We have a great glass display cabinet in our school foyer.
These Grade 6 Paper Mache Masks make a very colourful and interesting display for our visitors.

Our Grade 3 students have been working with wool to make Pom-Poms.
Depending on the colours used these can remind you of things so this one was expertly added to
and made into a skunk. I had no input except for helping with the cutting and tying.
Considering that we don’t have skunks in Australia I think Katerina has shown
great imagination.Congratulations Katerina.

Our Grade 6 students are working on their Mosaics so I’m posting photos of last year’s work to show them the grouting procedure.

I am very pleased with the quality of the Grade 6 paper mache masks this year. They took a while but my

belief is that”Quality work takes time”.Congratulations to our students- the hard work paid off.

Now we’re making  individual mosaics and working on a group  mosaic  for the “Year of the Ox.”

I was thrilled to have one of our Grade 5PL students, Nathan,  bring in this piece of wood burning which he did in his grandfather’s workshop

during the weekend a few weeks ago.

Fantastic artwork Nathan and congratulations to Nathan’s grandfather for providing the wood and inspiring  the work.

On the right is “The Circus Freak” by Sofia of 6SG

“Midnight Sea” by Adele of 6JS.

 ”Princess Sparkles” by Kelly has the black net and tiny red and blue quail feathers.

We we very grateful to  our friend Margie Dean for many of the wonderful decorations.

It’s hard to believe that the past year has slipped by so quickly and we now have a new selection of Paper Mache masks  from our Grade 6 students.

Here are a few to start with.

These are just a few of our favourite photos from our around  Australia trip earlier this year.
They were all taken in the picturesque Northern Territory.
The “Reflections”photo and the Waterlilies were taken on the Yellow Waters cruise at Kakadu.

Any of our Taylors Lakes Primary students who may be visiting the blog are welcome to try drawing the crocodile or the lizard and bring it to their next Art Class.
The other two would make great topics for a watercolour painting.

We are having a two week Term  break beginning  on Monday 21st September.
Happy Holidays.

This week our students were fortunate to have a  visit by children’s author and illustrator David Miller.

This detailed paper sculpture is from his illustration for Mark Austin’s book Ringle Tingle Tiger.

David’s skills with paper sculpture are legendary and he kindly allowed me to photograph some of the detail of his work to post on our blog.