For this year’s art week theme – The Natural World, Year 1 have studied the artist Andy Goldsworthy, we have collected and remembered facts, looked at his artwork, collaged a fact file and then created our own pieces inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. During cool time, some of us practised what we had been learning about, creating pieces of art with pretend flowers, making patterns and collaging. We discussed how art is not just drawing or Read more
This week is art week! Year 4 are studying the artist Vincent Van Gogh. Today we created some artist research pages all about him.
Today, Year 4 Hawthorn came into Year 5 Pine for transition day. We’ve had a great day getting to know each other better. The children spent time in forest school asking questions about Year 5 and making bird feeders. We created our own poems called ‘I am, I wonder’, designed shields and played some getting to know you games. We’re excited for the year ahead!
Today, Year 4 Maple came up to Year 5 Juniper for their Transition Day. We started the morning writing down any questions we had about the year ahead before we wrote our own poems called ‘I am, I wonder.’ The children produced some lovely work! After this, we had a trip down to forest school where we were able to explore and make some bird feeders together. After lunch, we played Person Bingo. The children Read more
This week’s Art Club was inspired by contemporary artist Jen Stark. Jen is best known for creating optical art using bright colours in patterns and drips that mimic the intricate motifs found in nature. The children used the drip detailing to create a beach scene. We focused on creativity and colour exploration as well as adding texture through the use of collage. Well done Art club!
This week Year 5 have been learning about the famous impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We have spent time learning facts about his life and his importance in the art world. We discovered that Monet is considered to be one of the founders of the impressionist art movement and one of the most influential painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The children created amazing artist research pages in the style of Monet and recreated Read more
Year 4 went to Queen’s Park today to look at the River Roch as a part of our Geography lesson. We looked at both the physical and human features that we could see along the river. We looked at how the river meandered and anny erosion we could see. Sadly, we could also see some pollution caused by humans in the river. We also drew our own sketches of the river. Finally we had lots Read more
Year 5 had a great time at their sports day yesterday. They worked together in a variety of different sporting challenges, displayed great teamwork and even showed us their competitive sides. Well done to all, the children were great!
Although the weather stopped us having Sports Day outside we have still had lots of fun completing it in the hall.
What an energetic sports day! Some really great fun, teamwork and competitiveness. Have a look at the photos to see what we got up to!