Mariama's Comic

Mariama has finsihed her comic based on the Bully Asleep. Here it is!

D&T Week

During D&T week we have been designing and making musical instruments. Here are a few pictures of us at work.

Completed Comics!

Over the last few weeks we have been working hard using GIMP and Comic Life to produce comics based on the poem The Bully Asleep. Here is finished work by Shenaz, Mariama, Jahniah and Ethan.

Children in Need

Today in school we have been raising money for Children in Need. Children, who bought in a donation, were allowed to bring a teddy bear to school. Even Mr Broadfield bought his Spurs teddy in (Come on You Spurs!). There were also other activities and competitions to raise money. Each class in the school was set the challenge of creating their own Pudsey. Here are some pictures of the children designing and making Pudsey and Blush bear.

Improving our Comic Life

Although we were very pleased with the results of our Comic Life work yesterday we decided that they didn't look like traditional comics. We searched the web for a tutorial in GIMP that showed us how to give our work a 'Lichtenstein' effect. Here are some early examples of the work.

Digital Art Work

This afternoon children have been using digital cameras and GIMP to produce some digital art work. Children were told to explore with the different filters, layers and effects. Here are some of the results.

Even more Bully Asleep

And finally here is work by Ethan, Jahniah, Sukhminder, Shenaz and Mariama.

More Bully Asleep

Here is work by Wiktoria, Tawana, Mallica and Tasnia.

The Bully Asleep

Continuing with our work on poetry today we looked at a poem called The Bully Asleep. The poem is a narrative poem about a group of children who want to get revenge on the class bully. Children have used Comic Life to illustrate the events of the poem. Here is work by Hannah, Ismail, Dequanne and Maiya. Click on the picture to take a closer look!

Black and Asian History Display

A quick preview of our up and coming Black and Asian History display focussing on Black and Asian artists.

The Visitor

In Literacy we have been looking a narrative poems. Children have been writing their own poems based on the The Visitor by Ian Serraillier. Here is Hannah's excellent work.

In the dark horrifying woods,

On the ground there were leaves and stone,

A man walking, late and alone.

He saw a ghost on the ground,

Around its wrist a golden bracelet he found.

He ran home and gave the bracelet to his wife,

She yelled “It’s the loveliest thing I’ve in my life.”

“Thank you my dear” she happily said,

She put it on and went to bed.

Midnight they woke, and sat up in bed,

“Give me my bracelet!” a scary voice said.

“What was that, Jonathon? What did it say?”

Don’t worry, my dear. It’ll soon go away.”

“I’m reaching you now! I’m climbing on your bed,”

The wife covered the sheet right over her head.

 It was torn off right from her wrist and tossed in the air,

“I’ll drag you out of  bed by a string of hair!”

“What was that, Jonathan? What did say?”

“Throw the bracelet through the window! JUST THROW IT away!”

She threw it. The skeleton jumped out the window with haste,

After the bracelet the skeleton chased.

The woman watched  from the window still ,

Fainter...and fainter...then all was still.