The children created these beautiful abstract Sunrise artworks with Miss O’Sullivan. Their use of such vivid colours was wonderful.
Category Archives: Arts & Crafts
Abstract Art
The children in the Junior Room used marbles and paint to create these wonderful abstract artworks.
Marbling Art Easter Eggs
Stephanie from Heritage in Schools helped the children to create lovely Easter Eggs using marbling. Marbling is an art technique that involves paint, a dispersing agent and water to create unique patterns that resemble variegated marble.
Easter Art Webinar
We had a wonderful morning creating beautiful Easter Cards during a webinar with The Wexford Education Centre and artist Nadia Corridan.
Easter Bunny Art
The children in the Senior Room have been experimenting with our new water-colour pencils while creating some wonderful Easter Bunny art. Water-colour pencils are a medium that combines drawing with painting. When you add water to a watercolor pencil drawing the pigment spreads over the paper to imitate the look and feel of a watercolor painting. Working with these kinds of pencils is a great way to experiment with colors. The children gave the water- colour pencils a big thumbs-up and are looking forward to exploring their use in more detail in future art projects.
Easter Art
There are signs of spring all around us in nature. The children in the Junior room have been busy creating the Easter symbols of new life – Easter eggs and Easter chicks. We are all looking forward to a visit from the Easter bunny.
Easter Bunnies
The children were busy preparing for Easter by making beautiful Easter Bunnies.
Mother’s Day
The children were very busy during the week getting their cards ready for Mother’s Day.
St. Patrick’s Day Art
The children in the Junior Room got ready for St. Patrick’s Day by creating some beautiful shamrock themed artwork.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The theme for this year’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Dunmanway was Irish Folklore. Our inspiration for this year’s parade was an Táin Bó Cúailnge also known as The Táin or The Cattle Raid of Cooley. The Táin is an epic from Irish mythology which tells of a war against Ulster by Queen Medb of Connacht and her husband King Ailill who want to steal The Brown Bull of Cooley from Ulster. We imagined the warriors of Ulster and their Druid gathering to defend The Brown Bull from the army of Connacht. The children were soon busy with the cardboard, paper mache and paint needed to create our props. Many thanks to the parents who sent in pictures and footage of the parade.
