Y3 Art – Alexander Calder

The children have been researching the work of the artist, Alexander Calder.

Joan Miro

In Art, Year 5 have started researching the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro. They discovered that his artistic talents were evident from a young age although his family did not agree with his passion for the subject. He developed his love for surrealist art in his adult years when he became an inspiration to other artists.

Y3 Art

The children used pipe cleaners to sculpt their own animals like the artist Alexander Calder.

Y6 Art

Year 6 have been making abstract sculptures out of clay to represent the natural world. Their designs have been inspired by the work of Barbara Hepworth and Zaha Hadid.

Mixing Colours

This week Year 1 have been exploring colour in Art and Design. We mixed primary colours to make secondary colours.

Y3’s final art work

The children used wire to make their own animal sculpture

Clay hedgehogs in preschool. 🦔

In preschool we have been learning all about hedgehogs. We had an amazing idea to make our own clay hedgehogs. We used our fine motor skills to model and mould our clay. When we had made our hedgehog shapes, we then added our eyes, nose and the very important spikes. Well done preschool.

Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins 🎃 🖼

In art preschool have been learning all about Yayoi Kusaman, and how she painted spots on pumpkins. We got our own pumpkins together and set off to work, we worked together to make our spotty pumpkins, we was showing amazing sharing and turn taking skills. Well done preschool. 🧡🎃

Bonfire night 🔥🎆🍂❤️

We have been learning all about bonfire night today. ❤️
We have made some salt art fire work pictures. 🎆 We have watched about what we need to do to stay safe on bonfire night. 🔥 And we have celebrated our learning in our floor book. 😊

Autumn

In Reception, the children have been learning about the season of Autumn. They had the opportunity to go on an Autumn walk around the school grounds to look for signs of Autumn. The children also rolled conkers in paint to create some fantastic pieces of art.

Bonfire Night

Reception about the story of ‘The Gunpowder Plot’. The children also had a discussion about keeping safe during Bonfire Night. They then had the opportunity to make some edible sparklers and created some firework artwork.

Year 1 Making pinch pots

Year 1 have been making clay pinch pots and painting them in the style of Dale Chihuly. Their work reflects the Macchia series which Dale Chihuly created using over 300 colours.

Art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy

The children in Reception looked at and discussed photographs of Andy Goldsworthy’s artwork and sculptures. They then create their own pieces of art in the style of And Goldsworthy.

Year 4 Art

Today we have been exploring the artist Georgia O’Keeffe.

Winter

In Reception, the children have been learning about winter. They had chance to spot scenes of winter on a wonderful walk around the school grounds, they learnt about wearing appropriate clothes in winter to keep warm. They had the opportunity to explore freezing and melting with real life snow. They also painted some beautiful winter scenes.

Y3 are

We have listened to the story of the ‘parable of the Sower’ the children retold the story as a group through art.
They each chose a part of the story and drew a picture to represent it. We then talked about the message of the story and how it teaches us to trust, believe and follow God.

Colour Mixing

Reception have been exploring mixing primary colours together.

Artwork in Reception

Reception have been creating art in the style of Kandinsky.

Year 4 R.E

Year 4 have loved creating their own artwork for ‘The Empty Tomb’. We love the individuality and imagination put into these pieces.

Springtime

In Reception this week, the children have been learning about the season of spring. The children have been on a spring walk around the school grounds to look for signs of spring. The children have also created some beautiful observational paintings of spring flowers.

Ladybirds

Reception have been reading What the Ladybird Heard, they made some ladybirds. This activity developed the children’s cutting, folding and joining skills.

Clay Spiders

As part of Reception’s topic ‘All Creatures Great and Small’. Reception have been creating clay spiders, the spiders were inspired by Louise Bourgeois ‘Mamam’ sculpture.

First week in Preschool ❤️

🎉 Our First Week Back Was AMAZING! 🎉

What an incredible start to the year, little stars! ✨ We’ve made new friends 👯‍♀️, explored exciting activities 🎨🧩, and had SO much fun together! From playing games 🏃‍♂️ to learning new things 📚, every moment was filled with laughter and smiles! 😊💖

Here’s to a year full of new adventures, growing together, and making even MORE memories! 🌈🚀 We can’t wait to see what next week brings! 🎉🌟

#FirstWeekFun #BackToSchool #PreschoolAdventures #LearningAndLaughing

Free painting ❤️🎨

Preschool enjoying some free painting time, exploring textures and seasonal colours. ❤️

Year 3 RE

The children created their own sunset water colour painting and made links between the creation story and Psalm 19.

Clay pots inspired by Dale Chihuly

Year 1 have been learning about the artist, Dale Chihuly in Art. So far, they have explored primary and secondary colours and they have created clay pots in the style of Dale Chihuly.

Art workshop

Years 4, 5 and 6 had the amazing opportunity to attend an art workshop at The Edge today. We talked about Jesus and designed crowns inspired by Him being the Light of the World. 👑 💫

Y1 and Y2 Art Workshop

Following on from our Pantivity performance last week, we took part in an art worship making sheep pots out of clay, to symbolise that the shepherds watch over their sheep🐑

Year 4 RE

In our RE lessons, we have been studying at the artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo. We discussed sacrocubism and children have recreated the artwork and discussed their colour choices.

Y3 Art

The children have been looking at the artist Bridget Riley and have been exploring her art work using different materials.

Painting in preschool ❤️🎨☺️

Today our preschoolers had so much fun creating sea life art! 🌊🎨

We used special sea animal stampers to make colorful underwater pictures. 🐠🐙🐢 The children loved pressing the stampers to see which ocean friend would appear next! 💙✨

Such a fun and creative way to explore sea life! 🐳🌊

Homework Coffee Afternoon

As always, we were delighted to welcome families into school to celebrate and share all the fantastic effort children have put into their homework projects. Thank you for supporting your child to be creative and share their learning. We were so impressed with each and every project.