Parish News
With the Hands on Learning program, students at St Joseph’s Primary School Warrnambool have been busy learning the skills of mosaicing. Students first made a drawing of their design in a workbook. The design was then transferred onto a backing board. All the tiles that were needed were broken up and the process began of gluing them onto the board.
Students learnt the techniques of cutting and shaping the tiles with tile cutters and nippers. This was very tricky. When gluing the tiles on the backing, space was needed between each tile for the grout, so the design shows up clearly.
Mosaicing is just like a big jigsaw puzzle, getting each piece of tile to fit next to each other. Students have really enjoyed mosaicking and are now working on mosaicing a big HoL sign for over at the Hands on Learning hub.
Thank you to Tom Holden (Manager) of Beaumont Tiles Warrnambool for his kind donation of many tiles so this project could happen.
Nick Murrell – Principal
