DRAWING THE GRUFFALO

All along the first term we paid our entire attention to Gruffalo, both  subjects Arts and Crafts and Music were concerned.

The main idea was to create a topic guiding thread to give sense, motivation and progression during

How  the kids thougt  could he look like.

According to the introducing song which was from the very beginning the main approach to the whole topic.They acted out the following lyrics :

"He has terrible tusk and terrible claws
and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.
He has kknobbly knees and turned-out toes
and a poisonous wart ar the end of his nose.
His eyes are orange.His tongue is black.
He has purple pricles all over his back."

After singing along this so catchy song they built their monster up.

Some features were given but there were much left to their imagination .

MURAL FOREST DRAWING & PAINTING.
This huge piece of paper gave them the chance to draw  lied down close to some mates in a cheerful  congenial atmosphere.

RAIL TRANSPORTATION

Now carrying on our topic "over the land" means of transport.

We concentrated our atention on wheeled vehicles that run on a rail.

This is what and how the first year kids made.

Life around the railway

1st step.The children drawn and cutted out a train.

According to a given model the chidren of first year drawn an engine and two wagons,

paying close attention to the colour, shapes and size.

This is an example of what they've done.

2nd step.Put the engines to work on a rail.

Using the trains ,the kids made a landscape up. A train station, a traffic ligth , a train driver , some trees and so on.

Look at the many details they thought about!

You can also enjoy these videos on the topic.

Have some clues to draw your own train engine.

Let's also have fun watching the episode "The Train Ride"

Have some clues to draw your own train engine.

SPACE SHUTTLE

Get ready to blast off !
This Space Shuttle craft is an easy project for an enthusiast !

Here's how we did make it

1st step.They painted a towel  roll in the colours of their choice with a paint brush and some water.

2nd step. They glued sundry decorative accessories,such as margarine lids or cellophane rolls,eva foam stars and strips of crepe paper.
They look really so cute , don't they ?

They can also spend a cool time playing with the shuttles.

Let's sing along the coming up songs concern with air transportation ! 

 Give it your best shot and with a lot of enthusiasm to this " how to draw"proposal !

CARNIVAL MASKS

We're feeling so excited dealing with motor machines

So, our precious kids have designed the most cool vehicles ever.

Let's enjoy yourself as they did!

Vehicle masks

As they got really used to sing, act out and watch at many kinds of transportation.

The kids just device their favourite vehicle around the two holes cutted off for their eyes.

They were so inspired, have a look !

Stuff they required

An eva foam board

a piece of white cardboard

a bodkin

several wax crayons

a pencil

a rubber

some models

1st step.The children of first year cut two holes off from the given piece of cardboard using both the eva foam and a bodkin.

PAPER CITY VEHICLES & AND ROAD TRIP

Over the land means of transport.

All along this enjoyable craft  the first grade kids were provided with plenty of activity.

They were given a roundabout and a little landscape to place their new creations : cars,mobile homes, ice-cream trucks, vans , minicars and bikes.

The goal is to make them get involved into the topic , as well as to leave them imagine all the elements playing together as real ones over the land.

1st step. They coloured the pairs of vehicles as they liked.

2nd step.The kids cutted the cutouts carefully and then folded them.So as to get 2D vehicles to play with or to stick on the road/roundabout,or just to start the engines. 

3rd step.They made up there own road trip plenty of self designed vehicles.

OUR VALENTINE CARDS

Valentine’s Day is, for many people, the most romantic day of the year. At school we enjoyed decorating our special Valentine Cards as we think Love is also sharing and being respectful with friends and family. 

LOLLIPOP FLOWERS

We spent a really pleasant time making a  heart shaped candy flower. Join us and you 'll have an amusing  time !

Stuff we required

Card stock or construction paper.

Cardboard templates of hearts and leaves.

Green coated paper

Glue stick

Scissors

Lollipops

How did we make it step by step.

1st step. The children traced and cutted hearts and leaves following the templates outlines.From the red construction paper we got hearts larger than the lollipop candies.

2nd step. The kids folded the green paper in half and cutted out the leaves shapes,leaving the two sides attached at the seam.

3rd step.They unfolded the double leaf shape and coated the entire surface with glue.Then they folded it back over the lollipop stem, pressing to secure.
And there it is a lovely hearted shaped flower carrying a sweet surprise inside.

                     SWEET SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY !