RM 17 manga

We were learning about Manga which is the japanese style of comic book drawings. Manga is different to most of our traditional drawings because the hair styles mostly used on Manga drawings is made up of big, thick clumps of hair and the eyes on Manga drawings are much bigger than most of our drawings but other facial features such as nose and mouth are very small compared to the eyes!
    In class we are watching a Manga film called Howls Moving Castle. It has a great plot so we are always eager to watch on! It is about a wizard named Howl who has a walking castle. There is a girl named Sophie, who works in a hat shop and gets turned into an old aged pensioner by the Wicked Witch of the Waste! Will Sophie ever lift the curse?

Japanese Art Work.

On Friday 4th November our class made a carp streamer each. Carp Streamers are used to represent when a baby is born, and they are put up all over Japan on Childrens Day!
             We also tried out some Japanese block prints of  the great wave. Block prints were invented by a Japanese artist called Hokusai. Block prints are very easy and quick to make and that meant from then on it was much easier to aford paintings to display around your house and local places.
             We are aiming to make 1000 paper cranes, so our class are trying to make 500 paper cranes so the other P6 class can make another 500, and then we'll reach... 1000!

Kimono Dress Up

2 weeks ago we got kimonos + happy jackets sent to us from the Japanese Embassy in London. We have started wearing them and they are comfortable and cool! Our teacher Mr M wore one and it was really funny+ awesome! It's hard to tie the kimonos but they colourful. You can get men and women kimonos. Happi jackets are a bit like normal short jackets but they are colourful +  have patterns on them.

Japan Mania

Konnichiwa,

In class this term our topic is Japan. We have done alot of things including:

• Making Wind Socks
• Translating our names into Japanese
• Designing our own Kimono
• We have heard the story of 1000 paper cranes
• Made origami
• Wrote Halloween Haiku
• Tried on Kimono

Our favourite things so far have been making the wind socks, crane origami and designing the Kimono. We have been designing our own computer games and we are excited to see how they turn out. We are enjoying the story of 1000 paper cranes and we can't wait to find out what happens next.

Sayonara from P6 room 12

Hindu Temple 29th October

On the 29th of October our class went to the Hindu Temple. The bits we enjoyed were dressing up in saris and turbans.After we got the saris and turbans off we got henna done.Henna is a plant that is like a paste that the Hindus add water to.

The girls also really enjoyed the dancing, as did Mckenzie and Miss Livia.We all enjoyed the story telling. Inside the praying area it was HUGE!!! and very colourful we got to explore the massive area.  We enjoyed the day at the Hindu Temple and we dream of going again.

ROGER OVER AND OUT!!!!
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