Blog by Tag: Art and Design

Art - Stonehenge 

Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. Stonehenge was built over many hundreds of years. Work began in the late Neolithic Age, around 3000BC. Class 3 researched the…

Street Art

Class 4 through sketching developed ideas and techniques for artwork with stylised graffiti lettering. In their sketchbook, the pupils then created their own 'throwies' which a signature of their name

Cave Paintings

Class 3 have travelled back in time to the Stone Age era and created some amazing cave paintings!

Cave paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings. Usually, these paintings were made in prehistoric times. Most cave paintings date from 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. The…

Art - 'A Starry Night'

In Art this week, we looked at Van Gogh's 'A Starry Night'. Everyone was given a small part of the painting to enlarge to A4 using oil pastels. We each focussed on the colours, swirls and tiny details. Together, our work looks amazing!! 

Dragon Dance

A belated post to show pictures of Class One's dragon! A group of children worked tirelessly over a number of weeks to create their own Chinese Dragon. To celebrate Chinese New Year we took to the playground to dance with our dragon head, along with the painted red tail and musical…

String Telephones

In Science this week we made string telephones to explore how sound travels over a distance.

When one person talks into their cup, the cup vibrates. The sound energy of these vibrations passes along the string. The string is a solid, so the particles are very close…

Into the Forest Artwork

Class 4 created some amazing abstract artwork images based upon the artist David Hockney when we ventured Into the Forest. First the children looked at the artist David Hockney and his style of working when he painted landscapes of trees.

From here the pupils…

Piet Mondrian

This afternoon Class 3 have been looking at the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. We have taken his iconic style of straight lines and primary colours and adapted it to fit out 'Into the Forest' theme. Take a look below at our fabulous art work ..

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Christmas Calendars 2018

Class 4 painted their Christmas calendars by extending the picture they selected in the middle of the page. The children then had to imagine what their image would be like along the horizon or in the distance and then colour mix and match the photograph. As you can see…

Class 4 Christmas Cards

Class 4 enjoyed making their Christmas tree wordle Christmas cards. Here are their creations ...

Art - Moonlight Painting

This afternoon, we enjoyed getting the acrylic paints out to create beautiful moonlight paintings. To create this effect, we had to carefully blend the colours - adding a little more blue each time. What do you think?

Take a closer look at our photos in our photo…