The peacock project...

For her higher design unit, Beth in S4 is designing a peacock costume. Today she was experimenting with different ways to create a huge fan tail... I think it will be quite a challenging project but have no doubt that Beth will manage it!

First she tried attaching all the "feathers" to a cardboard fan but this was not strong enough or long enough:

Then she tried to create a template for a bigger fan...

The next trial worked better using a polystyrene ring which could give support at two different points:

S3 artists

S3 are making good progress in their design work using a variety of materials / techniques such as foam, card, fabric, fantasy film, hot glue, wire, tissue paper, paint, plastic, wood.....

Back to work

S4/5 artists made a good start back today and everyone was working hard.


Beth was researching her design project looking at resources, budget and technique:



Lara was working on her latest Japanese design - a lantern hat! She used a traditional ink painting set with some tissue paper to create the blossom tree:









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Japanese hats!

Lara has been working on her Japanese themed design project. Here are some of the headpieces she has created:

S3 Art work

Euan completed this excellent oil pastel portrait of a cat:

Treasure Island

Despite the snow S4/5 performed managed to perform Treasure Island just before Christmas - here are some picture of the make up, costume and set:

BC at Bellahouston Ski Centre

For the next five weeks, all pupils in S1-3 will be learning to ski or snowboard for our next Broader Curriculum block. Current weather conditions mean these skills might come in handy sooner rather than later!!

Here are the pupils being put through their paces by the instructors at Bellahouston Ski Centre.





















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