S3 revision techniques lesson

S3 have been brainstorming together the different methods they can use to revise. They have looked at visual, auditory and kinaesthetic methods. Each pupil has collected materials for their holiday revision work, and is making a plan...



We have spent time today breaking down the process of revision and discussing how to engage the brain at each stage. The class identified aspects they struggle with and we all came up with solutions. For example, instead of sitting reading, you could try walking about to do the reading stage of the process.


The class will hand in their revision materials so that the class can share ideas and assess how useful they are.



Watch this space!




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Successful exhibition!

Thank you to all who supported our 1st ever digital art exhibition today. It was a super success with over 90 paintings sold!

Middle school pupils were excellent at welcoming visitors, showing them round and demonstrating different apps. They were a credit to the school- well done!


I will send home as many of the purchased paintings as possible with the relevant children before we break up for the holidays. Some paintings will have to be reordered over the holidays but will be ready for as soon as we come back.

If you have bought a painting and it has not arrived by Tuesday 1st November, please do not hesitate to email me as it is possible that there may have been the odd mishap with our ordering system at busy times! jo@cedars.inverclyde.sch.uk

If you couldn't make the exhibition but would like to order a painting, you can view most of the exhibits on our flickr site. You can access it from the page that lists all the blogs on the school website.

Please email me at if you want to order any paintings and I will arrange it. jo@cedars.inverclyde.sch.uk

Exhibition

Middle school pupils were making final preparations for the digital art exhibition today. There are over 160 paintings by pupils and staff. Everyone is welcome to come and see the exhibition and learn how to use some of the art apps. It is from 10 - 2 on Tuesday 11th in the new extension hall at Struthers Memorial Church / the New Dawn Coffee shop.

Mobile 'to exceed people globally by 2012'.

Daria sent us this link today: http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16083288







We had an interesting discussion about whether mobile devices have made our lives better or worse. Mrs Creighton told the class that she bought her first mobile about a year after they had all been born, so she was the only person who could give insight into life before mobile phones. However, one member of the class has been without a mobile phone since his ended up in the washing machine, and he was coping perfectly well with life! Some of the girls gasped in horror at this and admitted to sending almost 200 texts a day- at which point Mrs C and most of the boys gasped in horror!

Daria also asked us what the writer's purpose was in writing the article and whether the statistics in it were reliable.

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S5 art

Lamorna was using acrylic paint and a palette knife to create a fiery sky for one of her artworks today:

S3 artists

S3 were giving feedback on some critical studies work on paintings by Van Gogh - we has some interesting discussions.

Then it was back to the practical work:










Nicol completed this smoking cigar optical illusion using chalk pastels today:

Not to left out...

S5 did not want to be left out of next Tuesday's Art exhibition so they had a quick digital painting ArtRage lesson:




Here are their masterpieces:

Lamorna's:




Ailie's:




And Zander's: