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…
This week is art week! Year 4 are studying the artist Vincent Van Gogh. Today we created some artist research pages all about him.
Today, Year 4 Hawthorn came into Year 5 Pine for transition day. We’ve had a great day getting to know each other better. The children spent time in forest school asking questions about Year 5 and making bird feeders. We created our own poems called ‘I am, I wonder’, designed 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…
Year 4 went to Queen’s Park today to look at the River Roch as a part of our Geography lesson. We looked at both the physical and human features that we could see along the river. We looked at how the river meandered and anny erosion we could see. Sadly, Read more…
We had lots of fun during sports day. In maths we completed a maths sports day mystery where we had to solve maths questions to gather clues to solve a sports day mystery. We also competed in lots of different races. Well done to Team 5 in our class who 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…
During Music lessons, Year 4 have been looking at Rock n Roll. So far we have looked at different rock and rock artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. We have learnt how to perform the hand jive and are currently learning how to ‘ walk the baseline’ using Read more…
