Bhangra dance and drum workshop

As part of Black History Month celebrations, children in Year 5 have been working alongside a drum teacher and Bhangra dance teacher to learn new drum and dance skills. Children had a chance to use dhol drums as well as the school's djembe drums. 

The children worked with the specialist teachers over a number of weeks, learning new skills and enjoying themselves immensely.Finally, they performed their music and dance to other classes in the school.

Bridges and Figures

Year 5 are continuing work with Ann and Carina to make artwork inspired by Georges Seurat's Bathers at Asnieres. They have been doing detailed sketches of bridges, trees, 'street furniture' and figures.
Next they turned their images into stencils and practised stencilling them onto large sugar paper.

 

 

Bathers at Asnieres

 

 

Year 3 and 5 are taking part in The National Gallery's 'Take One Picture' project this year. They went to sketch the Thames and then went to look at Georges Seurat's painting, Bathers at Asnieres. The painting inspired Year 5 to make their own images.

 

 

 

 

Year 3 are making a wooden mural of the Thames inspired by the same painting. They are in the process of making sculptural images that will come together like a giant jigsaw. The pupils are excited that their mural will be displayed in the library.

 

 

 

 







On the Hungerford Bridge...

Yesterday, Turquoise and Coral went out on an Art trip. They were sketching on The Hungerford Bridge and a familiar face walked by. It was Mary!

 

 

She was very pleased to see that Columbia pupils were out and about sketching so near the beginning of the year.
Remember, her message to us was..."Keep sketching!"

 

There were some problems with the blog entries last year and some of you have said they didn't seem to be updating. So I'll attempt to keep on top of the technical things this year! PJ

The Quilt

The secret is out! The wait is over! For months there has been so much sneaking around going on in the school. The entire school has been making a surprise for Mary. And we have all been learning while we were doing it! All the teachers learned about different printing techniques. They tried different techniques and went printing at the Geffrye Museum. Liz learned to make tinted printing inks using pigments. Liz also had to do lots of maths calculations. The children observed and sketched plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables and seeds. Then they worked with recycled materials to make their own print blocks from their sketches. Finally they printed their image onto a small square of cotton fabric.

When every child in the school had printed a square, all of them were stitched together in to a beautiful, double-sided quilt for Mary.She was so surprised and delighted when we presented the quilt in assembly.

 



Goodbye Mary, we will miss you. 

Open City Award Ceremony

3 children in Bronze Class worked as a team and came 2nd in an design project run by Open City. They went with Mary and their families to a grand award ceremony at a building in Canary Wharf. Well done!

Under the Sea

Amber and Jade classes and their teachers worked with a dancer. She was a ballet dancer. She took them on a magical journey under the sea. The children had to work really hard and move exactly with the music. They became really good at listening to the sounds and moving in time with them.