Weaving Landscapes: Grades 5 & 6

We began this art project by learning how to create a sense of space and depth in a landscape—the concepts of foreground, middle ground and background. Then we sketched our own imagined landscapes; made a second copy by tracing it; painted one copy with warm colors and another with cool colors. Finally, we cut them into strips and carefully weaved the two works together. 

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Buoyancy

The grade 3's and 4's spent the afternoon applying their knowledge of floating and sinking to making boats that were to hold the maximum numbers of pennies. 

 After the first try, our students went back to the drawing board to see if they could improve their designs. 

 One boat even held 58 pennies! 

 These kids sure do know about buoyancy and displacement!

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Quill Feather

The grades three and four found out the hard way how difficult it was for the pioneers to write with a quill feather! 

The ink was very runny and we had to work very diligently to avoid making the page all 'splotchy'. If a mistake was made, we could not 'scratch it out' without messing up the page!

 

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Sketching Flowers at the Greenhouse

The Kindergarten Class went to the Centennial Greenhouse to sketch the many beautiful flowers they saw there. With their crayons they moved from section to section in small groups drawing the flowers that were of most interest to them.

 These are their beautiful sketches from the greenhouse. Aren't they lovely!

 

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African Masks

While studying Africa in geography, the students in Grades 5 and 6 had the opportunity to make African themed masks. It is great to see how much detail and effort went in to the making of these masks. Great job students!

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Humber Arboretum

The grades 3-6 had a great experience while visiting the Humber Arboretum this spring. They had the opportunity to taste maple syrup straight from the trees there!

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Ancient China

 While learning about  the Ancient Chinese Civilization the Grades 5 and 6 took a history fieldtrip to the ROM.

 

Here they are in front of the replica of the gate to the Forbidden City.

 

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Plasticine Art

The grades 3 and 4 worked with Plasticine to create a picture the way Barbara Reid does in her famous children's picture books. The modelling must be applied in layers to achieve a 3-D effect.

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Easter Eggs

In Playschool our friends are dying Easter eggs. Each student brought in a few eggs to decorate.

 

First they chose what colour they wanted, then they bathed the egg in the dye.

Next the teacher dried the dyed eggs. When the eggs are all dry the students will be able to decorate them more with stickers and then put them in the basket they have decorated for them.

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