by Mrs Chapman | May 22, 2023 | Art and Design, Latest News, Year 2
Year 2 have been developing their sketching skills and observational drawings. The children looked at the works of the French artist Henri Rousseau who is best known for his paintings of the jungle, teeming with leaves and branches. In particular, we looked at his...
by Mrs Wilson | May 19, 2023 | Art and Design, Latest News, Year 5
In Art, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about the Terracotta Army, discovered in China in 1974. We experimented with plasticine and then clay to make our own fabulous sculptures.
by Mrs Wilson | May 19, 2023 | Art and Design, Latest News, News, Year 5, Year 6
As part of the Coronation celebrations, Year 5 and 6 learnt about the artist Chuck Close, who made large scale photorealistic and abstract portraits of himself and others. The children were then given a challenge to produce a picture of King Charles III in the style...
by Miss Thompson | May 17, 2023 | Art and Design, Early Years Foundation Stage, Geography, Latest News, PSHE, Science
Nursery and Reception have been learning all about minibeasts! We have read the story ‘Mad About Minibeasts’ and ‘Matisse’s Magical Trail’. We have been ‘painting with paper’ like the artist Henri Matisse. We used tracing paper to trace over a minibeast and then used...
by Mrs Coxon | May 9, 2023 | Art and Design, DT, Early Years Foundation Stage, English, History, Latest News, Maths
The children in Nursery and Reception have been learning all about the King and his upcoming coronation. The children have been creating crowns using their fine motor skills when cutting. They decorated them with jewels to make them look even more royal. We also...
by Miss Todd | Apr 25, 2023 | Art and Design, Early Years Foundation Stage, English, Latest News, Maths, PSHE, Science
Nursery and Reception have been rather green fingered since returning to school. We started the new term by reading Jasper’s Beanstalk and Katie’s Sunflowers in Nursery and Jack and the Beanstalk in Reception. This made us think about planting and growing and we...
