Cat painting

Euan completed this acrylic painting today - well done!

Exam practice

S3 artists were doing some critical studies exam practice today in art. We looked at an example paper and went over some questions before pupils tried to answer one on their own.

Q. How well doe the artist use colour, composition, pose and shape to create an interesting portrait?




'Heroic Dosser' by Peter Howson

Electricity from pairs of metals

S3 Chemistry















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S5

Robyn, Ailie and Lamorna were all doing some written work today, for Computing, Chemistry and Art:




And Zander was working on his American themed hat:

The news at ten...1945!

S3 are using higher order thinking skills - synthesis and creativity- to bring together and deepen their learning from the past few weeks.

They are writing radio reports for 1945 Britain, called 'rebuild Britain.' they have listened to journalists such as Richard Dimbleby, to give them a feel for broadcasting styles at the time.



Here the class are writing scripts using research and notes from class work:





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S3 design

S3 are continuing to work on their design projects in art. Here are some photos of them at work:












And some images of their design prototypes, firstly, Euan's tyre track T-shirt:




Ben's Singapore skyline:



Nico's Italian ice cream:

S4 were working hard today on a variety of projects. Jennifer was doing some 3D design work, Euan was painting and Leo was working on some digital art:





Leo finished this painting for his expressive folio - well done!



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