Art & Design
Art and French week
Year Two have created some paintings inspired by Van Gogh’s ‘Fishing boats.’ They looked at creating different shades of blue using blue, white and black to help create the sea.
Art & Design
Art Week
This week we have studied two artistic movements. First we looked at Pop art and created our own versions using the Arc De Triumphe. Then we studied Impressionism and the work of Henri Matisse and created portraits in a similar style. We thought carefully about tint, tone, shade and hue Read more…
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French Week
During French week we have all had lots of fun and enjoyed learning about France. We have been busy saying the register in French, learning our numbers in French and simple French greetings. We have been busy making French flags… We have also learnt about famous landmarks in France and Read more…
Art & Design
French and Art week
This week has been French and Art week at St Luke’s. In art, we looked at the artist Monet. We worked on Art techniques such as mixing colours and creating texture using tissue, newspaper and different brush strokes before creating a background for our final piece. We then used charcoal Read more…
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iRobot animals
To link in with our metals topic, we have been writing explanation texts for iRobots. We began by watching an award winning short film about a robot dog and discussed things such as its movements, how we understood its emotions and its relationship with its owner. We then wrote an Read more…
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French/Art week
We have had fun recreating famous French landmark, the Arc De Triomphe in the Pop Art style of Andy Warhol.
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Primary Colours
During French and art week we have been learning about primary colours. We went on a primary colour hunt around the playground and worked in pairs to find them. We wrote down each object next to the primary colour and took turns writing them down. After that we looked at Read more…
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French and Art Week
This week we are focusing on the French artist Monet. We experimented with colours (and learnt the French names for these), changing them to create lighter and darker colours in green and blue. As Monet used a lot of greens and blues in his pictures, we decided to use Read more…
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Monochrome art
Elm class have been looking at creating different shades of blue today using only blue, white and black. We then explored how we could use paint in different ways to try and create the sea ready for our beach painting at the end of the week.
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Bees 🐝
This afternoon, Reception have been learning about bees. They have been learning about the life cycle of bees and finding out some interesting facts! We have then made eco friendly bees out of recycled materials.
