Dear Mead Room families,
This
week we have consolidated our understandings of colour by creating our Mead
Room colour explosion painting! We
placed an enormous tarpaulin underneath the climbing equipment and dropped
paint from a great height watching with glee as it plummeted to the canvas
below. Our blank canvas quickly
transformed before our eyes, incorporating all the colours of the rainbow.
Seb –
It went splat.
Christopher
– I dropped it, it felt lovely.
Benji
– Poured the cup and the blue paint went on the floor. It looked like puddles.
Zoe –
Blue! It splashed onto the canvas, it go dribble, dribble.
Noah –
I did it, it was fun.
Ellie
– It was silly! It dripped and dropped!
Charlie
B – The paint dropped down… it was really fun.
Lucy –
I chose pink. I throwed it and dropped it, it went splat.
Lucas
– I like it going splat!
Ned –
it went in all the colours.
Lola –
I choosed pink, splot, splat, split.
When I threw it down I was a bit excited!
We
have also been investigating painting with pipettes and small droppers. Working on a vertical surface offered
opportunities to learn about gravity and colour theory while also developing
fine motor skills…. Plus it was so much fun!
It can
be tricky to pinch, squeeze, then release the pipette to fill it with paint,
then squeeze again to transfer the paint to paper, however the Mead Room
children were determined and persevered until they became skilled at using the
tools, even becoming peer tutors to support others.
A big
thankyou to Saffi our Year 11 work experience student – we have thoroughly
enjoyed having you with us for this week.
Good luck with your studies!
Have a
wonderful weekend.
Melissa
and Maddie
