School Awarded Artsmark Silver Award!

29th June 2020Ms A Emmerson

We are delighted to announce that Harton Primary School has been awarded an Artsmark Silver Award by the Art Council of England! We have only worked towards this award for 4 terms so this is an incredible achievement.

We are very proud this award and look forward developing our creative arts curriculum even further in the future!

The assessor made the following comment about the fantastic opportunities we provide at Harton:

‘It is good to see the progress your school has made in developing the Arts in just 4 terms. A new music scheme has been adopted and some valuable CPD has been given to staff in this and other arts. There have been several successful events and initiatives, including your Arts week, your Year 2 Heritage Learning Project and your Pen Pal Portrait Project, making some good links with other settings and establishing partnerships with arts providers and organisations.’ 

 

 

The Ickabog – Become a famous illustrator!

2nd June 2020D Fawkes

Some exciting news for J.K. Rowling fans! During lockdown, J.K. Rowling – the world famous author of the Harry Potter novels –  has written and is releasing a new story The Ickabog in free instalments on the website tagged in this post.  https://www.theickabog.com/home/

Every day, she will be making suggestions for what you might like to draw. You can enter the official competition being run by J.K Rowling’s publishers, for the chance to have your artwork included in a printed version of the book due out later this year.

Get creative and get drawing! Please also send us some of your wonderful illustrations. We can’t wait to see them.

 

 

Music Challenge – Day 27

30th May 2020N Johnson

Hi everyone!
The 30 day Music Challenge is coming to an end…I hope you have all had fun choosing songs to suit each day.
Today is day 27 – “Listen to a song that you have listened to with your best friend”. A good choice for today might be, “You’ve got a friend in me” from the film Toy Story.

I hope you have enjoyed the challenge so far…only a few more songs to go 🙂

Year 3 Art Project- David Hockney

18th May 2020C Whitehead

Last week Year 3 completed an art project based on the contemporary British Artist David Hockney. The children looked at one of his famous pieces and thought carefully about the contrasting colours and the effects this creates.

They did lots of experimenting with mixing different combinations of primary colours to achieve a variety of different shades. After that they investigated different tools and what effects and textures they would create.

The final part of the project was to explore the landscapes around them and use the artistic skills they had practised to sketch and colour their own landscape. We are super impressed with what they have created.  Fabulous work Year 3! Do you recognise any of their chosen landscapes?

Year 3 Art Project- David Hockney

11th May 2020C Whitehead

Music 30 day challenge!

4th May 2020N Johnson

To keep our spirits high and our bodies moving….here is a 30 day music challenge for everyone.
Try and find a song that matches the description for each day and dance along to it.
This is just for fun (no need to write them down) and don’t worry if you can’t find a song for every day.
Enjoy!

(This is originally an American challenge, so the words ‘colour’ and ‘favourite’ are spelled differently)

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