Year 6 were lucky to have PLP visit us and talk to us about the building work and some of the science behind it. We discussed how to build structures and had the chance to use wooden rods and elastic bands to build stable structures. We were also Read more…
Year 4 Hawthorn have had a fantastic start to the school year with their new topic ‘ Burps, bottoms and bile.’ Last week Hawthorn thought about how it would make them feel to have rotten teeth. Today year 4 have been busy investigating how good we are at brushing Read more…
Year Two have created some paintings inspired by Van Gogh’s ‘Fishing boats.’ They looked at creating different shades of blue using blue, white and black to help create the sea.
This week we have studied two artistic movements. First we looked at Pop art and created our own versions using the Arc De Triumphe. Then we studied Impressionism and the work of Henri Matisse and created portraits in a similar style. We thought carefully about tint, tone, shade and hue Read more…
During French week we have all had lots of fun and enjoyed learning about France. We have been busy saying the register in French, learning our numbers in French and simple French greetings. We have been busy making French flags… We have also learnt about famous landmarks in France and Read more…
This week has been French and Art week at St Luke’s. In art, we looked at the artist Monet. We worked on Art techniques such as mixing colours and creating texture using tissue, newspaper and different brush strokes before creating a background for our final piece. We then used charcoal Read more…
To link in with our metals topic, we have been writing explanation texts for iRobots. We began by watching an award winning short film about a robot dog and discussed things such as its movements, how we understood its emotions and its relationship with its owner. We then wrote an Read more…
During French and art week we have been learning about primary colours. We went on a primary colour hunt around the playground and worked in pairs to find them. We wrote down each object next to the primary colour and took turns writing them down. After that we looked at Read more…
This week we are focusing on the French artist Monet. We experimented with colours (and learnt the French names for these), changing them to create lighter and darker colours in green and blue. As Monet used a lot of greens and blues in his pictures, we decided to use Read more…
Elm class have been looking at creating different shades of blue today using only blue, white and black. We then explored how we could use paint in different ways to try and create the sea ready for our beach painting at the end of the week.