We learnt a little about the Danish gods and how they related to each other. Monkey Girl made a clay Freyja, Valkerie, and Troll.
The Boy painted a Dwarf and Loki - part god, part giant.
And Panda Girl drew some brilliant pictures of them all.
I made the Boy some literacy and numeracy books about trolls
And he checked out Denmark on Google Earth. This is him finding Danish Lego Land!
Monkey Girl read the others the biography of Hans Christian Anderson
And they made stained glass window pictures of some of his fairytales, Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling.
The Little Mermaid
Hans Christian Anderson used to cut pictures for his audiences as he was telling his fairytales. We used this idea to make a huge snowflake to represent his story, The Snow Queen.
We broke it down into simple steps and it turned out really well. Go team!
Panda Girl made this for fun. I love it.
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is self-governing but relies on Denmark for defense and trade.
Most of Greenland is within the Arctic circle and therefore is a great place to see the Aurora Borealis. We learnt how the sun gives off solar flares but the earth's own magnetic field (due to its molten iron core) deflects most of this solar wind. However, these magnetic fields are weakest at the poles and some particles make it through the magnetosphere, where they excite the oxygen and nitrogen in earth's atmosphere. This reaction creates light. The colours vary depending on the quantity of nitrogen or oxygen and how high or low the reactions occur.
They made some beautiful art with pastels and coloured card while we listened to relaxing music and watched videos of the Northern Lights.
And we ended the morning with Aurora Borealis face painting.
