Art & Design
Out of this world artwork!
Children in Reception have created some beautiful artwork inspired by our Space topic. We have used a marbling technique to create a swirly colourful planet which we have stuck onto our starry backgrounds.
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The Solar System
We have been thinking about what we already know about Space this week during Linked Learning. We have written some fabulous sentences and drawn some lovely pictures using chalks of what we think we would see if we went to Space. Read more…
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This week in Nursery….
Our new topic in Nursery is ‘Once upon a time’. We are learning about traditional tales. We are starting with the story Jack and the beanstalk. We have enjoyed listening to the story. We made leaves for a beanstalk. We built our own beanstalks. Look out for more Jack and Read more…
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Wonderful whiteboards!
The children love using the whiteboards to practise their drawing and writing skills. We looked at pictures of baby animals, talked about our favourites and then had a go at drawing them! Look at our amazing pictures!
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Lowry inspired art
The children in Class 5 have been exploring the work of L.S. Lowry in their art lessons. We learned that he was famous for his industrial landscapes and matchstalk figures. After practising these skills in our sketch books we used what we had learned to create our own Lowry inspired Read more…
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African Art
This week the children have finished our linked-learning learning journey by creating our very own African Art. We have looked at African prints and focused our art work on the different animal prints. To create our art work we used pastels. We rubbed the pastels to create different patterns.
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Making Catapults!
In Class 8 we made catapults as part of our Linked Learning on the Romans. We worked in teams to follow the tricky instructions. We had lots of fun testing our finished prototypes. What top tips would you give somebody who wants to make a catapult Class 8?
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Class 9’s Greek Pottery
Class 9 have been learning all about Ancient Greece this half term. We have studied the Athenians & Spartans, looked at the significance of Greek theatre and investigated the importance of Greek Gods. Finally, we studied Greek art and pottery and decided that we would put our skills to the Read more…
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African Animal Art
As part of our linked learning about Africa, we have been exploring different animal patterns. This week we used pastels to create our own animal print pictures. Can you guess what animals they are?
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Pepper tasting – live reactions!
To really get involved in our plants topic in science, we got hands on! We looked at a cross−section of a pepper by cutting it in half and then drew it, looking carefully at the details and the seeds. We then round it out by tasting a range of coloured Read more…