The Arts at Boxwood

On my daily walk today I noticed great examples of art at Boxwood. In Ms. Royce's grade 8 class which is presently being taught by Ms. Au-Yang, I had the honour of being shown an art piece that was created by all members of the class.  Students had to reproduce a famous painting. Each student has a small square of the painting to reproduce using pastels. In order to get it right, they had to communicate with their peers. At the end, they discussed how they could have done better with this task. Students not only demonstrated their skills with using pastels, but they also worked on their collaboration skills. See the result below. Well done grade 8s!

My next visit brought me to Ms. St. Jean's 5/6 class. They have been working on using patterns in art. Their task was to create an art piece using patterns in the style of traditional Islamic art. In this example of learning, students were learning about art from around the world and how to use patterns to create art pieces. Well done class. Check it out below!

My last visit brought me to Ms. Turcotte's grade 7 band class. Students have been busy working at music theory, making appropriate sounds and using correct technique with their mouthpieces. Today, I got to see them playing notes collectively on their instruments! They have improved so much. I appreciate the work that this class has put in to improve their skills. Keep it up.