Rivers

The banners in the top and middle hall have been put up and the river scenes from Year 5 classes look spectacular. Here's a preview of the finished banners.

 



The River as imagined by Year 5

Working with Ann and Carina, Year 5 have created stunning banners to hang in the Top Hall. The work has been part of a project called Take One Picture developed by the National Gallery.

The children were first inspired by Bathers at Asnieres by Georges Seurat. They sketched overlooking the Thames and developed their ideas back at school with Ann, Carina and their teachers. They drew figures and bridges in much more detail.

 

Then they tried all sorts of different ways of painting water. You can see different techniques and mark making representing the water on the finished banners.



It is interesting to think about how Year 3 and 5 looked at the same painting and have been inspired to create very different work in response to it.

iPad Images

Year 4 used iPads to create portraits for their classroom this year. Artists like David Hockney choose iPads as one of the ways they create images now. Can you guess who's who?

Art in the Library!

The library is open on Mondays and Wednesdays after school. If you haven't popped in recently, you should visit to see the finished wooden 3-D artwork inspired by Georges Seurat made by the Year 3 classes with Ann and Carina. You can borrow a book with your child while you are there!

 



Award Winning Film

More news of Coral class' amazing win in the National Youth Film Festival Awards. Follow the link below to see clips from other winners.





http://www.filmclub.org/whats-new/details/1743/the-national-youth-film-festival-awards-and-the-winners-are



The National Youth Film Festival Awards

Today a group of Coral Class filmmakers went to a huge and exciting awards ceremony in central London. Their film had been one of only 3 nominated in the short film category for 5-10 year olds.

The children met all sorts of important people from the film and TV industry.

 

We went into the cinema and realised that there were hundreds of other children who wanted their films to win the award. 

We were so excited as we waited for the ceremony to begin. The nominations were read out by an important guest and then we watched short clips from the films. 

"And the winner is...

...Columbia School!"

A big spotlight picked out all the children as they walked to the stage as they went up to receive the award.  Anis and Emile made a short speech on behalf of all Coral Class.

Everything was projected onto the huge screen.

The children had more photos taken with their award and Fidha and Poppy even gave a short video interview.

We all had a fabulous time and felt so excited about the whole experience.

Don't forget you can watch the award winning film on our vimeo site.

On The Red Carpet

Coral Class' film, 'Wow! Mayhem in the Music Hall' has been nominated for an award at the National Youth Film Festival! 

It is a huge honour to have been chosen by the judges from hundreds of other children's films.
A group of children will be dressing up and going to a glitzy award ceremony in Leicester Square with Olly and Philippa on Friday afternoon. 
Fidha, from Coral Class, will be tweeting back to the rest of her class during the afternoon so that everyone can hear how it's going. 
Don't forget you can watch this and many of our other films on our vimeo site.
http://vimeo.com/columbiaschool