by Cary MARKIN | Jan 7, 2021 | Grade 5, Primary Visual Arts
The grade 5 students were challenged to create a piece of art that interacted with an object from their house. This was a great activity to help students expand their creative thinking and problem solving skills. Here are some examples from our lesson.
by Cary MARKIN | Dec 10, 2020 | Dance, Grade 1
Grade 1 has been studying rocks. All kinds of rocks. So we explored a really big rock, the moon. We watched videos of astronauts walking on the moon. Then we explored how to move heavy and how to move light. We even made little dances as if we were walking on the...
by Cary MARKIN | Dec 10, 2020 | Dance, Grade 2, Primary Visual Arts
We are learning about the weather in class. So we decided that we would all paint our favourite kind of weather. As you can tell by the video, lots of students had their minds on snow. But we also had a bit of rain, a tornado, and a storm on mars! To add to our...
by Cary MARKIN | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 5, Primary Visual Arts
As the students continue to explore Force and natural laws in their unit of inquiry we began to construct paintings of galaxies. Our hope is to pair these with our dances for an integrated art and movement video.
by Cary MARKIN | Dec 3, 2020 | Grade 3, Primary Visual Arts
The grade 3 students explored the concept of symmetry while playing with paint. Giving students time to play with an artistic medium helps them create a knowledge bank of techniques that work for them. As the students explored with paint they became aware of brush...
