Reception have thoroughly enjoyed learning many interesting facts about the artist Wassily Kandinsky. We looked carefully at his artwork then, we created our own art masterpiece inspired by ‘Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles’. We explored colouring mixing using a range of primary colours. Look at our amazing artwork…
The Primary Science Teaching Trust are launching an exciting competition for primary school children aged 4 – 11. They would like children to use their imaginations to design a beautiful object that could be made from glass, which they think would also be useful in a primary science classroom.
Children can draw or paint their designs to show how it will look beautiful and annotate it to explain how the object or any specific features will make it useful for a primary science classroom.
It is an excellent opportunity for the children to showcase their wonderful imaginations and creativity. If your child would like to take part, they can submit their designs at home using the link provided or they can bring them to school where we can submit them. Entries must be submitted by 7th October.
Reception have been super busy making amazing dreamcatchers! The children have been discussing what their dreams for Year 1 are. They have thought of some amazing things they would like to achieve when they come back to school in September.
Check out the amazing artwork year 4 produced after learning about the Ancient Egyptians. They used paper straws and paint to create their own death masks inspired by that of Tutankhamun. They also used clay and metallic paint to create scarab beetles. The Ancient Egyptians believed they were symbols of wisdom and could be used as amulets for good luck.
Year 3 enjoyed decorating their t-shirts with their adults to celebrate the upcoming Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We had so much fun creating our own designs- our t-shirts included lots of crowns, jewels, Union Jack flags, stamps and even the Queen’s Corgi! We gave our adults a special treat by singing a song we have been learning in school called ‘Here’s to the Queen’- it sounded fantastic! Take a look at our creative jubilee designs…
Year 3 have been enjoying their Geography topic ‘Extreme Earth’. We have been learning lots about volcanoes and how they erupt, how they are formed and which countries they are located in. We then decided to create our own volcano sculpture using clay. As a class, we discussed the different colours and textures we would need to represent the lava, magma and volcanic ash. Take a look at our fantastic sculptures!
Reception have been thoroughly enjoying their new topic of ‘How living things grow’. After planting their own sunflower seeds, they decided to create their own sunflower paintings. The children began exploring the work of Vincent Van Gogh and focused on one of his most famous pieces of artwork known as ‘Sunflowers’. They then create their own sunflower painting inspired by Vincent Van Gogh. Reception used a range of colours and shapes within their paintings to create their beautiful masterpieces. Take a look at their fantastic artwork!
Year 3 had so much fun at Beamish! We enjoyed visiting the new 1950’s Front Street where we explored Norman Cornish’s house. Inside of Norman Cornish’s house, we did some observational sketching of what we could see. We also explored the history of the 1900’s village and pit village- some of us even got the chance to go down the coalmine and experience how it would have been for children to work in the cold, dark and damp conditions. To finish the day, we visited the Victorian school and discussed the differences in school life compared to ours today. We even had a try at using the metal hoops and sticks in the school playground- it was super tricky!
Nursery have been working so hard on their artwork! Their topic for this half term is Minibeasts and they been learning about which animals are classified as Minibeasts. The children have then created their own Minibeast artwork including ladybirds, tadpoles, caterpillars, spiders and butterflies! The children have enjoyed exploring with a range of colours and using different shapes to create these fantastic Minibeasts masterpieces. Take a look at Nursery’s beautiful artwork!
Y3 had so much for today looking at the different layers of the Earth. We created our own Earth to show all of the layers. We created the inner core then covered it with the Earths outer core, mantle then finally the Earth’s crust. We then compared the layers of the Earth to a peach. We looked at the inside of a peach and imagined the peach’s stone was the Earth’s core, the surrounding soft bit of the peach is like the Earth’s mantle filled with magna and finally the skin is like the Earth’s crust.
