Art & Design

Here at school and at Angel Court the children have already begun their Christmas preparations. Small hands make light work. We decided that the tree decorations that we put in front of the school needed a revamp, so Year 6 got crafty stringing together willow branches, creating pine cone decoration

In Reception, we have had a great time talking about Bonfire Night. First, we were keen to share our experiences of fireworks events with some children showing us videos and photos they had taken with their families on Bonfire Night.  During the week we then took part in a variety of bonfire inspir

This week, Reception have enjoyed taking part in a variety of Halloween activities.  Mr Bones, the skeleton, came to visit Reception and we learnt the names of some of the main bones in our body and talked about why we need bones.  The children made their own skeleton pictures by snipping paper an

In Art, Year Two have been learning all about collage. To begin, the boys and girls explored what happens when we mix colours. Using the primary colours, the children mixed red and yellow, blue and yellow, and blue and red to create the secondary colours, which they then painted onto a colour wheel.

As part of this terms construction theme, some children created homes for a red squirrel. We talked about what a safe place feels like, what are the dangers of making a home outside and what impact the weather may have. The children used materials that they found in the Forest School and created a v

Over the past two weeks in Art, the children have been exploring different methods of printing. We have focussed on monoprinting and stamp block printing.  First, we explored creating textures with the ink using materials such as bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard and felt. The children then used th

Last week in Art, the children were introduced to a new artistic method called batik.  The children completed a reading exercise to find out more information about batik, including how long it has been used for and in what countries it originated from. Then, we moved on to investigating how differe

This week has seen the start of our art block of work.  It all started with learning about primary colours.  Every child coloured a red, yellow and blue primary colour wheel.  The colouring was so neat!   Next the children investigated how they could print with primary colours.  They used spon

With Autumn now under way and Bonfire Night looming it is a good time to talk to the children about fire safety. We do this in class, where the children can share their experiences and learn which safety measures need to be in place before you even think about lighting a fire. We discuss risk, the f

This week as part of our Marvellous Me topic, we have been talking about families. We looked at the family book by Todd Parr and learnt that all families are unique and special.  We then looked at photos of our own families before adding them to a photo frame and decorating them with a selection of