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Our y1's have been studying the Queen - so we created new palaces for her! We made them in the form of a pop-up with the possible idea of posting them off to her!

 Our y6's have been studying the Shang Dynasty (Ancient China) and have carefully, over a number of weeks(!), made full-size replicas of bronze ceremonial vessels out of papier mache over card armatures. We tried to add an authentic patination using pastels. (nb. bronze contains copper and so over time goes a greeny colour).

pop-ups

Y2's today completed their pop-up representations of our local town. They've drawn, coloured and stuck different aspects onto each face. We even put a stained glass window 'inside' the church!

castles

The y2 children made their pop-up castles yesterday. After careful detailing and cutting out they assembled them into working pieces.

 

They even suggested the addition of a 'working' drawbridge across the moat.

 



 

They now plan to add text (facts, names of features etc.).

today

Am busy getting my art room into shape! But still finding time to come up with ideas for forthcoming lessons. Y2's are looking at castles so I thought we could have a go at pop-ups.

 

 

 

My sister likes penguins so I've cheap-skated and drawn her a xmas card this year. It helps if you squint a little as you look at the pic;

 

The little chaps are supposed to look like they're holding their flippers/wings in certain positions, though the more I look at 's' the more I see Elvis !? Big sis doesn't read my blog (!) so I'm not giving the surprise away.

poetry

At short notice today I had to cover one of our Y2 classes. They've been studying dinosaurs and are about to do a Literacy unit on poetry - so I combined them and, together, we created a collaborative poem. After brainstorming rhyming words we drafted out a simple 4 line poem. I then showed them how it could be presented as a small booklet where the surprise (the loud roar) isn't revealed until the last page by means of a pop-up! This is my example that I quickly mocked up whilst the children were in assembly. I guided them step by step through creating their own - which they eagerly took home at the end of the day to 'scare' their parents!

 

Front cover;

 

 
This pic shows how we constructed the book from a single sheet (the standard origami book).

pop ups

Today the y6's made pop-up Anderson shelters - they're looking at aspects of WW2 from a child's perspective. The aim is to stick them in their 'topic' books accompanied by relevant facts. These are pics of my mock-up to test the idea out. The last one shows a variation where you can take a peek inside the shelter from the back and see a bed/bench. They are A5 when folded. We used crayons/felt tips to add a representation of corrugated iron and details of sand-bagging or covering with earth/soil. Will try and get some pics of the finished pieces - it was a bit hectic during the lesson!

 

 

dinosaurs

One of the children and I are currently collaborating on a small book. It's an attempt to get him writing and seems to be working! He chose to do a book about dinosaurs as he's mad keen on them. We take it in turns to do an entry. When we've finished it will be added to our class reading materials. My entry for the book today was a pop-up.

pop-up

Found out an 'old' pop-up of a sailing ship I made a few years ago. A colleague is doing 'Explorers' so I thought she might be able to use the idea. The children could use it as part of a 'log' or journal perhaps. Made using simple box-fold mechanisms with card, paper and wooden dowel additions.