P/1 ~ Under the Sea

'There's a hole in the bottom of the sea, there's a hole in the bottom of the sea....'

We've had this song stuck in our head after watching the animated version of this book here. We've been sharing a lot of books based around the topic of Under the Sea actually. Here's a few of them...

We've had fun experimenting with printmaking using shells and a variety of marine life stamps and painted lots of underwater scenes. Students were particularly impressed with the effects salt and isopropyl drops produced on watercolour paints.

Here are some giant octopus paintings created by our prep students - some used bottle tops to print tentacles and represent bubbles.

Grade 1 students enjoyed constructing these porthole aquariums using paper plates, cellophane, beads and silver paints. They decorated the insides of their aquariums with paint, shells, wooden fish, patty pans, pom poms and pipe cleaners.

More of the students' amazing under the sea artwork is on display around the Art Room and will be coming home soon!

Milestones at Marlborough | An Art Show and Reflection

What a wonderful celebration we had for Marlborough's 40th Anniversary! Thank you to all those people involved in organising the day and to those who were able to come down and join in the celebrations.

I am so proud of our students and all the hard work they have put in to their creative projects for display in our Art Gallery. Scroll down to see some photos of the work that was on display.

Each class made a collaborative canvas artwork which was up for auction on the day. Students worked with their class teacher and support staff to create an unique piece of art, There was some serious bidding going on on Sunday and all canvases sold! Congratulations to our winning bidders who will now be hanging these masterpieces up on their walls.

And here is a wrap-up of the individual artworks that were on display by each grade. These were completed during their weekly Visual Arts lessons.

 

What amazing talents we have at Marlborough Primary School - congratulations to each and every student and I keep creating! Remember, there are no mistakes in Art!!