Our Art topic this half-term, is ‘Line and Shape’. So far, we have learnt the names of various lines, explored drawing lines with a variety of music, developed shapes and used music as a stimulus for line drawing.
Yesterday, Year 4 took part in an exciting and educational workshop all about the Romans, delivered by Touchstones. We discovered fascinating facts about Roman life, explored real Roman artefacts, tried on authentic-style Roman armour, and even created our own Vexillas (Roman flags).
We had a visit from Touchstones museum this morning, who led a workshop all about the Roman’s. We made vexillum’s, which are flags that were used by the Roman army. We also were able to try on a Roman helmet and hold a sword and a shield that would have been used in battle. They were very heavy!
This half term Year 5 will be focusing on painting and mixed media during our Art lessons. To start off our new topic we spent time researching, and creating artist research pages, about the artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman. Chila is a British artist known for her vibrant, mixed media work that blends Punjabi culture, feminism, and pop art. Her bold style incorporates neon lights, collage, printmaking, and digital media. Much of Chila’s artwork is Read more
This morning year 1 enjoyed a musical master class with Miss Fisher in the hall looking at rhythm and speed of sound. The children were able to create their own music using a range of equipment. The first produced different rhythms with their bodies and voices and then moved onto musical instruments and digital music. The children accessed the carousel of activities with the help of year 3! We had a great morning together.
Year 6 Sycamore have enjoyed their first week back at forest school. Using our skills builder knowledge in preparation for our PGL residential this weekend, we have been taking part in teamwork and leadership activities. The children were asked to work in pairs to look for creatures in the woods to study: each pair had some equipment to share and an area to search. They found lots of creatures including spiders, centipedes, earwigs, woodlice and Read more
The children have had such a fabulous week and have made a fantastic start to Year 2. We started our art topic by drawing a picture of a teddy and by drawing different emotions. For History, we have been learning about fire safety for our Great Fire Of London topic. We then created some fire safety posters. We also completed a lesson about online safety where we discussed how people online can create avatars to Read more
Year 6 have been amazing this week. They have settled into year 6 beautifully and have followed all of our rules and routines superbly. The staff are extremely proud of how they have conducted themselves this week. They have produced some beautiful pieces of art work, completed their first science lesson and had an introduction to year 6 maths through games. The children have worked hard to display their learning journey from reception upto year Read more
What a great first week back Pine have had. They have shown enthusiasm, confidence and a great willingness to get back to school and learn. They’ve achieved so much already in the first few days and Mrs Jones and I are really looking forward to the year ahead with them. This afternoon we’ve been working collaboratively to try to make the tallest tower from 6 pieces of paper. We discussed what ‘collaboration’ means and instances Read more
The children have made a fantastic start to Year 4! I’ve been incredibly impressed by their excellent behaviour and lovely manners. They’ve taken part in a variety of team-building activities and have already shown just how well they can work together. What a brilliant beginning to the year!