This week has been Art Week! Year 5 have been sculpting paper-mache skulls, inspired by our focus artist Damien Hirst's 'For the Love of Money'. We have utilised prior knowledge of art movements to research Damien Hirst and reflect on our feelings towards his contemporary...
This week, Year 4 were able to paint their coil pots. They had been drying for a week, so we were very excited to finish them today. Inspired by Clarice Cliff and the Art Deco movement, we used bright colours and geometric shapes to embellish...
Year 3 had a fantastic week creating sculptures in art lessons. Inspired by Henry Moore, we used a variety of techniques to create figurative sculptures, including, coiling, rolling and kneading. [gallery ids="13484,13485,13486,13487"]...
For Art week, Year one have been creating their own pinch pots inspired by the artist Magdeline Ogundo. Have a look at our brilliant versions! [gallery ids="13499,13500,13501,13502,13503,13504,13505"]...
This week in Reception, we have been immersing ourselves in the fantastic art of Yinka Shonibare. Yinks Shonibare is a Nigerian British textile artist, who creates beautiful and fascinating costumes using colourful wax fabrics. We studied his pieces, planned our poses for photos and then...
This week in Nursery, children started their art project, inspired by Chris Ofili. Nursery took inspiration from Chris' painting ‘Affrodizzia’ and created a mixed media artwork. Ofili was also heavily inspired by music, therefore the children listened to jazz music, whilst using paints, inks, fingerprints...
In Nursery, linked to our ‘planting’ topic, the children have been mark making rectangles to resemble the stem of a flower. [gallery ids="13394,13395"]...
The children in Year 1 were inspired by our visit to the mosque and followed up their visit with work on the different parts of the mosque and what they are used for. [gallery ids="13381,13382"]...
Year 2 created great pieces of homework on British values, whereby they used illustrations to represent each of the values: respect, democracy, liberty, rule of law and tolerance. [gallery ids="13414,13415,13416,13417,13418,13419,13420,13421"]...
This week, Year 4 have started their Art project creating sculptures. We have been learning all about Clarice Cliff, who was an influential artist in the Art Deco movement. She has inspired us to create our own coil pots, which we have designed and produced...