Mrs E. Williamson's Blog

Mrs Vass here! It’s been a long time since I’ve written on this blog – a big thank you to Mrs Williamson for letting me write this post

I wanted to tell everyone about an ePortfolio experiment we’ve set up with some of the Primary 6 children in Carronshore. Some of the ePortfolios can be accessed via a page on this blog and we’re hoping to add more soon.

If you play the voki below, you’ll be able to hear how Memoona is going to use her ePortfolio. 

It’s only an experiment because I’m working somewhere else at the moment, and I haven’t had a lot of time to help the Primary 6’s build their ePortfolios ….. but I think you’ll agree that the children seem to be doing just fine on their own They chose the pages that they wanted to have included and most were very keen to have a page about their artwork.

Memoona wrote about how she enjoys art:

“I really like art and it is one of my favourite subjects.”

Iain likes art, “especially when we can draw anything we like“!

And in her ‘All About Me’ page, Jaimey wrote:

“I am also interested in art. I really enjoy art because you can kind of express yourself in a way.”

Jaimey’s comment sounds really interesting. We’re hoping that the Art teachers in the local High School will visit the ePortfolios and join in the discussions on the Art pages. This would be great because it might help the Primary six children to learn more about what to expect in Art classes when they go to High School …. and the Art teachers will be able to learn how children in Primary School feel about the subject.

If Mrs Williamson doesn’t mind, I’ll pop back here now and again to write about how the experiment is going. Meanwhile I’m sure she’ll continue to post more of the beautiful Artwork that she helps the children with here in Carronshore

During Term 1, Primary 5 were enjoying reading ‘Stig of the Dump’ as their class novel and were excited to create artwork linked to the story.
Cave Art was created after discussion with the pupils about the style of art Stig would have created.

Pupils made Wanted posters to help Barney and the policeman catch the two burglars. I read excerps from the novel to the pupils which described the burglars and the pupils included this in their posters. They were impressed that the Art teacher had been reading their novel and was knowledgeable about it!

Finally, pupils thoroughly enjoyed creating their own Stig model using a plastic bottle covered in papier mache.

These art sessions provided an opportunity for the pupils to discuss aspects of the novel.Their knowledge of the story and recollection of detail was impressive. For example, while adding the finishing touches, one boy suggested adding a watch to his Stig’s arm because in the story, Barney gives Stig a watch and he wears it on his arm.
Click to play a slideshow of the art work and the proud pupils!
Primary 5:Linking their art to literacy. on PhotoPeach

This term the children throughout the school have been participating in a cross-curricular book study and I have based my art lessons to link with their books.
Initially this was quite a challenge, as I had to become familiar with all the books, all ten of them, then try to create art lessons around the book.
However, I enjoyed sharing the books with the pupils and I think they were surprised that the Art teacher knew so much about their book!
Now follows a short slide show of a small selection of the artwork. I will post pictures of the other year groups ASAP.

August – October 2009 – Linking Art to Literacy on PhotoPeach

This year we held an art exhibition in our school which raised over £400 for school funds. Below is a slide show of just a fraction of the exhibits…

Carronshore’s Art Exhibition 2009 on PhotoPeach

Above is a soft sculpture collage showing the children of Carronshore Primary School at play. It is on show in our front entrance for all visitors to enjoy.

I am going to use this  blog to display all the other great art work produced by the children of Carronshore Primary School. Most of the children’s artwork is displayed throughout the school. Their art work is regularly praised by visitors who come to our school. One of the aims of this blog is to give the children an even wider audience for their work. Eventually, I hope to give the children of the upper school their own online space to allow them to discuss their art work.

The two pictures below show the collage in closer detail. This piece was produced by P5 -7 pupils over a period of time, using recycled materials, including old tights for the children’s heads and plastic bags for trees.

These are the football teams!

Cross country runners and children playing with pogo sticks.

Please come and visit often and we would welcome any comments.

I know that Jaimey has noticed this!

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Miss L

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Thank you to everyone in 5LW! You are a fantastic class and this blog would not have been possible without all of your hard work and effort!

Have a great summer and enjoy Primary 6!

Miss L

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has helped us with our blogging journey this year!

We have loved sharing our learning with you!

5LW will be moving on to primary 6 next year and Miss Law won’t be at Carronshore so carronshore.edublogs.org is changing again and it is going to be an art blog.

Just like the oscars we have a few people we really want to thank! Thank you to Mrs Vass who helped us when things got too tricky for Miss Law! Also thanks to Mrs P and Allstars for their great posts, comments, coming to visit us and most importantly for Katy and Perry! Also, thanks to everyone who left a comment, we loved reading them!

Keep blogging and keep in touch!

Jack and Emma and Jaimey were joint winners with 7 votes each. Everyone was fantastic though and we all found it hard to pick!