We we have had a lovely week celebrating Chinese New Year. We have made lots of crafts to display and look at, we have tasted Chinese food and we have watched some dragon dances! The children have made masks and learned about the Chinese animals of the zodiac and how Read more…
This week during Arts week, we have been focusing on colour mixing. Firstly, we observed mixing the colours in paint pockets. We all had a turn to see what would happen if we mixed two colours together. We then went in the outdoor area and experimented with colour mixing in Read more…
This week we have been learning about Andy Warhol. To begin we went outside to find out lots of facts about Warhol. We know is birth name was Andrew Warhola and he pioneered a new art movement called Pop Art. He loved art and his mum would encourage him by Read more…
This week was Arts Week and what an amazing week of learning we have had! The artist we have learnt about was Vincent Van Gogh: Where he was born – The Netherlands (meaning he was Dutch What his job was – An artist / painter 3 of his famous Read more…
This week has been Art week at St Luke’s. Year 3 have been learning about the Artist Georgia O’Keefe and looking at her style and techniques to create a piece of Art in the same style. At the beginning of the week the classroom was set up with numerous Read more…
This week we have been looking at the artist ‘ Raewyn Harris.’ Raewyn is famous for creating Koru art. The Koru is a spiral shaped plant. To people of New Zealand, the Koru represents the unfolding of new life or renewal. First we looked at and discussed Raewyn’s art work. Read more…
This week we have been learning all about Pablo Picasso! We looked at his style and then watched a video on how someone else did a picture that was similar to one of his. We decided we would do one like Picasso using Primary colours. We now know that the Read more…
Well this weeks been a super busy week, parties, a visit from Father Christmas, Christmas dinners, making calendars, Christmas cards: so busy in fact, Mrs Graham didn’t take a lot of photographs 🙈 Here’s just a few: From everyone in Year 2 we’d like to wish everyone a very Read more…
Year 5 had an amazing day out at Manchester Art Gallery today. We are extremely lucky to have been chosen to take part in this project. Today was one of the workshop days, which build up to a performance at the Bridgewater Hall. Year 5 are working with musicians from Read more…
Maple have been busy designing and making their own mountain ranges. Excellent teamwork and a super effort to produce some amazing work. Ask the children at home if they know some of the mountain ranges of the world and which continents they are in!