In Writing we will be learning to write traditional tales. Our writing has been based on Anansi The Spider. Our focus was on time connectives and commas. We also used different materials to portray Anansi in a drawing....
Early Years learnt about many famous black female musicians and created artwork inspired by famous black ‘music makers’ such as Edita Jones....
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....
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....
Year 3 learnt about the life of Althea Mcnish. They created artwork inspired by her works using wax patterns and paint....
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....
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....
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...
As part of Black History Month, Year 1 have been creating collages of Bessie Coleman flying in her plane which she called Jenny!...
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!...