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
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
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
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
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
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
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
During STEAM week, we completed a number of fun activities! This year’s theme was ‘curiosity’. In Science lessons, we looked at the question ‘ Does the way food look change how it tastes.’ We found that in fact it does! During Art lessons, we looked at the artist Alice Tangerini Read more
This week year 1 have been celebrating British Science Week. Now known as STEAM. For each different part of our week we have focused on different activities. Our science activity asked us to think about how to create home-made bolts using tinfoil to ensure they were able to float on Read more
Year 5 Pine have taken part in ‘Steam week’ this week, celebrating science, technology, engineering, art and maths. This years theme is curiosity. Science – For our science activity the children had the task of designing a moon rover. They had to think about the challenges of driving on the Read more