14
Sep
Year 5 Self Portraits
Last week, Year 5 explored how to use watercolours to help them create expressive and unique self-portraits for their class display....
Art & Design Technology
14
Sep
Watercolour Self Portraits in Year 6
To kick off the start of the year, Year 6 have been busy creating self-portraits in art. As part of the establishment phase, children explored the difference between tone and tint when mixing colours and used the two techniques to create a colour palette suitable...
19
Jul
Year 6’s Dalston Peace Mural Memorial Models
Year 6 enjoyed working with the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden this week to produce these fantastic models. Their work will form part of an installation, alongside models made by other members of the community, to commemorate the 40th year of the Dalston Peace Mural....
13
Jul
Year 5’s Dalston Peace Mural Model Project: Hair!
This week… hair! The children built on to their sculpture portraits that they started last week, and this week added hair. The team from the Eastern Dalston Curve Garden, with whom we are working to create these amazing sculptures, carefully curated the materials that would...
13
Jul
Year 3’s Weaving, Inspired by Yinka Shonibare
In Art, we have looking at the work of Yinka Shonibare, an Nigerian artist who uses African and European influences in his work. We focused on the patterns and colours used in his work and had a go at paper weaving to create similar styles...
10
Jul
Dalston Peace Mural Model Making in Year 5
Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic model making workshop with Dalston eastern Curve Garden, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Dalston Peace Mural....
09
Jul
Dalston Mural Project: Starting Our Models in Year 5!
Year 5 have spent their time in recent weeks preparing portraits and plans ready for their sculpture project, which both Year 5 and 6 are completing in collaboration with the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. On Friday afternoon, Y5 began to construct their sculptures, taking so...
29
Jun
Year 6 Science & Sustainability Week Art: Peter Thorpe
In Art this week, Year 6 have been working on their science and sustainability piece inspired by the artist Peter Thorpe. Children explored the artist's use of colour, mark making techniques and composition to create their own space artwork using soft pastels....
22
Jun
Year 2’s Science and Sustainability Week Art
As part of Science and Sustainability Week, Year 2 explored the fascinating world of seed and plant adaptations and turned their discoveries into works of art. Building on our recent work in Art with clay, we created clay pendants using rolling pins and cookie cutters,...
22
Jun
Year 5 and 6 Prepare for the Dalston Mural Memorial Project
This week, Year 5 and 6 completed the final stages of their sketches by rendering their drawings using a range of watercolour techniques....