This week in Art, Year 1 have been experimenting with their primary colours. They have used red, yellow and blue to create their own secondary colours. They had lots of fun mixing their colours and were very excited to create orange, green and purple! The...
As part of our art unit, Year 3 had the opportunity to visit the National Gallery and take part in a workshop with artist Jo Lewis. The children were guided through activities exploring movement in art and experimented with watercolours to bring their ideas to...
Welcome to Year 3 We are delighted to welcome our Year 3 children back to school after the summer break. They have settled in brilliantly and have already begun exploring our exciting new topic, ‘Deep in the Jungle’. The children have enjoyed learning about the different...
This week Year One have began to explore poetry. We have been looking at the poem ‘The Big, Big Sea’ by Martin Waddell. As our creative hook, we decided to recreate a beach scene. We used a range of resources and worked as a team...
This week Year One went on an adventure to Thorndon Country Park. We were very excited to be travelling by coach. When we arrived, we were able to partake in a variety of activities, including den building, dancing and learning how to be a woodland...
In the Meadow this week, we have been making papier-mâché dinosaur eggs. Children used balloons to layer newspaper covered in PVA glue and smoothed it out with their fingers or a brush. Some, children did not like their hands being dirty and were constantly washing...
This week in Year 4, the children have been learning to identify and name acute, obtuse and right angles. Through practical activities, they explored how angles appear in everyday shapes and patterns, giving them the chance to apply their knowledge in a meaningful and hands-on...
In Art this term we are developing our drawing skills, using hatching, cross-hatching and scumbling sketching techniques. We will draw our own still life applying these skills to create a piece inspired by the artist Jessica Scherr Russo. Using real life objects, we will look...
This week we have been very creative! In DT, we have created our playground structures for the Selfish Giant’s garden. We thought carefully about how to join materials to make a strong and stable structure. In art, we have created our own collograph plates for...
Last week in Reception, we finished designing and making our own ‘Monkey Puzzle’ setting. We used different sized boxes, paint and a variety of different materials to create the setting. This week, we have been learning to combine different junk modelling materials to create the...