Image of Year 2  - Art - Collecting and Creating Pictures
14 Nov

Year 2 - Art - Collecting and Creating Pictures

In Art, Year 2 went outside and collected natural objects to create their own collages thinking about shape and pattern.

Image of Year 1 - Art And Design - Making Sketchbooks
13 Nov

Year 1 - Art And Design - Making Sketchbooks

Year 1 made sketchbooks as part of our unit on Drawing. We collected different types of paper and made sure they were about the same size. Then we folded each piece in half and stacked them. Finally, we added a cover of card and secured them using an elastic band.

Image of Nursery - Art And Design - Creating Hedgehogs Using Foraged Leaves
12 Nov

Nursery - Art And Design - Creating Hedgehogs Using Foraged Leaves

While enjoying time in our outdoor provision the children worked together to collect some different leaves to use in our craft activity. They used their foraged leaves to create some spikey hedgehogs! The children found it tricky to work on a cylindrical surface however they persevered and made some fabulous leaf hedgehogs!

Image of Year 3 Art - Using Charcoal
5 Nov

Year 3 Art - Using Charcoal

In Art, Year 3 have been discovering the different things they can do with charcoal through gestural mark making.

Image of Year 1 Art and Design - Using Chalk To Develop Our Spiral Drawings
5 Nov

Year 1 Art and Design - Using Chalk To Develop Our Spiral Drawings

Year 1 enjoyed developing their spiral drawings with chalk and pastels.

Image of Reception Class - Art and Design - Firework Pictures
4 Nov

Reception Class - Art and Design - Firework Pictures

Reception Class have been learning all about bonfire night. Using different coloured paint and toilet roll tubes cut with patterned scissors, the children have created their own fireworks. Using a dabbing skill, the children explored mixing colours and printing on to black paper.

Image of Year 2 - Art - Creating Visual Lists Of Our Outdoor Environment
31 Oct

Year 2 - Art - Creating Visual Lists Of Our Outdoor Environment

Year 2 learnt about how artists are explorers and collectors. We sketched visual lists of our environment to see where we could explore for our art inspiration.

Image of Pre-School-E.A.D Exploring Print with Wild Animals
8 Oct

Pre-School-E.A.D Exploring Print with Wild Animals

The children used Wild Animal figures dipped them in paint and used them to make prints.

Image of Year 4 Art
3 Oct

Year 4 Art

This week, we finished our second novel of the year - The Danger Gang! As our art unit is about drawing stories, we decided to illustrate out favourite moments from the book, and add a catchy caption. There were some excellent captions and sketches by all of the children.

Image of Year 4 Art
26 Sep

Year 4 Art

This week we looked at 2 different artists - Laura Carlin and Shaun Tan. We created visual notes in our sketchbooks, trying to use their sketching style. We even used biro pens to sketch like Shaun!

Image of Reception Class - Art and Design - What Can I See? Finding Circles
25 Sep

Reception Class - Art and Design - What Can I See? Finding Circles

In Reception we have been exploring the question 'what can I see?' We looked around our envionment, hutning for circles. Look at how many we found!

Image of Year 5 Art - Typography Using Different Materials
19 Sep

Year 5 Art - Typography Using Different Materials

Year 5 are learning how to create typography in our Art lessons this term, which is the art of lettering. We used different materials like sticks, grasses, and screws and bolts to create letters, which we then sketched.