Today we explored some of the sculptures Yinka our artist had created. We thought about what we could see and what we thought the art was showing and representing. We offered our own critique giving praises, notices and wonders for each piece of art. We learnt that Yinka created the art in response to migration and the structures mimic the sails of the ships as they migrate across the sea. We then looked at a model that our teachers had created! We enjoyed giving praises, notices and wonders for this! We then got busy on our own sculptures!

Here are our finished book covers which will be part of our cultural diversity display in our library. We enjoyed using African patterns on our art work as well as thinking about the significant people in our lives who will be on the spine of our books.

Today we started to explore a new artist- Yinka Shonibare. Yinka explores cultural identity and globalisation. We watched a clip to further our knowledge then worked together to produce an anchor chart. We looked at some of Yinka’s work and offered our own critique based on what we thought the art represented. We then explored African patterns thinking about what we could see, the colours used and what the patterns were like. Our mission was to create our own patterns that will be the book cover of some books in our library. Once we got creative, we ensured we kept stopping, offering critique to each other that would help us improve our work.

We then thought about what the word significant means and significant people from the past and in the world. We thought about people in our own lives that have made a significant contribution to us. These people will be placed on the spine of our books.

We all really enjoyed our morning and are excited to keep working through our art case study.