YEAR 1 FEAST

These Christmas Plates were designed by Year 1 students during their first adventure with FEAST.  These plates I'm told have become highly prized in many North Turramurra homes.  Santa must be very familiar with them by now. 

YEAR 1 Van Gogh

Year 1 studied Vincent Van Gogh.  We looked at many of his paintings and talked about his interesting life.  We discussed the movement, rhythm, line work, texture and brush strokes that are evident in his paintings. We explored ways of expressing this through movement and then Year 1 students became an object in his paintings eg. a chair, a tree, the sun.  Year 1 created these colourful chairs inspired by Van Gogh and then designed a mat for the chair to sit upon.  Even though Vincent's life was tragic, these chairs and rugs created by Year 1 are uplifting and happy.

YEAR 4 Papier Mache

I will admit it was with some trepidation that I embarked upon the papier mache journey with year 4 so close to the end of the year.  There were times when I thought I would have to carry some pieces around with me as there was no more drying space left in the art room! However, as always the students of TNPS rose to the challenge and knuckled down to produce these stunning 3D objects below.  They, the work and the students, are brilliant.  Here is a sample of work.

 

YEAR 5 Silk Painting

Another tradition at TNPS is Silk Painting with gutta and silk dye.  Students worked hard on a variety of designs until they were happy.  They had to draw on their knowledge of colour theory to develop a successful pattern and composition.  Well done, they are unique, bright and colourful.

                                                               

YEAR 6 Scribble drawings and Apps

Year 6 were challenged to create self portraits in the style of Chuck Close scribble etchings and referenced Craig Ruddy's work, particularly his 2004 Archibald winning entry of David Gulpilil.  Here the students have printed their work and then applied the apps Word foto, Glaze and Glitch to produce their own interpretations.

YEAR 6 TIE DYE

It has been a tradition at TNPS for Year 6 students to create tie dye at the end of the year.  Here are the results this year.  Mmmmm I think they are happy with their work!

RED HAND DAY

Earlier in the year Turramurra North Public School received an email from a past pupil who is now a teacher of English and Humanities at the John F Kennedy International School in Switzerland.  She invited TNPS to participate in a project her school has been running for a few years.

Red Hand Day (International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, 12th February) is an annual commemoration drawing attention to the plight of children forced to serve as soldiers in wars and armed conflicts.  The day was initiated in 2002 when the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict came into force on the 12th February.  Since then, the number of child soldiers has hardly changed and it is estimated that 250,000 children are currently being used in wars as soldiers.

The red handprint has been adopted as an international symbol against the use of child soldiers.  During art classes Turramurra North Public School students printed their own Red Hands with personal messages attached to each one.  These handprints, over 300 of them, along with a video created by Sally and Isabelle will be forwarded to Switzerland where they will become part of a presentation by the International School to the United Nations in Geneva in early 2016.  Click below to view the video.