Specialist Centre
SPECIALIST FEATURE NEWS
你好 nǐ hǎo to our wonderful community!
It has been great to get back into the art room, starting some of our creative projects for this term! Read below for an overview of what we have started working on;
Foundation students have been exploring colour through different materials and media, including pastel, watercolour, paint sticks and crayon. After creating their own colourful and unique 'beautiful mess' last term, they start Term 2 off with another open-ended task titled 'Eye use my imagination and creativity'. Students are provided with a pair of eyes as a simple starting prompt to spark their imagination and create a unique creature using the mixed media previously explored in class.
Grade 1 and 2 students are exploring the colourful work of Eric Carle. We discussed his technique of paper collage and the way he creates interesting texture in his animal and insect artworks. Before the students get stuck into making their own paper collage insects, they spent their first art sessions creating painted paper, using scraping tools to add texture.
Grade 3 and 4 students have begun thier exploration into line and pattern by studying scientific images of insects. The students are drawing birds eye view bug scapes on transparencies and are looking forward to adding colour and creating their background artwork.
Grade 5 and 6 students are exploring line and pattern by creating metallic insect drawings that show distinct lines of symmetry. This week their focus was on sketching and creating their line drawings and transferring them onto black paper.
We welcome David Kight to our Specialist team as our new P.E. teacher - we look forward to getting to know you better as the year goes on! David will continue to provide our students with an active and engaging program at MPRPS, and with Cross Country just around the corner, he is certainly off to a running start! 🏃🏻
Physical Education
Thursday 30th April (Week 2) - Whole School Cross Country
Monday 8th May (Week 5) - District Cross Country
Thursday 28th May (Week 6) - Grade 4 Winter Gala Day
Thursday 11th June (Week 8) - Grade 5/6 Winter Gala Day
Performing Arts
Wednesday 29th April (Week 2) - Grade 5/6 performance dress rehearsal
Thursday 30th April (Week 2) - Let'sTALKitOUT! Performance (4:00-5:30pm)
Physical Education
1B: Arsalan P
For being a great helper and participating well in the warm-up game in P.E.
5/6T: Georgie I
For a positive attitude to P.E. and being responsible and helpful with equipment.
Visual Arts
2S: Yijan W For demonstrating creativity and a love of learning when exploring Eric Carle and creating your textured painted paper.
3/4J: Lenny M For demonstrating creativity and care when starting your insect drawing. Great line work!
Performing Arts
1B: Dawn C
For always bringing your positive attitude and enthusiasm for learning to your Performing Arts sessions. It is fantastic to see you enjoy your time in our creative space!
5/6J: Jordan S
For bringing knowledge and enthusiasm to your lighting tech team to create an interesting lighting plan for your class scenario performance. Excellent effort!
Mandarin
2E: Zara A
For your active engagement, commitment, and wonderful learning attitude in Mandarin lessons. Well done!
5/6J: Amatullah A
For your amazing efforts and determination in memorising and regularly reciting the 12 zodiac animals. Keep up the great effort!
Science
1C: Linden C
For creating a detailed labelled diagram of the human body and its features. Congratulations!
5/6C: Kai-Ern
For your very thoughtful consideration of what makes a scientific experiment fair. What a fabulous start to our unit!
Warm regards,
David - Physical Education Sam - Visual Art
Steph and Suzie - Science Kate - Performing Arts / Visual Art (Foundation)
Huang Laoshi - Mandarin