Art & Design
Art Club Week 3 – Roy Lichtenstein style, Ben-Day dots portraits
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
Art & Design
Art Club Week 2 – Watercolours
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
Music
Rock N Roll
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
Science
Operation ouch! Hawthorn’s school trip
We had lots of fun today at the Science and industry museum. We learnt lots about the human body ready for our next science topic. Did you know your taste buds only last two weeks and then regrow!
Careers Related Learning
Science Show
This afternoon year 3&4 got a visit from a scientist. He spoke with us about all the exciting careers we could have in science and taught us more about our topic ‘light and sound’. We completed some fun experiments too!
Year 4 - Hawthorn
Random Act of Kindness Day
Year 4 have created bright and colourful pictures for the residents at Spring Bank Rest Home for our Random Act of Kindness. We hope the pictures brighten up their day and walls!
Art & Design
From 2D to 3D
During our art lesson, we looked at a sculpturer called Magdalene Odundo. She is a Kenyan artist and creates ceramic pots. We looked at drawing pots in a similar was to how she creates her designs. With space around us, using chalk and our whole bodies to make long sweeping Read more
Breakfast & After school club
Water Cycles
During our English lessons this half term we are looking at writing our own guided tours. The first tour we are going to write about is a tour all about water around the world. For our experience days we looked at The water cycle. First we listening to a book Read more
Art & Design
Hawthorn shared learning and lunch
Thank you to all the parents who attended shared learning. It was great see parents and children working together. We had lots of fun playing Kahoot, children and parents did really well working together and answering the questions about the text really speedily! They then designed Chocolate Bars, making sure Read more