Year 4 have been taking part in the ‘Linking project.’ At the start of Year 4 we met children from Ashfield Valley Primary School at the M6 theatre. Since then we have been receiving and writing letters to our linking buddies. Last Monday was very exciting as our linking friends Read more
This week we have been learning about The Gingerbread Man story. We have been designing our own gingerbread, making one in the play dough area and acting out the story. Everyone really enjoyed acting out the story and being different characters! This afternoon, we have been very busy designing our Read more
We have started our new art topic this week- Map it out. For our first lesson we have been investigating maps as a stimulus for drawing. We looked at a range of different maps and discussed which ones look old or new, real or imaginary, useful or art. We talked Read more
This week was our final week of our abstract sculpture topic. We worked in groups, we tried to create the most abstract structure that we could. Here are some pictures of our learning
In our art lessons we have been learning about different shape and sculpture. We have learnt how different sculptors fit shapes together and how they make sculptures. Here are some pictures of our learning.
This half term we are looking at 3D Art and sculpture as part of our Art topic. In this lesson we used cardboard to construct a sculpture and thought carefully about what 2D and 3D shapes would fit together no how to ensure they could stand up. We used out Read more
Children really enjoyed manipulating the paper to create 3D sculptures. All of them looked fantastic and very creative indeed!
During art lessons, Year 4 have been learning different painting techniques. Today the children drew their own still life drawings using every day objects and then they painted their drawing using their chosen technique. Both their drawings and paintings were very impressive.
This week we are learning about people who help us. We have been learning about people such as doctors, nurses, fire fighters, vets and police officers. This afternoon, we have carefully planned and thought about a vehicle they might need. For example ambulances, police cars, fire engines etc. Everyone has Read more
We have been exploring our Christian value of respect. We understand the importance of sustainability (we’ve been learning about that in science) and wanted to use our art / craft skills to create an art piece for a display in the hall that encompasses all of our learning. Here are Read more