11 Jul Year 1
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...
04 Jul Year 1
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...
04 Jul Meadow
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...
27 Jun Year 4
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...
13 Jun Year 3
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...
23 May Year 2
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...
23 May Reception
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...
02 May Year 2
In Art, Year 2 have been exploring the art work of Suzi Thompson who creates prints using collograph plates which use different materials to create different textures. We created our own printing plates using different materials to explore the di [gallery ids="20062,20061,20060,20059"] fferent effects materials can make....
04 Apr The ARP – Heritage House Challenge
Understanding the World and Creative. We enjoyed learning in the ARP about our family backgrounds. We listened and danced to music from around the world. Our family’s heritage included many continents and counties such as Nepal, the Congo, Romania, Nigeria, England, Turkey, India and Bangladesh to...