HOWICK HISTORICAL VILLAGE
We started Term 2 with a visit to the Howick Historical Village as part of our Social Studies topic on Living in the Past.
We learnt that children went to school, but it was very different, for example:
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teachers were very strict
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children wrote a slate with a slate pencil
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they did not wear a uniform
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children had their hands and finger nails inspected for cleanliness
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not all children were lucky enough to go to school
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they walked or rode a horse
Many children kept a diary in which they would write every day. Here is a diary entry written by Beverly Lemisio, as if she was living in these times.
Tuesday 31st May 1886
Dear Diary,
I was cold when I woke up this morning because my sister had pulled all the bedclothes to her side. Big sister, Mary had already lit the fire and cooked the porridge. I put on my white pinafore and walked to school on the dusty road.
My teacher was pleased with my slate writing. She said I can write with paper and pen if I join my letters up. Tom was naughty so he had to stand in the corner until lunch time. I found my sums were quite easy and also my spelling.
At lunch time I played stilts with my best friend Anna. We had great time walking on the stilts.
It rained in the afternoon as I walked home. My shoes were muddy and my pinafore was a mess! They will not get washed until Monday, when Mama and Mary do the washing. It was good when I went home and dried myself by the fire.
After dinner Mary read her book in the lamp light. I am allowed t use a candle to write in my diary. I hope Mama will buy me a pen and ink from the salesman when he calls next week, so I can have them for school. Mary let me use hers. She is the best sister in the world.
OUR LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS
In Term 2 our topic for Visual Arts was Landscape Painting.
We learnt about different types of landscapes. We learnt to put in an horizon line, to paint the background first and how objects in the front in the front are bigger than objects at the back of the painting.
Here are some of our landscapes:
In Beren's landscape below, you can see how he painted his horizon line, with the sky meeting some distant hills. The car is travelling along the road and the people standing on the side of the road, appear bigger as they have been painted in the foreground.
In this painting below, Raymond has shown a beach scene, which is also a landscape. His horizon line is where the sky meets the sea. The car in the foreground is bigger than the boats.
SYMMETRY
One of our Mathematics topics for Term 2 was Symmetry. This is when you learn that many objects in nature, as well as man-made objects can have a line drawn through them and each side of the line looks the same. The one side is a reflection of the otherside. Things that are symmetrical are pleasant to look at. People are symmetrical, and we are all lovely to see.
WE CAN CREATE SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS...
ARCHITECTS DEGISN PARTS OF BUILDINGS TO BE SYMMETRICAL...
WHEN GOD CREATED THE WORLD, GOD CREATED SYMMETRY.
WE ARE SYMMETRICAL.
