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How our upcoming engineers developed their ideas in Art
Students in Year 1 have just completed a unit of inquiry based on How We Organise Ourselves, learning about how transportation can enhance functioning within communities. Boys closely observed and drew toys, as a way to investigate lines and various forms of vehicles, adopting different strategies and viewpoints. They used recycled materials to join shapes into single forms and painted them black. Then came the assemblage and decoration phases of the project. Boys added features like axles, bumper bars, wheels, aerials and roof racks. Windows were cut out and doors were constructed to open and close. Finally it was time to test race our vehicles and then make any modifications. Aidan had worked out that if he loaded the vehicle with weight, it would go faster and it DID! A special thank you to all the parents who managed to join in celebrating the big Race Day. In particular, thank you for being risk takers in sharing some of your own personal stories about how you overcame disappointments in your life when you were growing up. This really helped the boys overcome their frustrations when their car either crashed, broke or did not perform as well as they had hoped. This was an invaluable and impromptu part of the whole project.
Ms Karen Sabitay
PYP Visual Arts
