)smile emoticon

Still life of glass and cloth

Older children were given the opportunity to translate dfferent textures and properties onto paper- coloured glass which is hard and rigid, compared to the softness of cloth.

This was also the chance to enhance observational skills, proportion and position and understand better light and shadow.

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Kayleigh, 11

Yasmin, 10

Michael, 8

Alayah, 11

Still Life of Fruit

Younger children got the chance to enhance their observational skills. They were encouraged to relate fruit to shapes and/or other everyday objects to help make more sense of shape and form, thus making it more practical to translate the actual fruit onto paper. 

They were also helped to understand proportion and position, and had the chance to work with light and shadow, using different shades of colour.

Julia W, 5

Martina Cassar, 6

Julia S, 5

Elena, 5

Keeran, 6

Elyse, 5

Kelvin, 8

Martina Camilleri, 6

Children created embossed patterns and designs on a cardboard cone using 3D glue. When dry, they covered it in silver foil, painted tit black and then smudged the paint off using a cloth. This way, the black paint remained in the grooves, whilst t was removed from the embossed areas. The Christmas Trees were then decorated with sequins and buttons :)

Christmas Cards

Rudolph-themed cards using folded paper, cotton buds and pom poms!

3D Christmas Trees on cards using green-themed patterned card, red bows and glittery paper.

Whilst the young ones enjoyed creating a fluffy puffy snowmen full of swirly texture and movement, the older students created theirs using a sock, rice and some other decorations!

Shaving foam, white glue and white paint snowman....After mixing equal amounts of these into a creamy mixture, the children spread dollops of mixture using a spoon to form a snowman. Some decorations ensured the final look of the snowman is classy!! (strips of fabric for the scarf, popsickle stick for the arms, pom poms for the buttons, orange crepe paper for the nose and buttons/sequins for the eyes and a painted black hat)

The older students helped each other create a snowman out of one white sock, which they cut in half. They then filled one half with rice, secured it using white thread and created a hat out of the other half by securing the end, turning it over and positioning over the snowman's head. Pom poms, needles and strips of fabric finished the look!