Art & Design
Year 3 Birch – Christmas cards
We had lots of fun using the stencils to create our Christmas cards. We used a sponge to create a colourful background.
Art & Design
Artist Study – Banksy
For our final piece, Year created a double-page spread about the famous artist, Banksy. We took all of the skills we have acquired throughout the unit, looking at the techniques and meanings behind different artwork, and recreated Banksy’s most famous pieces on the styles we have looked at.
After school club
Rush Room opening
On Friday 13th December, we officially opened our outdoor classroom. We have named it ‘The Rush Room’ in memory of our Governor; Councillor Peter Rush. Peter’s family attended the opening and it was blessed by Bishop Mark. We are delighted that not only our pupils at St Luke’s will benefit Read more…
After school club
Craft club
Well done to everyone who took part in craft club this half-term. We had lots of fun completing activities such as making Christmas tree decorations, wooden gonks, cupcake decorating, paper aeroplanes and much more. We have had to use, and have improved, many of our essential skills such as listening Read more…
Art & Design
‘Gassed’
Year 6 looked at recreating the painting ‘Gassed’ by John Singer Sargent. We looked at elements of the painting and then tried to recreate parts of the scene.
Art & Design
Reception – Stickman
This week, Reception were reading Stickman – we love Julia Donaldson stories and are so good at remembering the jobs of Authors and Illustrators, and what a title and blurb are. While reading stickman, we looked at the different seasons that we might see throughout the story and recognised signs Read more…
Art & Design
Julia Donaldson – Zog
This half term we are reading stories by Julia Donaldson, we have been discussing the roles of Authors and Illustrators and talked about the different stories that Julia Donaldson has written. This week we read Zog; we wrote about what Zog can do and what he looks like, we made Read more…
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Retrofuturism – collagraph artwork
Year 5 Pine have been learning about retrofuturism this half term. We have studied different space imagery and learnt about the impact the space race had on different design elements. We have looked at, and taken inspiration from, Teis Albers ‘Moonwalk’, creating our own space drawings of how we think Read more…
Art & Design
Power Prints!
For our final Art lesson, we created our own prints using different materials to show off our skills learnt during the half term. Children worked collaboratively to create their designs and print onto the materials.
Art & Design
Year 1 Art – Colour Splash
In our art lessons, we have been learning about primary and secondary colours, colour mixing techniques, and applying these skills in painting and printing. Together, we have explored and experimented with making different shades of one colour to develop our understanding of colours. We have been able to explore and confidently Read more…