The children had a fantastic time visiting the Oriental Museum as part of our China topic. They used art, performance and team work to develop their understanding of China and retell the story of how Chinese New Year began.
A huge congratulations to Cameron Coyne in Y2E for placing 1st in the South Tyneside Addison Act Art competition. There were over 700 entries! His enjoyed collecting his prize and seeing his art work displayed at The Word. Well done!
What an amazing day Y2A had at The Baltic! We found out about different types of bridges, we drew the bridges over the River Tyne and we all designed an built a bridge that would support the weight of a steam train. We showed great team work and creativity, as well as demonstrating excellent design and engineering skills.
Our Harton Primary Elmer has taken over the Customs House, as part of the Great North Elmer Parade. Designed and painted by pupils at our school!
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Year 3 found out that Stone Age man used to paint animals, hunters and their hands. They used minerals to make their paint.
We are learning about Henri Matisse in Year 4 and have been commenting on his paintings and collages. We think our own collages are very striking!
Our Elmer sculpture is complete! It has been collected and is off to join the herd. Look out for our Harton Primary School sculpture, called ‘Proud to be me!’ during the summer holidays. The trail will begin in August. A huge thank you to every child that completed an Elmer design! The children have spent so long painting the sculpture and making sure it looked it’s very best before leaving our school. It looks AMAZING!
The children in Year 6 have enjoyed a range of activities during Arts Week, in particular they enjoyed working with Daniel, a visiting artist to create some Apollo 13 themed pieces of artwork, which will soon be turned into a book to showcase the children’s work. Here are a few snaps of Year 6 hard at work.
Year 1 have had a fantastic but busy week celebrating The Arts this week. There’s been so many workshops and visitors the week has flown over!
Williby Roc’s
Williby Roc’s came in to make art with the children using recycled materials.
Here they are creating dream catchers.
Dance Workshop
Year 1 had a brilliant time with Miss Smith learning a dance routine to perform with the whole school in assembly. They are amazing dancers!
Body Percussion
Children used their hands, feet and voices to keep the beat and make a rhythm.
There has been a lot of decorating going on in our yards recently. Three of our children’s Buddy Bench designs were used as a stimulus to paint three benches – one for each yard. Year 6 Playground Buddies have been helping children that are feeling lonely, or need a friend. We have some new toys and equipment planned for each Buddy area.
