Today, having recently finished reading the novel “How to Train Your Dragon” by Cressida Cowell, 4th Class took to recreating their favourite character, human or dragon, from the book using clay.
Today, there were scales, teeth, talons and tails aplenty in our art lesson.
These wonderful creations will dry over the week now and the children will paint them next week.
Today, 3rd and 4th Class visited the wonderful Andy Warhol exhibit in the Hugh Lane Gallery. They had a brilliant time and are really inspired to try out some new art back in school. Check out the photos below.
This month we are focusing on clay for art. Second Class have been very busy using their artistic skills to make some clay doughnuts. Stay tuned for the finished pieces.
Today, 4th Class began their 6 week Task Masters programme with 2 trainee solicitors Alison and Loughlin from the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place.
Over the course of the programme, the pupils will work in groups on tasks which will help them learn about law. At the end of the programme, the children will take part in a final in Blackhall Place.
This month the children in Mr Smyth’s 4th Class are learning about the Greek myth “Theseus & the Minotaur“. Having read the story and watched a video of it, they designed their own book cover. They then explored the geography of story from the capital Athens to the islands of Crete and Naxos using their class atlases. Today the children began the process of creating some clay art inspired by the story.
They made some beautiful clay pots using the pinch pot method. Next, they decorated the pots with fun geometric patterns commonly found on pottery from Ancient Greece. When dry, the children painted the pots in the orange/black style found in Ancient Greek pottery with images from the story of “Theseus and the Minotaur”, much like the Ancient Greeks documented their myths and tales of daily life in Greece in their pottery.
There was huge excitement as Santa paid a surprise visit to the children in school today!
Today, the children in Mr Smyth’s 4th Class had a wonderful day with paint, and print. They painted their own photo frame and Christmas decoration as a gift for family and printed their own wrapping paper to parcel up their gifts.
