Spring Into Action!

UPDATE: We have now received our prize from EarthWatch - thank you so much....we can't wait to try it out!

Over the last few weeks Year 3 Camera Club have being taking part in EarthWatch's #springintoaction photo completion.

Over the last 5 weeks we have submitted pictures inspired by each letter of S-P-R-I-N-G.

Week 1 was S = SNOW and SNOWY-white Crocuses.

Week 2 was P - PANSIES and PALE yellow chicks born in class.

Week 3 was R and quite tricky as it was also our week to try things in B & W, so we went with REACHING for the Spring skies and REMARKABLE Spring light.

Week 4 - saw us heading off to Walthamstow Wetlands to capture some I, N and G shots.
I = IMPENDING, INTERMITTENT rain and INFINITY

Week 5 was N = NESTS, NIAGRA Falls (mini version) , NETTLES and (g)NARLED wood

Finally Week 6 was G = GEESE (Canadian) and GRAPE Hyacinths (with added bee)

Early Man #1

Year 3 got prepared for their next topic - The Stone Age - in their final Art lesson last half term, by creating some cave painting inspired backing paper for their new displays.

Having had a brief look at cave painting (we'll be returning to the subject in more detail next have term), we set to work.

In our groups we sponge painted different layers of earthy colours for our cave walls.

When these were completed, we drew around our hands, chalked them in, then outlined them in dark brown soft pastels, finally smudging them for the effect we wanted.

Here are a couple of our finished backgrounds, just waiting to be filled with all the new things we are going to learn next half term!