Fireworks

Well that is us well into winter now what with hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes night over with. I was really pleased to have had work at a nursery over the last few days because there was so much art making going on to celebrate these yearly events.
The nursery was full of art and the walls were covered in  Autumn leaves and pictures- with a real tree branch as part of the focus. Words such as Autumn - branch - windy, golden and brown were all part of the display. What a good way of combining language and art.
The children made crepe paper chains from orange and black crepe paper and we made pumpkin lantern and ghost decorations which was good fun.The decorations were made using folded paper - some children found cutting difficult.There were pre- cut lanterns which could be decorated with hallowe'en confetti !!
Another wall was covered with firework pictures which were made using blobs of paint and glitter glue with a sprinkling (or handful) of glitter. The paint was teased out with a straw to give the effect of a firework. This was a very effective way of making a firework picture and even the bonfire could be made using glue glitter and paint. The result was amazing and better than the usual wax resist pictures of fireworks.
In an other school in P1/2  - we watched some firework displays on you tube- and the children wrote  poems and drew  pictures using the sounds of fireworks in the poem. With such a visual focus for the lesson it did not surprise me to see how well the class did.