14
Oct
Year 1 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Music Makers
Early Years learnt about many famous black female musicians and created artwork inspired by famous black ‘music makers’ such as Edita Jones....
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14
Oct
Year 1 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Explorers
Year 1 learnt about Bessie Coleman. They created sky artwork using a range of collage materials. They explained why Bessie was an inspiration for being the first black female pilot....
14
Oct
Year 2 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Nurses
Year 2 learnt about the life of Mary Seacole. They generated biographies exploring her inspirational achievements as a wartime nurse. They also created artwork inspired by Sheperd Fairey who created the famous campaign poster of President Obama....
14
Oct
Year 3 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Artists
Year 3 learnt about the life of Althea Mcnish. They created artwork inspired by her works using wax patterns and paint....
14
Oct
Year 4 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Authors
Year 4 explored the life of Maya Angelou. They explored her poetry and wrote biographies detailing her life and achievements. They also created beautiful night sky artworks....
14
Oct
Year 5 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: Campaigners
Year 5 explored the life of campaigner Olive Morris and generated biographies detailing her life achievements and why she was such an inspirational Black woman. They also generated ‘Black Lives Matter’ campaign posters....
14
Oct
Year 6 ‘Saluting Our Sisters’: athletes
Year 6 looked at many female black British athletes, such as Dina Asher-Smith, many of whom have gone on to receive MBEs or OBEs for their work within the community. They generated detailed biographies and wrote about their reasons for why particular athletes had inspired...
05
Oct
Exploring the life of Bessie Coleman and creating collages in Year 1
As part of Black History Month, Year 1 have been creating collages of Bessie Coleman flying in her plane which she called Jenny!...
05
Oct
Learning about celebrations and how to make cupcakes in Nursery
In Nursery we started to talk about birthdays and how we celebrate them. We then baked cupcakes and everyone helped mixing and adding ingredients - our favourite part was putting the sprinkles on top!...
05
Oct
Making frozen banana popsicles in the Preschool Two Year Old Room
We enjoyed buying bananas from the market and making banana pops! First, we dipped the banana into the fruit flavoured yoghurt and added the sprinkles. We then put them in the freezer until they are ready to eat. Delicious!...