Scratch

You can download Scratch by following this link here.

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Here is the famous piece by Benjamin Britten:

This diagram shows where all the different musicians sit:

Tim Severin - The Brendan Voyage

Part One

Part Two

3-d Printing!

Remember, this is a brand new technology and is still quite primitive. In a few years we will be able to print much smaller and more complicated objects. It will probably be a less messy process too.

Uncontacted Tribes

Imagine this from the point of view of the forest people. What do they think the aeroplane is? Are they scared? Curious?

Big Rock Candy Mountain

You might notice I changed a couple of words here and there to make it more school-friendly!

How the Solar System formed

Someone asked me last week how the Solar System formed. This video explains it quite well:

Also, click here for a gravity simulator that shows how small particles clump together to form stars, planets and moons. Click the button that says 'generate proto disk' to get it going. (You need a fairly fast computer, or it might freeze on you.)

The size of things...

Click here for a really great site that shows you how big things are, from sub-atomic particles all the way up to walls of galaxies. I highly recommend having a go!

Self-Portraits

What do you think you can tell about a person from their self-portrait? What kind of a person are they? What are they feeling? What kind of life have they lived? 

 

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782.

 

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Quentin de la Tour - Self-portrait, 1751.

 

 Rembrandt van Rijn - Self-portrait, 1669.

 

 Vincent van Gogh - Self-portrait, 1889.

 

Zinaida Serebryakova - At the Dressing Table, 1909.

 

Valentin Serov, 1887.

 

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Self-portrait, 1910.

 

Gwen John, 1902.

 

Diego Velazquez - Self-portrait, 1643.

 

Angelica Kaufmann, early 1780's.

The finale of Wagner's Ring cycle

Here is the piece we watched for music today.

Apollo 11: For All Mankind

Click here to watch the original NASA documentary from 1970 commemorating Neil Armstrong's historic mission.

Read more about Neil Armstrong by clicking here.

Read more about the Apollo 11 mission by clicking here.

Welcome, 5th Class!

Hello class,

This is where I'll be posting articles, pictures and videos relating to things we do in school. They will be to do with art, music, science, history, geography and more. This is a new idea of mine, I've never made a class site like this before, so I hope it will prove useful!

Mr. McKinney