This half term, Year 4 explored the vibrant world of Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. We studied her bold, colourful artwork and discussed how she uses shape, pattern, and repetition to create movement and rhythm in her designs. Inspired by her style, we created our own collage artworks using brightly coloured Read more
On Hello Yellow Day, we had a fantastic time learning about the 5 Ways to Wellbeing – Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning, and Give. As a class we practised actions linked to these five important steps, helping us understand how we can look after our minds and feel Read more
European Day of Languages – Year 4 Celebration! On the European Day of Languages, Year 4 had a fantastic time celebrating the amazing diversity of languages and cultures across Europe – and in our own classroom! We started the day by learning how to say “hello” in lots of different Read more
Year 4 Maple have made a fantastic start to their swimming lessons at Heywood Sports Village. After only two lessons, everyone has already achieved their Award 1 certificate, with some children also achieving their Award 2 and Award 3. We are really impressed with the strong start they have all Read more
This week in Art Club we had fun trying to recreate a glitch effect in our artwork. The children started by drawing a skull, which we then decorated using red and blue pens to create the effect. This was much trickier than it seems and the children worked really hard Read more
Today, Year 4 Maple came up to Year 5 Juniper for their Transition Day. We started the morning writing down any questions we had about the year ahead before we wrote our own poems called ‘I am, I wonder.’ The children produced some lovely work! After this, we had a Read more
This week’s Art Club was inspired by contemporary artist Jen Stark. Jen is best known for creating optical art using bright colours in patterns and drips that mimic the intricate motifs found in nature. The children used the drip detailing to create a beach scene. We focused on creativity and Read more
This week in Art Club we took our inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein. Roy Lichtenstein is famous for using Ben-Day dots in his artwork, a technique used to create a pop art aesthetic. The children used carbon copy paper and tracing paper to transfer pictures of themselves onto their blank paper. Read more
This week art club was on the same day as National Sea Turtle Day so we thought it would be a good idea to bring out the watercolours. The children carefully followed a draw along then used watercolours to paint their turtles. The children practised using different techniques such as Read more
