In Art this week, Year 4 prepared the skylines for their watercolour projects. They used rulers and pencil to design an urban sky line. Next week, they will add watercolour to create an appealing and colourful skyline....
This week in Art, we explored working with clay and practised four key techniques: kneading, coiling, rolling, and cutting. The children enjoyed getting creative as they softened the clay, rolled it into shapes, made coils, and used tools to cut and decorate. These skills will...
This term in Art, we are looking at the artist Yinka Shonibare, who combines African and European influences in his art. We have looked at the bold and colourful prints he has created with repeated patterns and had a go at duplicating them ourselves. We...
This week, Year 5 and 6 have been learning how to sketch a full length picture of themselves in preparation for their contribution to the Dalston Peace Mural project. This is an art project to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the incredible Dalston Peace Mural....
This fantastic team of children won the UBS 'Full Steam Ahead' multi-school competition semi-final last week! They designed, made, advertised and promoted their product (a sofa made from balloons!) and proved that it was fit for purpose. We can't wait to see how they do...
This week, Year 6 have been hard at work learning how to pattern make and stitch in order to create costumes for their end of year production, ‘The Greatest Showman’. The children have been working together to illustrate, decorate and construct the set ready for...
In this Get Arty session, we got arty by using some leaves to create colourful butterfly wings. We explored different mediums and textures in this activity, printing and painting to make the images. The children really enjoyed making their very own butterfly....
This week, the babies explored colours and paint through the use of threads. We started off by dipping strips of thread onto our choice of paint, next we swirled the thread around on a sheet of paper to create different patterns. Finally we were left...
In Get Arty this week, the children created colourful trees! We traced our arm and hand to make the tree and its branches. Then we selected an array of colours to make the leaves, using our fingertips to dot them on....
This week, Year 2 completed their Art learning cycle on printing. Over the past few weeks, the children have explored various printing techniques and used their skills to create their very own wrapping paper designs. Drawing inspiration from celebrations such as Easter and Birthdays, the children...