In Year 6 during Art Week, children thoroughly enjoyed creating their own artist study of Vincent van Gogh. We learned that he was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter and artist; we learned all about his life, his artwork and how he became one of the founders of Impressionism. Year 6 used Read more…
In Year 5 during Art Week, children thoroughly enjoyed creating their own artist study of Claude Monet. We learned that he was a French artist and learned all about his life, his artwork and how he became one of the founders of Impressionism. Year 5 used their artistic skills and Read more…
During Art week, Year 4 researched the artist ‘ William Morris.’ First they went on a hunt outside to find facts that were around the play ground about William Morris. Next, they used the facts they had learnt to create an artist research page. We then practised drawing flowers and Read more…
This week we have been celebrating Art Week. We have been looking at the technique pointillism and studying the artist Henri Edmond Cross. We looked at different pieces of art and chose our favourite one to recreate using paint and cotton buds to create a mood board. We then studied Read more…
Today we went to Ashfield valley primary school to meet up with our friends from the linking project. We started the day by singing ‘ Count on me’ by Bruno Mars together. We then took part in two activities. For first activity, we were given lots of art resources and Read more…
In this lesson, we explored Ancient Egyptian art and identified colours, patterns and shapes that were used. We looked closely at different surfaces and created our own using a variety of materials and used coffee to stain the paper. We then had a go at drawing some of the shapes Read more…
This half term we are learning about animals. This week we have been researching different animals and reading books to find out more about them. We have then been busy designing and creating our own animals. Some children made a jelly fish, or a crab or even a fire breathing Read more…
Year 6 have been challenged to design, make and evaluate their own playgrounds in DT. The children have spent the past two days producing their own designs in groups focusing on the design criteria. The playground had to be: fun, safe, something to hide, something to climb up and something Read more…
Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed their new topic in Art, focusing on photo opportunities. Yesterday, using the iPad, children took pictures of fruit in the style of Edward Weston. The children used the photo editing app to edit their images. Have a look at our work.
As part of our new art unit, Year 6 have been looking at the work of Edward Weston and how he uses colours and close up images to create abstract art. He creates pieces using a technique called Macro Photography: a techniques which involves taking pictures up close to Read more…