Today in a Year 5 we have begun assembling our stuffed toys. We have learnt how to thread our needles and to begin joining the fabric together using a blanket stitch. The children have worked hard to cut out the material using templates they created. Next week we will finish Read more
Year 5 have had an explosive end to our installation artwork unit by creating artist research pages about the artist Cai Guo-Qiang. We modelled our backgrounds on the explosive style used by Cai and his love of creating artwork using fireworks and gunpowder. The children used paint and straws to Read more
This week was internet safety week. In Year 5 we discussed social media and the positive and negative impacts it can have on us.
Today was the final lesson of our sculpture and 3d interactive installation unit. We have built on our previous lessons and designs to bring our art work and ideas to life. We learnt about the career and skills of a fashion designer, and for our final piece, the children worked Read more
A big thank you to all of the parents and guardians who joined us for today’s shared learning and lunch. Year 5 Pine had a brilliant morning teaching their adults all about the brilliant work we have been doing in Geography this half term. The children worked hard, along with Read more
This week Year 5 Pine had the task of designing installation art work to convey a message. As a class we decided that we wanted to focus on fast fashion and it’s environmental impact. We came up with the idea of designing clothes made from recycled materials as a way Read more
This half term we’re learning about installation art. During todays lesson we investigated the explosive artwork of Cai Guo-Qiang. We looked at the techniques used to create explosion effects like Cai used and created our own scaled down versions of an art installation. We used mixed media such as paint, Read more
This week we have taken part in ‘Hour of Code’ during our computing lesson. Hour of code is a worldwide movement that aims to introduce millions of children to computer science through one hour coding activities. The children had a great time learning some basic coding skills. Well done Year Read more
This half term we will be creating our own ‘Doodlers’ using electrical circuits. In todays lesson we have investigated the ‘Doodlers’ and by taking them apart and trying different ways of reconstructing them. We investigated different equipment and evaluated which items worked best and why. Next, the children will design Read more
This half term Year 5 are going to be creating ‘doodlers’ using a motorised circuit. We have identified the different components and investigated how to create a simple series circuit. The children had lots of fun when they were able to power their fans.