Curriculum News
Year 6 Photographers
The Swans have busy working alongside a photographer and art practitioner. The aim of the workshop was to encourage children to connect with their environment in a practical and creative way and to question and examine their surroundings. This type of learning aids...
We’re Going on a Dinosaur Hunt
This half term the Year One children have been creating their own book - We’re Going On A Dinosaur Hunt. The children created story maps and photographed their own scenes to help them recall their ideas. The children have written their own stories. The Reception...
Fabulous French
In Owls, our French topic is 'Chez Moi', which means My Home. We have been working on our pronunciation and our listening. In the last lesson, we did a paired activity. One person would read a description while the other person had to work out which set of pictures...
Children’s Games
In Art, we studied the picture 'Children's Games' by Pieter Bruegel. We decided to create our own photo collage version of the picture including the modern games that we play. The children came up with all the ideas, created the scenes and took the photos too. Here...
Dinosaur Land Art
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we create natural 3D landscape pictures of dinosaurs, using found objects? The children found out about the artist Andy Goldsworthy and focused on his working methods and approaches and created a...
Pablo Picasso Inspired Art
In art we have been painting using different tones. We have used Pablo Picasso’s painting ‘Guernica’ as as inspiration for our work. He used lots of symbolism as opposed to realism. We tried to link our work to our topic on The Transatlantic slave trade and created...
Play Dough Dinosaurs
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we explore playdough and its properties to create a dinosaur? The children listened to instructions and explored the play dough. The children were asked to create their own dinosaur sculpture. The...
Steam Power in Action!
As part of their Scientist study on George Stevenson, the children in Woodpeckers class have been learning about steam power. We learned about how steam is different to smoke because smoke is from something burning, and steam is from liquid boiling. The children were...
Thomas Clarkson Campaign
The Swans have been learning about Thomas Clarkson and his campaign to abolish the Transatlantic Slave trade. They used their history skills and discussed why his chest was an important part of the campaign. They then created a role play based on the meetings Clarkson...
Palaeontologists in Kingfishers
The children became Palaeontologists. The children thought about what they would need to help them - hammer, brush, bag and spade. The children got their bags ready and got busy trying to find the fossils. The children were very careful and said it was going to take a...
U9 Futsal Festival
On Tuesday 17th January, some children from the Owls class took part in an Under 9 Futsal competition. They played extremely well and showed great sportsmanship and team work. Thank you to the adults who accompanied the group!
Swans Graffiti Art
The Swans have been learning about graffiti street art and enjoyed creating their own tag!
A visit from a Palaeontologist and Mary Anning
The children in Woodpeckers and Kingfishers were very excited to take part in a dinosaur workshop. The children listened carefully to Graham and Sue and were able to explore (hands on) and look at the dinosaurs. Graham explained he is a Palaeontologist and told the...
Dinosaur Eggs ‘Left’ in School
The children were very surprised when they found the window open, some dinosaur footprints on the table and a nest full of eggs. They were very excited about this discovery and became 'explorers' thinking about, and discussing the evidence they found. They came to the...
Petal Mandala Sun Catchers
In Art the Reception children designed and made a mandala which can be used as a sun catcher. They used flower petals and leaves to create a circular pattern which they tried to make symmetrical. Amazing art work.
Remembrance Day
Mrs Gage talked to the children about Remembrance Day. Mrs Gage then read the children a story called ‘Where the Poppies Now Grow’. Mrs Gage showed the children a tin and told the children there was words in the tin from the story. The children tool it in turns to...
Moving Firework Pictures
The children became designers. They were asked to design and make a moving firework picture book. Before they started designing they explored and evaluated a range of existing products. The children then starting planning their moving firework picture book based on...
Sporting Events in the Autumn Term
This term a number of our Key Stage 2 children have taken part in a number of sporting events. These have included : Quadkids; U11 Mixed Football; U11 Girls Football and 3 children attending a Cross Country event following their success earlier in the year. ...
Abstract Art
The children became artists and created a group piece of abstract artwork that represented fireworks. Mrs Clark demonstrated how to use the painting resources - teabags dipped in paint and then thrown, dabble or wiped; paintbrushes to flick paint, long or short stokes...
Kandinsky Inspired London Cityscape with Fireworks
The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we understand that artists can tell stories with their work? The children watched a video showing them how to draw a cityscape using lines and patterns! The background for their drawing was going to be...
Fantastic Fireworks!
The children were very excited to create their firework pictures. The children cut out a circle and placed the it into the salad spinner. The children choose the colours they wanted and dripped and tapped the paint on to the circle. When they had selected the colours...
Art – Kandinsky – Houses of Parliament
The children in Year One became ‘artists’ and thought about the question - Can we draw in the style of Kandinsky using different media to create a picture of the Houses of Parliament? The children learnt about the artist Kandinsky and used his artwork to inspire them....
Titanic Artwork
The Swans have been using their shading techniques to create a sense of form in their Titanic sketches. Don’t they look fantastic!
Titanic Writing from Swans
The Swans have begun to learn about the Titanic disaster in History. We researched some of the passengers on board and created 'Who am I?' booklets. In English, we wrote diary extracts in role as one of the passengers.