Art & Design
Recreating famous artwork
Year 6 recreated famous paintings by John Singer-Sergeant whilst exploring the stories told through artwork.
Art & Design
Y1 Willows- Shared Learning
Willows thoroughly enjoyed sharing their learning with their families yesterday. We demonstrated our knowledge of nouns, verbs and Kung-fu punctuation, before showing our parents our writing books. We then demonstrated our knowledge of seasons including singing our seasons song, before beginning our task of using different media to create trees Read more
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Y1 The Leaf Man
In science this half-term, Y1 have been learning about seasons and weather. In forest school, we continued this learning using the story ‘The Leaf Man’. We read the story ‘The Leaf Man’ before completing various activities such as creating our own leaf men and searching for certain leaves that we Read more
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Art – Year 6 explore David Hockney
Year 6 have been exploring the life and work of famous British artist David Hockney. They researched his life, distinctive painting style and some of his most well-known artworks, focusing on his use of bright colours, bold shapes and expressive lines. The children created their own artist research pages, showcasing Read more
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Welcome to Year 5 Juniper!
Welcome to Year 5 Juniper! The children have had a fantastic week settling into their new classroom and year group. It has been so lovely getting to know everybody and starting our learning journey together. This week we started all of our academic lessons and had some great fun Read more
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Creating secondary colours for a purpose
The children explored how painting could be used to express feelings of happiness, inspired by the artist Gillian Ayres. They were encouraged to paint a colourful garden that made them feel calm and joyful. The activity was modelled by asking children to suggest colours and objects for their gardens. We Read more
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Newhouse Academy Visit
Pine enjoyed a fantastic art lesson at Newhouse Academy where they became mascot designers for the World Cup! They carefully researched different countries, thinking about which animals best represented each nation and choosing colours that reflected their flags and cultures. The children showed great creativity and imagination as they sketched Read more
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Bury Church Visit
Our class visited Bury Church High School for an exciting art workshop. During the session, the children used acrylic paints to create a colourful rainbow background before designing their own templates on polystyrene boards. They then used printing ink to transfer their designs and create beautiful prints. The lesson was Read more
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Bury Church High School visit
Year 5 had a fantastic opportunity to visit Bury Church High School for an exciting Art taster session. During the workshop, the children used acrylic paints to create vibrant rainbow backgrounds before making animal cut-outs to use as printing templates. The session was linked to the story of Noah’s Ark, Read more
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Fieldwork
In Geography this half term, we have been focusing on fieldwork skills. As part of our learning, we explored directional language and practised using the points of a compass. Using an aerial map of Queen’s Park, we first completed a key and then answered questions about locations using the directions Read more