We have discussed what we think each picture represents about the school and have also asked for feedback from Key Stage 2 during an assembly which Mrs Hollows held last week.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Class pictures
We've spent the past 2 weeks taking class pictures of our assigned classes. As you'll see some show interesting things going on in school! Some we think we can improve if we go back. The groups were initially quite shy about directing the class and teachers- which is why some don't have the teacher on. (The teachers were sometimes reluctant to go on the photo.)
We have discussed what we think each picture represents about the school and have also asked for feedback from Key Stage 2 during an assembly which Mrs Hollows held last week.
Year 1-they were having a book day theme where everyone dressed up as a book character and parents had been in to look at books with their children.
This is Reception class. The group who took this couldn't decide whether to split the class or take them altogether. They decided on the entire class eventually.
This is Year 6 with their teachers- everyone liked this picture when we critiqued the pictures in class. We thought the children looked relaxed and happy.
Year 5 posed with their teachers.
Year 3 had been working on their topic of Ancient Egypt and wanted to show their work off to the camera.
We have discussed what we think each picture represents about the school and have also asked for feedback from Key Stage 2 during an assembly which Mrs Hollows held last week.
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This is my critique of your photographs. I will do my best to be honest, kind, helpful, specific and encouraging!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all let me say that these are great pictures. I can see that you must have spent quite a lot of time deciding how and where to take each one and how to arrange the children and their teachers. Each one is different, although there are some things that are similar about some of them.
A couple of the pictures are quite formal - they look like official school photos because of the way the children are sitting in rows looking at the camera. At the same time, it is nice that mostly everyone looks relaxed.
I like the composition - the way that you have arranged the people in each photo. I think some of them work better than others. The Year 1 photo is nice because the group of children are very colourful and they fill the whole frame. The Years 3, 5 and 6 ones are similar to each other with the class arranged in front of the whiteboard. It was a nice idea to have the Year 3 children holding up their books to show what they had been doing on their topic.
The only one I'm not sure about with the composition is the Reception class. They look a really long way away and it is difficult to see their faces. Perhaps three or four rows would have worked better.
So, well done. You have done a good job of making these portraits. But here are some things to think about that might help us to make even better photos, if we get chance to do this again.
1. I was disappointed not to see the classrooms. Do you remember those ones from around the world and how interesting it was to see what the rooms looked like? The classrooms in your school are full of displays and colour. I wonder why you chose to arrange the children with the front wall behind them (in Years 3, 5 and 6).
2. Do you have to get everyone to line up in this way? What about if they were sitting at their desks, or doing something, when you took their picture, so that the photo shows what the class and the classroom look like when everyone is learning.
3. Does everyone need to smile and face the camera?
4. How many pictures did you take and did you try different poses and arrangements?
Once again, well done everyone!