We started the week by looking at the poem ‘Life Doesn’t Frighten me at all’ by Maya Angelou. We started by matching the poem’s lines with the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiet and then arranged them in the order we thought they would be in. Following this, we started to learn the poem by doing different actions we worked on our voice projection and applying emphasis on certain lines. Throughout the rest of the day, we practised our samba piece as well as creating our own Jackson Pollock inspired pieces.

Miss Patchett worked with us to begin choreographing a dance performance. Again, we struggled to grasp some of the more complex dance movements but following some practice (at home as well) we ended Thursdays dance lesson much more confident. 

We also learnt about the poetry style known as kennings which combines two nouns per line to create some really imaginative pieces. We wrote poems about different fears we might have. 

On Thursday, we learnt all about street artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. We looked specifically at his portrait style which used vibrant colours and unusual placement to create his pieces. We ended the week by creating a giant Jackson Pollock piece in the art studio. We got the chance to imitate his style by literally throwing paint at our canvas. We all really enjoyed it but hopefully it will dry by next week.