More Digital Art!

Here is some art work by Ethan and Dequanne using GIMP.

And here is Gurdeep and Ismail's effort.



The Firework Maker's Daughter - A Review by Calum

The Firework –Makers Daughter is a novel made for children written by Philip Pullman.  It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1995. He wrote it and it got adapted to play. Philip Pullman wrote school plays. There were erupting volcanoes, talking elephants and firework displays are all part of this high-energy production.

The novel’s main character is a young girl called Lila. Lila wants to be a firework-maker, like her father Lachand. Lachand believes this is not suitable job for a young girl. Lila disagrees, and goes to get royal sulphur from Razvani. She has to go to Mount Merapi as all firework-makers must do. She has to give 3 gifts to Razvani called talent, courage , and luck. She does not realize what the 3 gifts are. She has talent, having to work with her father for firework-making for many years. She has courage, for undertaken the journey. She had 2 loyal friends, Chulak and Hamlet, the talking elephant.

The special effects and acting were phenomenal not only could they speak with loud voices they could act well and play different musical instruments. Very talented! My favorite part was when a German guy showed his display of fireworks and when he laughed.

Philip Pullman Biography

Carrying on with our theme of orally presenting biographies Tawana decided she wanted to present her work using Animoto. With the help of Gurdeep and Sukhminder she produced the following video.

Using QR Codes

Today children in 5B used QR codes for the first time. A QR code is like a barcode which can be read by special software on computers or smartphones. Free sites online allow you to convert web address into these 'barcodes'. Once you 'scan' the code using a camera the software opens the link in a web browser.

In Literacy the children performed presentations. These were filmed using flipcams and uploaded to the internet. The children then used a QR code generator to generate a code which was stuck into their books. This allows anyone looking through the books to scan the QR code and view their presentations online.

Philip Pullman

In Literacy we have been looking at the author Philip Pullman. This afternoon children in 5B performed oral biographies of Philip Pullman. Here is one group's work.

Digital Art

This afternoon we have been exploring digital art. Children took photos of themselves and positioned themselves in various places. Here is a first effort by Reece and Jahniah.

Philip Pullman

In Literacy we have been looking at autobiographies and biographies. Today children in 5B have been using the Internet to find out all about Pullman's life and work. In preparation for writing a biography about Philip Pullman the children have been organising their research and ideas using mind maps. Some children have used Scribblar, which is an online collaborative whiteboard, to share ideas. Follow the link to see their work in progress. Scribblar

Art in Motion

In Art we have been looking at how artists show movement in their work. Calum has used GIMP to create a picture that shows motion.