A Squash and a Squeeze

Year 1 have been working on an extended piece of 3D art work with Ann and Carina. 

This supports the learning Year 1 have been doing  this term around their core book, A Squash and a Squeeze.

The children made houses for the old lady in the story and had to go through many different stages .

First they practised their colour mixing skills to paint the outside walls.

Next they printed the front of the house using polytiles.

 They made their own patterned wall paper, with repeating patterns.

   Then they used clay to model animals for their houses.

Finally, they made carpets and furnishings for the inside so their characters could be comfortable.

Beowulf

Year 4 have been studying the story of Beowulf as part of their learning about Anglo Saxons. The story is written as a poem and tells the tale of brave Beowulf who kills the monster Grendel. Anglo Saxons wrote in runes so the classes translated runes to find out about life in Anglo Saxon times.

Anglo Saxons made their own paints and pigments so the classes experimented with making their own paint to illustrate their story of Beowulf. 

The children mixed chalk, berries, ash or charcoal with PVA glue to make home made paints. I wonder which ingredient made which colour.

Transformation

Year 4 children have been basing some of  their learning around the book called The Green Ship during the spring term. Its a book set in an imaginary world. The children went into their classroom to find a green jungle-like world. They have used the book to support their learning about writing stories. They also worked in class to make green ship layered, 3-D type images.

First they made images of ships and then they transformed them by adding an overlay on tracing paper with green leafy and flowery plant images. 
The children continued thinking about transformations as they learned about how natural disasters can dramatically change an environment.They used the same techniques of layering their artworks to make powerful images of before and after destruction of Japan after the tsunami. You can look at the tsunami images on display along the junior stairs.

Big Draw 2014

The annual Big Draw event was a huge success as usual.
Children from every year group attended the installation in the Middle Hall and later Year 1 parents came to draw too.
We invited a musician and storyteller to inspire the children and Ann, Carina and Katy set up a magical stage area.

Detectives

Year 6 detectives stumbled across a crime scene in the Top Hall!

They immediately went into action just as their detective training had taught them and began to note down the evidence. 

Later they were able to interrogate the witness. By using all the information they had gathered, they were able to write newspaper reports and finally a short crime story.

Bulbs

School House children went to Jesus Green to meet with some people from the council. The year 5 children in the group had been learning about their local area with their classes. They had been using ICT and Literacy to gather information about the litter in the area before making films to evaluate what they found out. 
In Jesus Green they learned about another way to improve the area. They were shown how to plant bulbs. The bulbs will develop into plants called daffodils.

The waves are as dark night...

Year 4 published and illustrated poems using similes.