Children in Years 3 & 4 have been designing
minibeasts.
They collected images from the Internet as a starting
point, displayed on the classroom's Interactive Whiteboard.
They then designed and made their minibeasts using recycled
wire and aluminium. They reused aluminium printing plates.
They were supported by the school's Artist in
Residence, Darcy Turner.
Darcy Turner works in schools, using recycled materials to support
curriculum projects in the classroom. He has designed many of
his tools specifically for safe classroom use. Apart from the
"wire metal bashing" work he does in schools, he also
carries out stixx newspaper construction, and mechanical wire
and metal constructions (from giant windmills & waterwheels
to bubble making machines).
For more information about the work Darcy does
visit: www.darcyturner.com
(For more information on these mini-beasts
see
our
Get Creative/creative schools section)
