Phoenix IPS all celebrated Global Peace Day by creating fantastic crafts and having fun while learning!
Throughout the school, classes participated in Art and Design projects with the theme of peace in mind. Year 1 worked in pairs to complete beautiful finger-painted doves; Year 2 got creative, putting together ‘puzzle pieces of peace’; Year 3 made a peaceful people paper chain; Year 4 linked their learning about World War 2 to the art work, creating a beautiful mural depicting peace creating a ray of light through the darkness of war; Year 5 worked on a collaborative canvas illustrating the international symbol for peace, in addition to joining the Year 5, 6 and 7 project, which involved creating a string of origami paper cranes (with personal peace messages written inside) in response to the story of Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes.
They were grateful for the opportunity to exhibit this artwork in Cookstown’s Burnavon theatre, which showcased the efforts of the school beautifully. Year 4-7 even took the opportunity to view the exhibit and consider how the different pieces on show made them feel.
