Our Grade 2 students have been working with coloured felt and hessian (burlap) to create a fabric collage inspired by Eric Carle’s book “Rooster’s off to see the World”. The students were expected to use their cutting skills to make felt “feathers” which they needed to overlap on the body and then make a colourful tail for their rooster. A few real feathers were added to complete the picture. Students added hen houses and flowers to the scene and framed the work on bright colured cover paper for display. The featured work is by Rebecca of Grade 2 ST. Congratulations Rebecca, your “Rooster” really is off to see the World.
I was born in Bendigio, Victoria, Australia and attended a 13 student Rural School, Muskerry East Primary. I was a boarder at Girton CEGGS in Bendigo for my seconday Schooling.I trained at Bendigo and Coburg Teachers Colleges before beginning teaching in Melbourne in 1975. I taught a variety of Primary classes before beginning Art teaching in 1986. I am currently in my 26th year of teaching Visual Arts and my 24th year at Taylors Lakes Primary School which is in outer north-west Melbourne, Australia. I am married with three children and outside teaching am a keen member of Rotary International. Besides my passion for Art I have keen interests in photography, travel and in Learning Technologies.
