Virtual School Tour on Wednesday! No written work this week. Click:
This week for English we read an extract from Philip Reeve's Predator's Gold. The genre of this book is science fiction or you might be more familiar with the term sci-fi.
The last exercise in Racing Ahead ask us to find out more about some famous science fiction films: Star Wars, Star Trek, E.T and Transformers.
You art task this week is to pick one of the movies listed above or any other movie/book that falls under the the genre of sci-fi and create an art piece around it.
You can come up your own art piece or pick one of the suggested activities.
Watch the following YouTube clip and learn to draw the most famous Alien E.T.
Interesting fact: E.T.'s face was modeled after poet Carl Sandburg, Albert Einstein and a pug dog.
Can you come up with some interesting human and animal combinations and create your own alien.
This could be a lot of fun. I know you would have some hilarious combinations. Give it a go!!
Did you know Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens features the island Skellig Michael, off the coast of Co. Kerry. This beautiful iconic landscape was given global attention throughout the filming of the movie.
Task: Pick a natural landscape in our locality and turn it into a movie scene.
Create an alternative movie poster for your favourite sci-fi film