F-3 ~ Carnivale Masks

We're getting excited about the upcoming Olympic Games and learning lots about Rio and Brazil. A great place to start was learning about the celebration of Carnivale. We had fun watching a short clip from the movie 'Rio' and listening to some fun samba beats.

Foundation and Grade 1 students made their Carnivale masks out of paper plates and a whole variety of craft goodies and bling (getting lots of practice with their fine motor skills!) Check them out!

Grade 2/3 students also made some amazing Carnivale masks with lots of sparkles and embellishments. Have a look at their colourful creations below.

Over the next few weeks we will be learning all about the Brazilian Pop Artist, Romero Britto. Stay tuned for some colourful artworks inspired by this inspiring artist!

First delivery of stars!

I have just delivered our first box of stars for the One Million Stars Project and the staff at Wyreena Community Centre were thrilled! We managed to weave 300 stars already and the box is still filling up.

Rather than throw away old brochures, magazines, paper offcuts and scrapbooking paper strips - we have turned them into beautiful pieces of art and all for a wonderful cause!

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far.

One Million Stars Project

Students in Grade 3-6 have been busy weaving colourful stars out of magazines, catalogues and brochures. Not only are they creating amazing art from recycled materials, but they are also contributing to a wonderful global project called ‘One Million Stars’.

The project aims to bring people together to weave stars as an expression of support for peace and positive relationships. Stars have been chosen as a symbol of hope and light.

Maroondah City Council has committed to be part of the project and aims to contribute 10,000 stars. Our stars will form part of an exhibition at Realm, Eastland, in November. These stars will then be sent to Brisbane in early 2017 to be part of a giant installation on display as part of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Arts and Cultural Program!

All students, parents, staff and friends of Marlborough are invited to weave stars to be part of this project. The Grade 3-6 classes have been weaving stars during Art lessons and have also been weaving stars at home and during lunchtimes. 

For more information (and a video and instructions on how to weave the stars) please click here to go to the council website.

I will be collecting all our stars and delivering them to Wyreena Community Centre by the end of August. You can drop off any stars you’ve made to the Art Room or to the office and I will add them to our delivery. Please come and see me if you have any questions or need help with weaving instructions. Happy Weaving!