Little Fish!

Olivia created this lovely underwater painting using Flowpaper - well done!

Torrential rain!

The rain made for a very disrupted day. However, those who made it in managed to catch up on work, homework or study:










And when that was all complete, there was monopoly!

JR

We were continuing our street art theme in middle school today. We began by studying the work of anonymous French artist JR who uses art to raise questions about values, attitudes and society in genera,l as well as promote a sense of identity.

"Working anonymously, pasting his giant images on buildings, trains, bridges, the often-guerrilla artist JR forces us to see each other. Traveling to distant, often dangerous places -- the slums of Kenya, the favelas of Brazil -- he infiltrates communities, befriending inhabitants and recruiting them as models and collaborators. He gets in his subjects’ faces with a 28mm wide-angle lens, resulting in portraits that are unguarded, funny, soulful, real, that capture the sprits of individuals who normally go unseen. The blown-up images pasted on urban surfaces – the sides of buildings, bridges, trains, buses, on rooftops -- confront and engage audiences where they least expect it. Images of Parisian thugs are pasted up in bourgeois neighborhoods; photos of Israelis and Palestinians are posted together on both sides of the walls that separate them.

JR's most recent project, "Women Are Heroes," depicts women "dealing with the effects of war, poverty, violence, and oppression” from Rio de Janeiro, Phnom Penh, Delhi and several African cities."

(TED speakers biography - http://www.ted.com/speakers/jr.html)

Here is an image of his work in Providencia, Rio:




And a google earth image of the vinyl roofing he created in Kibera, Kenya:

Jelly Babies again

Middle school were finishing off their Keith Haring inspired jelly baby street art today:

Rats and fleas!

Today middle school are finding out what caused the plague!

Here they are making sure everyone in their group will be able to play our key word game- river of death!









Here are the volunteers demonstrating their knowledge:













The class worked in pairs to write a postcard from 17thC Edinburgh describing what the city was like...












Each pair had their postcard assessed by the rest of the class:







We have looked at the rather sinister meaning behind the rhyme 'ring a ring a roses'...






And we have investigated the causes of the plague...











The class used their imaginations and some percussion instruments to write a rap that will help them remember what caused the plague and some of the worst causes!



Now the class are working on Public Health Warning leaflets- making them as factually and historically accurate as possible!
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Jelly Babies!

Middle school were working on a street art project this afternoon - painting 'jelly baby' type figures in the style of artist Keith Haring. It was great fun!

Primary 7 French

Over the past few weeks, Primary 7 have been learning how to introduce their family members in French. Have a
look at what they've done!

















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Death, disease and more disease

We are delving deeper in to the past as we find out what ut was like to live in the 17th Century!

Group work, checking everyone knows our keywords from last week:



















Here is Mete using his knowledge to cross the River of Death:






Here is Olivia:



And Toby:



Here, the class are comparing
P drawings of Edinburgh in 1686 and 1886...











Here, they are improving their ability to select relevant facts by choosing sentences that best describe the differences between the pictures...






Here are the class shouting haud yer meaning 'hold your hand'- which people in the street needed to shout if someone was a bout to empty their chamber pot out of the window!



Here are the class in groups preparing conversations between rich and poor in Edinburgh.
















And finally, middle school answered some questions using primary sources. These are to be finished for homework!!

A good afternoons work!


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