KINDERGARTEN REINDEER

Kindergarten students consolidated their skills of painting and designing learnt throughout the year to produce their gorgeous Christmas Reindeer.  They have been working hard to develop unique designs and carefully painting their Reindeer.  After completion we created a small art gallery where students became patrons and wandered around commenting on the wonderful creations they saw, using words artists would use.  Each Reindeer was given a bell so they could be easily found if lost!

YEAR 1 CHRISTMAS PLATES

In Term 4 we invite Year 1 to participate in the FEAST program.  For many of these students it is their first introduction to ceramics.  Year 1 students are given a plate and they paint and decorate a Christmas Tree.  Some students have included presents, candy canes, reindeer, Christmas stockings and more.  These beautiful plates will bring joy to many families on Christmas Day.

YEAR 4 COLLABORATIVE KINETIC SCULPTURES

Students studied the 3D sculptures of American artist Alexander Calder.  He is known as the originator of the mobile.  His fine and delicately balanced sculptures move with the wind or are powered by a motor.  The students twisted and manipulated thin bamboo to create a 3D piece and then stretched tissue paper over chosen shapes to establish areas of colour.  Like Alexander Calder's kinetic sculptures, the students' sculptures move with the wind when fixed into the ground.  Some sculptures hang in the trees. This was a collaborative art project and the enthusiasm was electric.  No doubt there will be some kinetic sculptures at Sculpture by the Sea.