Our Aboriginal Art

We have been learning about Aboriginal Art.

First we studied about the symbols that Aboriginals use for their art. For example the picture on the right is a symbol, meaning campsite.

Then we designed our drafts for our picture.We also thought of what colour we should use for our background, the out line colour,and dot colour. After that we got triangular and rectangular pieces of plywood. First we sanded our wood,then chose our background colour and started painting.We waited for it to dry and then painted our design on it and waited it to dry again. Then we painted the outline of our picture and painted lots of different coloured dots. At the end they all looked really cool :) (^o^) .

After our paintings were finished we made up legends to go with our paintings.
For a example: How the Turtle got its shell.
Click the link below to see a slideshow of our art!

Aboriginal Art on PhotoPeach

How The Woolu-woolu Village Got More Food by Calver

One day the villages Woolu-woolu and Bongalu went out to hunt but the Bongalu village was really greedy. When the Woolu-woolu hunters came back they saw that the Bongalu people had taken their food. So the Woolu-woolu had a meeting . They had thought of a way to get food for themselves.

When they went hunting again they hid behind sand dunes while the Bongalu tribe hunters were chasing animals. Woolu-woolu's hunters waited for the animals that the Bongalu were chasing to come past so they could jump out and kill them. Then they hid the animals behind the dune and came back to get them when the Bongalu people were sleeping.

       And that's how the Woolu-woolu village got more food. 

How The Gecko Survived by Liam

Once upon a time there was a gecko who had never seen the sun.The gecko didn't even know what the sun was.
One day the ground was getting very hot. A thin trail of hot orange stuff (lava) was coming into his den. The gecko did something very brave, he dug up and up,well he thought he was digging upwards, until he reached the surface. The gecko's den was right next to a volcano that was going to erupt! The gecko began to run to a big blue thing, a lake. When he got there he dug down and down. The volcano erupted but the gecko was safe under ground. That's how the gecko survived the eruption and why geckos don't like the sun. 

How the turtles got their colours by Will and Sam A.K.A Wags and Murray

Part 1
One day two best turtle friends called Murray and Wags had a paint ball war at the paint ball arena. Wags hit Murray in the stomach and then Murray threw a paint grenade at Wags. It went all over him. Then Wags shot Murray all over with a machine gun. But Murray got him back with a bazooka. Wags got Murray right in the face with a Ak-47. Then it was time to go home. They went home on their longboards.

Part 2
After the paintball war they had tea which was a mean feed of shriveled  snake and a stiff sand shark they had found in the middle of the desert.Murray had 20 wicked little worms with a budget drink from the watering hole and wags had a dinner deal of snails + 1.5 litre of water. Then they skateboarded back to the house on their muscle boy skateboards.When they got home they put their shells in the wash and went to bed. When they got up they had breakfast which was plants,snake insides and fried scorpions. After breakfast they got their shells out of the wash but they were badly stained. They tried everything to get it off including Mr muscles Easy Off Bam Active foam but it didn't work.
And that is how the turtles got their colours.

           
                                       

How the Emu Got To The Watering Hole by Keaton

HOW THE EMU GOT TO THE WATERING HOLE

By Keaton

 There was an emu and his friend goat. One day they were playing tag. The emu said, "I'm thirsty." The goat said,  "I'll take you to the nearest watering hole." But it was all dried up. The goat was thirsty too so they travelled all day and night in search of some water. They finally got to the biggest watering hole they had ever seen.They drank and drank and drank.
And that's how the emu got to the watering hole!!!!!!!!!

How the rainbow serpent got it's hiss by Yasmin

One day a long time ago there was a tribe. The tribe was called the magical tribe because it was known for curing illnesses.

That day some of the villagers saw a turtle walking through the village so they stopped and asked for it's name and why it was on it's journey. The turtle said, "I have lost my kids and I am looking for them but I thought I should warn you that the rainbow serpent is coming to attack this village." The villagers ran to their chief to tell him the rainbow serpent was coming.The chief told them to warn the tribe and to get ready for battle.

When the rainbow serpent arrived at the tribe,instead of an easy snatch, he found men with spears and arrows. The men attacked the rainbow serpent and the serpent gave a yelp in pain. One of the man with very good aim threw the spear into the open mouth of the rainbow serpent.The spear got stuck in the throat of the serpent. The serpent slithered away from the tribe.

The spear was forever stuck in the serpent's throat and because of that the rainbow serpent got it's hiss.

The turtle found it's kids in the watering hole near the tribe and they ended up living there. 
The magical tribe lived happily on.

How The Turtle Saved The Kangaroo by Taine

One day a kangaroo called Roo was walking through the river to the watering hole. Some hunters came and started throwing rocks and spears at Roo but a storm creeped up very fast and the river started flowing rapidly so Roo was floating out to sea.When he woke up some hunters were poking him with their spears. A turtle called Turd was swimming past the hunters and the turtle got out of the water and tripped one of the hunters up. One hunter threw a rock at Turd and it rebounded of the Turd's shell. It hit the hunter and Turd bit the rope of Roo. Roo's mum was coming to see what was going on and Turd was gone.And that is how the turtle saved the kangaroo.