14
Jun
Father’s Day card making in the Preschool Baby Room
Today in the baby room we decorated Father’s Day cards....
Art & Design Technology
09
Jun
Cyanotype printing in Year 3 Art sessions
During our Art sessions, the children explored and honed a new skill in photography by delving into the fascinating world of cyanotype printing. They studied the artistic technique behind this unique process, and put their knowledge into practice, creating their own beautiful cyanotype prints....
09
Jun
Researching cars in Design Technology in Year 1
In DT this term, we are designing cars. For our first lesson, we examined vehicles with wheels to discover how the wheels were attached and in which direction they were moving as the vehicles moved. We used the key terms axle and axle holder. We...
17
May
Reception’s ‘Draw along’ with illustrator ‘Ed Vere’.
A day before Pyjamas Day, we decided to have a sneak peek of some of the stories we will be reading on the day. We took part in Ed Vere's Special 'draw-along'. Ed Vere has written some amazing children's books. 'Bedtime For Monsters' is one...
10
May
Painting inspired by the book “Lulu Plants a Garden”
In Nursery we started a new book, it is called “Lulu Plants a Garden”. We are using this book as the start of our journey learning about plants, flowers and gardening. After learning the different parts of a plant, we then printed flowers using our...
10
May
Finger Painting Feathers to Create Perfect Peacocks in the Preschool 2 Year Old Room
We have been following instructions to make our Peacocks. First we had to stick its body and beak onto the paper. Next we have to add the eyes. Lastly we used our fingers and paint to create the feathers on our peacocks, it was messy work but we...
03
May
Exploring symmetry paintings inspired by Belynda Henry in Year 6
In year 6 this week, we have been completing our mock SATs exams. As a way to unwind from these tests, we took the afternoon to complete some symmetry paintings inspired by the artist Belynda Henry. We painted and folded our page to create a...
03
May
Taste testing in Year 5 Design and Technology
In our DT lesson this week, we taste tested different types of muffins and scones. This is in preparation for making our own muffins at the end of the term!...
03
May
Learning about perspectives and angles in Year 3 photography lessons
This term our Art focus is all about photography, with our main emphasis on how photographs can tell a story. We've been teaching the children about handling cameras and experimenting with various angles and perspectives to capture unique shots....
20
Apr
Minibeast Learning in Nursery
This week in Nursery we started exploring minibeasts, in particular spiders! We used our fine motor skills to mould our colourful playdough and create many different insects and creepy crawlies. We then added pipe cleaners for legs and googly eyes!...