In Year 2, the children have been studying collage. They have enjoyed looking at some of his different work as well as finding out some facts about him and his background. These pictures show a lesson where the pupils studied one of his famous pieces called ‘The Snail’. They made their own repre
This week was the final Art Club of the term. The children enjoyed making fantastic Christmas tree themed cards. They also used the pieces of fabric that they dyed last week to make a Christmas bag and chose some chocolates to go inside. These were taken home to hide and will hopefully surpris
The children and residents enjoyed learning to create marbled paper this week. Using oil based inks suspended in water, cartridge paper was laid onto the surface and peeled off, giving some really beautiful results. The paper was then dried and will be used to make Christmas decorations over the c
The children in Mrs Carr’s class have been busy at Art Club. They made an impressive and vey realistic self portrait using collage materials. They also created a large piece of Art work to depict Autumn. They painted a tree, made leaf rubbings with wax crayons and added their own leaves. Well done
The residents and children at Angel Court surprised themselves with how well their pinch and slab pots have started to come together. Working in pairs, one old, one young, they first manipulated to clay into small bowl shapes. They were then fitted inside each other creating a gap between the two. T
Year 3 continue to hone their construction skills in our Forest School. Following our STEM week tower challenge, the children were asked to look at the world around them as an architect or an engineer might do. Could they spot key features that help to give buildings more strength and stability? The
This week has been STEM week in school and, as part of the week, some of the Year 6 children were lucky enough to go on a visit to the Nissan factory. Possibilities is a key driver of the school’s curriculum and this visit allowed the children to understand and see a future career path as an enginee
As part of STEM week Year 5 were set The Egg Move Challenge. This exercise encourages the children to hone their problem solving and communication skills. Demonstrating an understanding of how to use a variety of materials, practically learning about forces, using estimation and prediction are just
