Senior school art

Here are some finished pieces of work by pupils in S3-S5:

An oil pastel handbag by Melissa:




A watercolour tent by Jennifer:




An oil pastel police car by Euan:




An oil pastel still life on a sweets theme by Chloe:




A baking still life in acrylic paint by Leo and in pencil by Kieran:






A chalk pastel monopoly board by Christopher:




A pencil drawing of a flip flop by Nico:




Some oil pastel hockey pucs by David:




And a chalk pastel pocket watch by Nathan:

S3 historians: Democracy vs dictatorship

S3 are finding out how Britain became a democracy. Through their studies they are looking at wider themes and today they are focusing on understanding new key words including fascism, democracy, plutocracy, autocracy, dictatorship, communism, mutiny and revolution. Here, they are playing the game we call 'keyword exchange.'












- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Digital Art Exhibition

Middle school pupils will be running an exhibition of digital art on Tuesday 11th October from 10 am - 2 pm. The exhibition includes work from P1 - S5 and will be held in the New Dawn Coffee Shop top hall. The hall can be accessed from Jamaica Lane or through the coffee shop on West Stewart Street. Pupils will be giving demonstrations of how to use different art apps on the iPad, paintings will be for sale and all visitors will get a free tea or coffee voucher for the New Dawn Coffee Shop.

All are very welcome to come along for a look round.

Senior school art

Pupils in S3 - 5 completed these artworks today:

An acrylic painting of books by Euan:




An oil pastel still life of sports equipment by Zander:




An oil pastel still life related to cars by Scott:




And a chalk pastel beach ball by Nico:

More S3 reading homework

Christopher emailed the class this story about a pilot car hiring scheme in Paris: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15134136






He asked us whether we thought people who already owned cars would make use of the scheme or not, and also if we thought this scheme would be adopted in other cities around the world. This led onto a class discussion about our own preferences of transport: Mrs Creighton likes to listen to people's coversations on the train (as long as she can get a seat), but doesn't like taking the bus! Euan prefers public transport to getting a lift in the car, as opposed to most of the others who would rather use Mum and Dad's taxi service!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Excellent Essay Skills

Over the last week, S3 have been working on a critical evaluation on a short story by Ray Bradbury. They were writing about how tension is built up in the story through the use of setting in time and place, the use of flase alarms and the main character, Lavinia.





Ian has written an excellent essay and his opening paragraph is a great example of how to write an introduction:

The Whole Town's Sleeping by Ray Bradbury is a short story in which there is a build up of tension. In this story, Bradbury uses setting to establish tension, by setting the story in a small isolated town, in late evening and early night. The story's central concerns are danger and fear. The main character, Lavinia Nebbs, faces both danger and fear on her walk home alone from the movies, at a time when there is a murderer called "The Lonely One" on the loose. During the story, Bradbury uses a series of false alarms to heighten the tension. Moreover, the author uses character development to raise the tension further by showing a change in Lavinia's character from a strong, fearless woman at the start of the story to a terrified character in the grip of panic at the end.

Well done, Ian.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

More history presentations

Here is Jennifer speaking about how world war one changed life for women.





Here is Andrew describing the experiences of men during the Somme offensive.





Stuart and Kerr spoke on The stalemate- why it happened, the consequences, and how each side tried to break it.







Scott and Angus spoke on the variety of technology developed during the war.




Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone