Marionette) Congress was held in the Southern Hemisphere, it was based in Fremantle. The West Australian Newspaper also ran a competition for puppets made with 50% recycled newspaper. Koorana students managed to complete approximately 350 puppets which were sent off. One of our year two students received a family pass to Aqua for her wonderful newspaper pirate puppet.
UNIMA is and international organisation bringing together people from all around the world to contribute to the development of the art of puppetry. The project seeks to embody the values of UNIMA - to use puppetry to promote human values of peace and mutual understanding between peoples, regardless of race, political or religious convictions and differences in culture.
In term two, year four and five students made kites, which were decorated in an Asian style. Some students chose to include a rat in their design, as 2008 is the Chinese year of the Rat. Year four students drew their own designs, and traced them to form a symmetrical design, which was coloured with markers. Year five students made Japanese style kites, they drew their own designs and painted with Tempra paint.
