In Class 11 as part of our WW2 topic, we have created artistic work of someone affected by World War Two including soldiers and family members. Over the term, we have learnt how to sketch portraits of faces, practiced drawing facial features with emotions and added shading. We then used Read more…
In class 7, we know that dark is just the absence of light. So when we were given the question ‘what causes a shadow?’ we knew where to start looking. Once we had strengthened our understanding that shadows are formed when light is blocked by an opaque or sometimes translucent Read more…
Class 13 have been getting ready for the Christmas Market. They are designing and making Christmas Pom poms. Yesterday they learnt how to make a Pom Pom. Some of them were fantastic, others were a disaster! But don’t worry, they will all have mastered the skill by next week, ready Read more…
Children in Reception love to play splat with phonics sounds, key words and numbers. So last week the children were busy practising their cutting and creative skills by making their own ‘splatter’. They then had a go at making their own word cards and sound cards to play with.
In Class 5 we have been learning how to mix colours using the powder paints. We discovered that from using the three primary colours red, blue and yellow, we could also make green, orange and purple. We have shown what we have learned by creating these vibrant colour wheels!
We have been working very hard in class 4 on our Great Fire of London scenes. We have explored warm colours associated with fire and carefully created the background using soft pastels before cutting out 2D shapes to make houses and buildings.
What an excellent turn out of fire engines, paintings and pictures we have had in class 4 for our pre~learning task set before the half term holidays. I think the children (and parents) have had lots of fun making them too!
Class 14 have been practicing their sketching skills in Art recently. They have now developed upon this to lightly sketch different micro-organisms and paint them in the vibrant colours they found when researching.
Today day in Art, class 12 begun developing their sketching and shading skills ready for creating some life like portraits. For this lesson, the focus was on being observant, taking care with how we use our pencil and creating different shades and textures. Miss Bishop challenged our growth mindset by Read more…
Yesterday, we learnt the story of Guy Fawkes and why we celebrate Bonfire Night. Some children wrote the story of Guy Fawkes using story boards and we all enjoyed creating bonfire pictures using straws and brightly coloured paints! fire