Craft of the week- a rosette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Craft of the Week

Cyanotype Photography

Cyanotype Photography

Cyanotype photography was one of the first ever photographic methods. It was first used in the 1840’s by a lady named Anna Atkins, who famously recorded images of plants. The method works when a special sun-sensitive chemical is added to paper. When that chemical comes into contact with sunlight, it turns dark blue. Any objects put on top of the paper are blocking out the light, so that part of the paper will remain white. The chemical reaction stops taking place once the paper comes into contact with water and the chemicals are washed away.

 

 

Instructions:

1.        Select some FLAT objects that you wish to print and see the outline of. For example- weeds, leaves, keys, string, lace, shell, buttons, cut-outs, paperclips,  and photo negatives.

 

2.       Remove a piece of paper from the packet. Place it inside a clear plastic sleeve. Place the objects on top of the sunprint paper .

 

 

3.        QUICKLY expose the paper and objects in the sun for about 2 minutes until the paper turns light blue.

 

 

4.       Now QUICKLY hide the paper from any more exposure of light and soak in a container of tap water for about 1 minute.

       And here are the results - well done year 8!

 

Letters from the Trenches

The Power Of Dyslexia

Dyslexia

Watch these video's to find out more

 

 

 

 

 

Don't let Dyslexia get you down- these people didn't!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIbeqMGB3o

 

 

 

Character Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Blue Whale

The Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet, weighing as much as 200 tons (approximately 33 elephants).
The blue whale has a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Its stomach can hold one ton of krill and it needs to eat about four tons of krill each day.
 They are the loudest animals on Earth and are even louder than a jet engine. Their calls reach 188 decibels, while a jet reaches 140 decibels. Their low frequency whistle can be heard for hundreds of miles and is probably used to attract other blue whales.

(sourced from http://worldwildlife.org/species/blue-whale#overview)

Whale Facts

Type:

Mammal

Diet:

Carnivore

Average life span in the wild:

80 to 90 years

Size:

82 to 105 ft (25 to 32 m)

Weight:

Up to 200 tons (181,437 kg)

Group name:

Pod

Protection status:

Endangered

Did you know?

When a blue whale exhales, the spray from its blowhole can reach nearly 30 ft (9m) into the air.

 

 see this website to find out more :
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/blue-whale/

 

 

The Blue Fin Tuna

The Bluefin Tuna

 

 

 

 

 

Type:

Fish

Diet:

Carnivore

Average life span in the wild:

15 years

Size:

6.5 ft (2 m)

Weight:

550 lbs (250 kg)

Group name:

School

Protection status:

Endangered

Did you know?

In January 2012, a prime, 593-lb (269-kg) bluefin tuna sold in a Japanese fish market for $736,000 (¥56.49 million), a world record.

Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man

 

(facts sourced from National Geographic website)


Find out more information on this website:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/bluefin-tuna/


Watch these video clips to find out more about the endangered Bluefin Tuna Fish