Classes
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.
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 choose a word and they […]
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 the design criteria and the rhyme – Remember, Remember the Fifth of November. Once […]
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. Altogether, over 25 children have been involved in, at least […]
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 or dabs; string dipped in paint and dragged across the paper or […]
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 inspired by artist Wassily Kandinsky! The children got busy […]
Over the course of last year, the Eco Council together with Mrs Martin worked extremely hard on a number of Eco projects. These included one about litter and another about waste. They submitted a portfolio of evidence and were very pleased to hear they had been awarded Green Flag status with distinction. Well done to […]
On Friday 30th September, we welcomed parents and friends of the school to our Harvest Assembly. The children shared poems, songs and information about Harvest Around the World. Thank you for all the generous donations which will be forwarded on to a local Food Bank.
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 they put the lid on top and spun […]
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. The children explored and experimented with different drawing […]
The Swans have been using their shading techniques to create a sense of form in their Titanic sketches. Don’t they look fantastic!
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.