Art & Design

Our Titanic display

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Art & Design, English, Swans

The Swans have been writing diaries in role as somebody on board the Titanic. They have also produced some amazing sketches of the ship.    

Colour Detectives

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children in Year One became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work – Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question – Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours? The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss Jones asked the children some questions- What are the […]

Large Scale 3D Drawing

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Art & Design, Owls

In Art, the Owls looked at the work of the sculptor Magdalene Odundo and how she prepared for her sculptors by drawing in 2D but making it look 3D. We had to draw large shapes, using our whole arm. We used lots of overlapping curved lines in different colours to make our work look 3D.

Ancient Greece Immersion

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Art & Design, History, News

The Owls had a great first day back at school. We had an immersion day based around our first topic, which is Ancient Greece. We learnt the myth of Perseus and Medusa. We acted out the story and then re-told it as a storyboard. We made our own Greek vine leaf garlands. We even had […]

Tudor Weavers

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, History, Swans

Some of the Year 6 are enjoying being Tudor weavers! We think they would have been a great asset to Stratford St Mary during Tudor times where clothiers lived in the village and became a prominent contributor to the cloth industry.  

Art – Landscape Farm

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

This half term in art, the Year One children have been working on the unit of work – Landscapes using different Media – The Farm. The children thought about the question – Can we create details using controlled painting and other materials and objects? Today the children painted their cut out pictures from lesson one. […]

Painting in Woodpeckers

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, Woodpeckers

This half term, in art, we have been looking at four different painters and their art styles; Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keefe and asking the question ‘Are all paintings created in the same way? This week we focussed on using watercolours and creating a piece in the style of Georgia O’Keefe.

Art – Observational Drawings

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children became ‘artists’ and continued with the unit of work – Drawing: Marvellous Marks. The children thought about the question – Can we mark make using pencils to create a simple observational drawing? The children drew their self portraits using a mirror to observe their features. They were then given a halved picture of […]

Typography Art

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design

In art, the children have been looking at the work of the multi-disciplinary artist Freyja Crow. They tried to create portraits and using a strong sense of line, then experimented with different styles of typography.    

Chalk Mark Making

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children became ‘artists’ and continued with the unit of work – Drawing: Marvellous Marks. The children thought about the question – Can we explore making marks with chalk? The children were given time to feel the chalk and comment on what they noticed. Mrs Clark told the children they were going to mark make […]

Immersion Morning – Farming

by | 4 Apr 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children in Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter from Farmer MacDonald asking for the children’s help. Farmer MacDonald had woken up to find his animals had disappeared. The children went for a hunt around the classroom looking for the missing animals. They found the […]

Paper Snakes

by | 3 Mar 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children became ‘artists’ and thought about the question – Can we learn how to fold, curl and cut paper to achieve a desired effect? Today the children practised manipulating paper by making a paper snake. The children listened to Mrs Clark’s instructions and the children followed them. The children tried really hard! Well done […]