S5 design

Megan, Rebecca and Robyn were modelling their final design pieces for design folios - they have all done very well!

ArtRage

S3 were experimenting with a new painting app called ArtRage. Here are their results:

'Reflections' by Scott:



A hot air balloon by Chloe:



And a landscape by Rhys:


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Making judgements in s2 History

Was life in France fairer after the revolution? Could the revolutionaries have foreseen the execution of the king? Did all French society benefit from the revolution? Can this conflict be justified? Was the terror necessary?

These are just some of the questions S2 are debating today and for the next few weeks. They will link their learning on revolutions to the current crisis in Libya.

Here is Daria playing the river of death word game to recap key words from last term...


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Conflict study continues in S3

S3 are continuing their challenge based learning this term. Today the groups shared useful websites with their team and refocused after the break through discussing their guiding questions.






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Megan's Gaudi dress!

Over the holidays Megan has worked hard to complete her Spanish themed, Gaudi dress for her design project. Here are some photos of the work in progress:










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Drama prelim

S4/5 dramatists were working hard today, sitting a second written prelim:

Back to work!

It was great to be back in the art classroom today!

Lara was working on her final folio piece - it is looking really good:




Lamorna was working on her 40s style dress design project, pinning poppy petal shapes onto a base dress to create a textured skirt:

Holiday art work

Alexander took a break from studying to create this flowpaper and brushes painting:

"Disaster..."

Brushes paintings

Beth in S4 has created these 2 digital paintings using Brushes on her iPad:

Into the deeps...




And, inspired by Michelangelo, this take on his classic creation:



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Musical history on last day of the term

S3 history and french combined classes this morning. We spent some time searching for historical references in songs including 'I wish I was a punk rocker,' 'The times they are a-changing,' 'The Ragged Old Flag,' and 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Much discussion was provoked, particularly about revolutions, and how fast the music industry has changed.

We are all looking forward to our break- Happy Easter everyone!

S5 art

Robyn completed her final piece for her expressive folio today:




And Deborah completed her final design - a crown for the White Witch:

Space again!

S1/2 were creating space themed work on their iPads in art today with some super results. Here are some examples:
















Zander and Chloe in S4 also had a go:






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New high score!

A new high score on Pottery HD by Finlay - well done!







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Type drawing

David in S3 created this excellent drawing of a fruit bowl using text:



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Space, the final frontier...

S3 pupils were creating some space themed digital art using brushes, type drawing and fluid monkey:






















Rebecca in S5 also created this Dr Who 'mash up':



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Seascape!

Rebecca in S5 created this digital seascape today using Flowpaper and brushes:




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The searchers... Core PE!

The wet weather kept us indoors during Core PE today, but we made good use of our time! First, some teacher input on digital literacy and the need to develop and improve our ability to find, select, understand, evaluate and analyse information using the internet. Then, we spent time finding facts, answering questions posed by pupils, comparing results and sharing techniques. A proftable and fun afternoon!

Experimenting with collaboration tools in S3 history

In order to effectively share ideas, S3 standard grade history pupils trialled a new site called linoit this morning. The site let's them share ideas, thoughts and questions relating to their key question on conflict, by posting sticky notes on a shared canvas.




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S4 art

Beth was working on a pastel drawing today whilst Lamorna and Lara were working on their design projects.

Keynote presentations in S1

This morning saw the culmination of S1's hard work this term qhen each group presented their findings on their revolutions. In the course of this project they have used a number of apps on the ipads including Safari, StripDesign, Coursenotes, Keynote, Mail and Pages.

Ian and Kathryn told us about the American Revolution. It was an outstanding presentation- informative, clear, accurate and interesting.


Rebecca and Finlay gave us a very insightful presentation on the Jacobite Revolution. Great work!




Ellie and Declan will do theirs on Wednesday.


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