Emmaus School - Minibeasts: a window onto their habitat
Thursday 10 July 2008, pm
and Monday 14 July 2008, am
Workshop assistance from Sean and Claire, Archbishop Beck High School pupils
From consultation with the link teacher, it was decided that the Artist, Claire Weetman would work with both Year 2 classes over two half day sessions. The theme would tie in to the curriculum topic- minibeasts.
The session started with a quick discussion with both classes about minibeasts and their habitats. We were going to make observational drawings of minibeasts, using photographs, books and models in the classroom. Claire gave us some tips on creating our drawings:
- The most important tool we could use when drawing is our eyes - it is really important to look at all of the shapes and details
- When we start drawing we need to press really lightly with our pencil - then when we are happy with the lines we can press harder
- Keep looking at what you are drawing!
- We used our pencil to shade in some of our drawings - to make things look darker we pressed very hard, and to make bits look paler we pressed more lightly
We also made some drawings of habitats - we looked very carefully at some flowers and leaves from the garden.
On Monday morning we started by using the brightly coloured paint pens to trace over our pencil drawings. We drew our brightly coloured minibeasts and habitats onto thin sheets of plastic.
The window was a good place to prop the pictures up while they dry
We made backgrounds with pictures of habitats using brightly coloured card and paper. We used our drawings to help us remember what the plants looked like.
We cut out the window frame using a template, folded it carefully, and then stuck our plastic sheets inside
There were two big sheets of plastic that we also drew our pictures onto. Claire and Sean from Archbishop Beck High School helped us out. These big windows will be on display at the Albert Dock in October.
When everyone had finished their drawing we all had a look through the minibeast window
Together, we all came up with some words that describe habitats, and some words about what we need to do to look after the minibeasts in future
Our wonderful words were written onto strips of paper in funky lettering, and we stuck them around our windows. Take a look at some of our windows into a minibeast's habitat.
