"After Match Function" - Group Shot!About 5 years ago I was asked to help Michaela's class at school create & present their own production of WoW. Bummer when the teachers know you can sew (or rather ,have a sewing machine that you will take along to school) & dabble in many other mediums.
The class was split into groups of 3, each child had a role to preform & they had to select who was going to be the model in the group right at the start. Each group had to plan, sketch, design & make a costume, with minimal parental input..... themed around "Energy". Not an easy task for 9 year olds! Believe me on this!
They were given a set length of plain calico to work with, which then had to be painted with fabric paints or dyed, & any other medium of their choice.
I literally went back to school for six weeks in between working part time, constantly lugging along my sewing machine & filling the breach with art supplies & trimmings ... I was shattered at the end of it!
The kids did incredibly well, given that there was a level of expectation from their teacher that was way beyond the capabilities of your average 9 year olds.
At the end we had a WoW Show in front of the whole school - they were taught to 'glide' & turn, & display their costumes to their best advantage...of course the boys all put their own twist on this ;o)
Here are a few of the results
The class was split into groups of 3, each child had a role to preform & they had to select who was going to be the model in the group right at the start. Each group had to plan, sketch, design & make a costume, with minimal parental input..... themed around "Energy". Not an easy task for 9 year olds! Believe me on this!
They were given a set length of plain calico to work with, which then had to be painted with fabric paints or dyed, & any other medium of their choice.
I literally went back to school for six weeks in between working part time, constantly lugging along my sewing machine & filling the breach with art supplies & trimmings ... I was shattered at the end of it!
The kids did incredibly well, given that there was a level of expectation from their teacher that was way beyond the capabilities of your average 9 year olds.
At the end we had a WoW Show in front of the whole school - they were taught to 'glide' & turn, & display their costumes to their best advantage...of course the boys all put their own twist on this ;o)
Here are a few of the results
Stacey showing us some Maori Style Energy
Pirates are energetic ...aren't they?
Fire - Energy at it's hottest!
Rain - helps generate power & energy.
Really sweet stuff gives you energy.
Robot - powered by energy.Now if you can guess which costume I helped with post a comment here. The first person to guess correctly I shall send surprise bead to!
3 comments:
Wow! That's great! What a wonderful project for kids!
WOW for WOW! They all look like really fun outfits, but I'd hope you got to do the FIRE one, ya know!
Angie said fire, which would be my first choice, but I'll choose pirate. That sure is cute.
Marcy
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