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Middle School Impressionism in Year 6 Shenaz Nanwani, Year 6 The Year 6 has been studying and writing about their new IPC unit: ‘ They See the World like this’. The main concept that they have been learning about is Impressionism. They also have been working on a 700-word essay; in the essay, they must write about the style and work of some famous impressionists around the world. They also have to write about one painting which they think is the best. They have worked really hard to gather a lot of information for their essay. Other than doing just the essays on Impressionism, they created an illustration of what they think an artist does. A lot of people chose paintings but they were many unique drawings. For example, Abigail Sandoval from Year 6 drew a hammer and thought of her artist as an inventor. Drishti Khatwani, also from Year 6, thought of an artist as a singer and drew a picture of that. The Year 6 has come up with a lot of different ways to interpret the world. When asked the question, what do you think of your new topic - ‘They see the world like this’ - Zubin Amar answered, “I think that this topic is very interesting and fun to learn about.” Aaryan Amar had a similar reply: “This topic is very interesting to learn about because it is nice to see how other people see the world.” 9