Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves
The children enjoyed sharing books about autumn leaves and looking at the variety of leaves within our school.  We talked about their shapes and colours.  The students designed many pencil sketches of autumn leaves and then they used one of their designs to enlarge.  They used pastels and blended the colours.  After this they wrote about autumn leaves.  They went to full school assembly and shared their amazing work.
Enjoy looking at some of their work:

Some of their descriptive pieces of writing about autumn leaves:

Koru Art

Koru Art

We had lots of fun focusing on the koru.

First we looked at different koru shapes on our ActivBoard and discussed them in detail. Then we worked on designing many pencil sketches of koru shapes and added other patterns to the designs.  After that the children selected their favourite design and this was transferred onto a larger piece of paper.  We discussed the colour wheel, showing cool and hot colours,  primary colours and complimentary colours.  Then the children used pastel to create their work.  They worked on the background and then went over with a black pastel.

Enjoy looking at their designs:

Working on the shapes

Working on the background

Going over the shapes with a black pastel

 Their finished work