This week in Nursery, we created self portraits inspired by British artist 'Gary Hume'. We used mirrors to identify our facial features and our knowledge of shapes to paint them. [gallery ids="14835,14836"]...
In Year 4 this week, we completed our self portraits in the style of Picasso. We researched the cubism movement and how it compares to other movements before analysing how Picasso made his portraits and self portraits look abstract. Using this as inspiration, we used...
This week in art, Year 6 have been working incredibly hard on creating self-portraits, inspired by the works of Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt. The children began by developing their art history knowledge and spent some time researching our key artist and exploring the art movement that he was part...
Year 5 have had a brilliant first week back to school! We have had fun painting pop art self-portraits inspired by Andy Warhol and have started a variety of other topics too. [gallery ids="14488,14487,14485,14486,14484"] In maths, we used dienes and place value counters to represent numbers up...
This week, Year 2 have been creating self portraits inspired by Frida Kahlo. They thought about different shades and tones which would reflect their personalities. They also included their favourite animals! [gallery ids="14503,14504,14505,14506"] ...
Our book for writing in Year 1 this term is called The Odd Egg. The children were so inspired by the shiny, unusual eggs designed by their Teacher Miss Thompson, they did their own egg collages, using different types of paper and colour. As you...
This week, Year 6 visited Hackney Library to explore to artwork on display for the Primary Advantage Summer Art Exhibition. It was a really lovely opportunity for the children to view some of the work that is being produced by children across our federation of...
This week, Year 5 visited the Primary Advantage Federation art exhibition at Hackney Library. We enjoyed viewing artwork inspired by 'my identity' in a variety of media, including self-portraits painted by Year 6. [gallery ids="14030,14031,14032,14033,14034,14035"]...
In Nursery, we have been exploring amazing Africa. Linked to our topic, we used different patterned paper strips to weave our own square of Kente cloth. The paper strips were pushed ‘over’ and ‘under’ to make our own weaving artwork. [gallery ids="14002,14003"]...
Year 3 had a great trip this week to the Tate Britain. They had the opportunity to look around the Museum and made excellent links from their art learning to the sculptures they saw. They also participated in an immersive drawing experience, where their drawings were...