We had quite the adventure on Monday. Unfortunately, Mrs. Anderson had to stay home on Monday and miss our field trip. But fortunately, I was able to come in instead. The Loafing Shed Glass Studio was located in Port Kells on The Parkes property. The artist showed us 3 different methods of creating class art. First, he showed us how to make an under the sea themed paper weight by repeatedly adding liquid class to different kinds of class bobbles. It was fanscinating to watch him shape the hot ball of semi-liquid class using just a steel rod and wet newspaper! Next, the artist showed us how to create a candy dish using a blowing technique. We were all really surprised by how quickly the shape changed. He made it look easy but we know that that skill took 30 years to master. Finally, he showed us how quickly he can make something like a marble. We have a lot of students in our class who use marbles during free time to play a version of beyblades they created so they were really excited about this. They were a bit disappointed when they asked if they could have it and they found out how expensive they were. But they were pretty excited to find out that Mrs. Vieira purchased one for the class. :) It’s was a really amazing field trip, one that I’m very lucky I got to attend. Mrs. Anderson was REALLY disappointed that she missed it. Some of the students even commented that it was one of the best field trips they had every been on. Feel free to check out their website:
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All about Mrs. VieiraI'm new to JKE and new to the school district but I've been a teacher in B.C. since 2008. I love art, animals and my family, which includes my daughter who is 1 year old. Archives
May 2018
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