Operation Art 2012

Today we went to see the exhibition of children's art works; Operation Art at Newington Armoury. Below are just a few of our many favourites.

Of course we had plenty of time for the new playground and water play area at the nearby Blaxland Riverside park. 

Maritime Museum

This week we are doing a project on oceans. We started off our study with a trip to the Australian National Maritime Museum.  The best parts of the museum are the ships and submarine moored outside. The volunteer guides told us lots of interesting facts as we climbed and crouched through the vessels. Here are some pictures from the day.

Cape Bowling Green Lighthouse

At the top of the lighthouse

Endeavour replica

On board Endeavour

Going down into Endeavour's lower deck

Endeavour dining room

Joseph Banks' cabin on Endeavour

Steering Endeavour

Tall ship James Craig

Captains sitting room on the James Craig

HMAS Vampire destroyer

Guns on the Vampire

R in control of Vampire's gun

Sick bay on the Vampire

HMAS Onslow submarine

Onslow torpedo tubes

Evacuate to the surface from the submarine wearing this

Submarine

Submarine control panels

Spying on Darling Harbour from Onslow's periscope

Dials on the Onslow

Onslow submarine

Kids Pirates exhibition

Some pirates

Captain R

Spirit of Australia - World's fastest boat

Beer can boat

Abstract Figures

Today we looked the the picture "First Class Marksman" by Sidney Nolan.

We discussed how we knew the black image was a person even though it's painted in an abstract way. The children identified things that can identify an abstract shape as a person - body, head, eyes, arms, legs etc. They then had a go at making their own person using abstract shapes.

Best friends by L

Mummy by R

List Poems

Today the children had a go at writing a list poem  First we did one together about fruit. The children brainstormed and came up with as many fruits as possible. Next we listed 2 fruits and an adjective to describe them, on each line. We made lines 2 and 4 rhyme. We used Rhyme Zone to help us with this.

Here's our group poem.

Fruit

Yellow banana, juicy nashi pear,

Orange orange, black berry.

Sweet, red currant, water melon,

Soft mango, red cherry.

Sour rhubarb, purple plum,

Gooseberry, green grape.

Crunchy apple, brown, spotted pear,

Yummy strawberry; heart shape. 

Next the children had a go at doing their own poem. L choose animals and R choose transport.

Animal poem by L

Brainstorm by R

Transport poem by R

Abstracts

Today the children experimented freely with shapes to produce an abstract collage. We also used French curves to make some strange curved shapes. I encouraged the children to overlap some pieces and try to connect shapes together with other shapes. Tomorrow we will use the same method to make an abstract person.

French curves

By R

By L

Roman Lunch

We have just begun studying the Romans. The children made this Roman lunch today featuring honey omelette, fruits and vegetables, olives and cecina (a kind of soft biscuit made from chickpeas). It was all delicious.

Tearing basil for the cecina

Cecina

Beating the eggs for the omelette