Year 3 had a wonderful trip to The Lowry, where we learned all about the famous artist L.S. Lowry and his artwork. During the visit, we explored the gallery and had the exciting opportunity to see some of his original paintings up close. We also took part in creative activities, Read more
This week for STEAM Week, the children in early years have enjoyed a range of exciting learning experiences across Science, Engineering, Art, DT and Mathematics. In science, the children explored how animals are similar and different by observing and comparing their features. They also investigated the importance of clean water Read more
Year 4 had a fantastic time on their school trip to the Lowry! We started the day with a drawing workshop, where we created our own portrait sketches inspired by the style of Quentin Blake. At lunchtime, we enjoyed our dinner overlooking the beautiful Salford Quays. In the afternoon, we Read more
This afternoon Year 5 have studied the famous artist / architect, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and created artist profile pages. We researched facts about Hundertwasser and presented the information using his style of artistry. The children spent time studying his work and chose their favourite facts to include. The results are amazing, Read more
Over the past two weeks in Reception, we’ve been having lots of fun learning all about ‘The Gingerbread Man’! The children really enjoyed listening to the story and joining in with the repeated phrases. We then acted it out together, with everyone taking on different roles and having a go Read more
Following on from our observational drawings last week, Pine have been working on creating monoprints. The children chose a small section of their drawings and carefully created an enlarged version of the section in their sketch books. We then used polystyrene tiles and printing ink to create a printing tile, Read more
Following on from our observational drawings last week, Pine have been working on creating monoprints. The children chose a small section of their drawings and carefully created an enlarged version of the section in their sketch books. We then used polystyrene tiles and printing ink to create a printing tile, Read more
In our art topic this half term, year 5 are looking at craft and design, specifically architecture. We have looked at houses and buildings so far and have even made our own drawings of houses. Today, we selected a small area of our drawing from last lesson as if we Read more
This half term Year 5 will be focusing on architecture. The children will learn all about observational drawing, printmaking, and building design. This unit will encourage children to explore architectural elements and analyse the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Today, we took advantage of the lovely weather and went outside to Read more
This week, Reception have been painting cherry blossom trees. We have been colour mixing to create different shades of pink for the blossom. Everyone worked really hard!