At the start of this term we did lots of research about India, then we created beautiful Indian sunset pictures.
First we tried 4 different medias (oil pastels, chalk, wax crayons and powder paint) to practice our techniques. Then we chose our favourite media to make our final picture for the display. 'We chose wax crayons because they weren't messy and you can mix the colours together without it smudging' - Layla and Amelia. Finally we put a silhouette of an animal or the Taj Mahal on top of our sunsets using black paint or black sugar paper. We had a special visitor from a local Indian restaurant that brought in lots of spices for us to smell and taste. He told us about each spice and what foods you can use them in. 'My favourite was the coconut because the flavour wasn't too strong' - Layla.
Finally we had a very important job to do for Mrs Dale our deputy headteacher. We had to make persuasive posters for her husband, Mr Dale, to convince him to go on holiday to India. We learnt the best ways to persuade someone are to use WOW words to add lots of description and to use fancy features like rhetorical questions and exclamations. We created bright, colourful posters with great information about the landmarks in India, the weather they might experience and finally the animals they might see. We hope we persuaded him!
By Layla and Amelia
