6th Class have been very busy with the theme of Mexico this month.
The first half of the month focused on the Maya, the ancient peoples of modern day Mexico and other central American nations as part of History. The pupils learnt about the pyramids including the famous Chichen Itza. During class one of our pupils was sacrificed to the Mayan gods. Pupils learnt about the Mayan calendar and how it supposedly predicted that the world would end in 2012! Pupils made some excellent Mayan calendars themselves with clay. Finally the pupils saw some photographs of Mr. Brennan’s trip to Mexico 10 years ago where he saw the pyramids and ancient Mayan cities.
The second part of the month focused on modern day Mexico. Pupils learnt about Mexican culture in Geography such as the flag symbols, the people. Central to celebrations was “Díaz de los Meurtos” or the day of the dead. In Visual Arts pupils explored the theme of “calavera” or sugar skulls. In the first week they painted calavera in the style of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe piece. On Wednesday the pupils celebrated “Mexico Day” braving some carnitas (pork) tacos, Mexican agua drinks of Jamaica and Horchata. Finally pupils put their art skills to the ultimate test by painting calavera on each other.
Great work all around and great to see such passion for a topic across many subjects!
