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Jun
Art and DT
07
Jun
What’s happening in Nursery – Week 1
This week Nursery have been exploring amazing Africa and the country Ghana. We compared the Ghanaian flag and the United Kingdom flag and discussed the differences in the flags. Using our shape knowledge, we drew a rectangle with a ruler then painted the flag red,...
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24
May
What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 6
This week, Year 6 have been taking part in a variety of art-based activities to prepare some artwork to be displayed at this year's Primary Advantage Art Exhibition. The theme of this year's exhibition is voice. This has been carefully considered in both projects completed...
24
May
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 6
It is Art Week! We have been creating contemporary sculptures, inspired by our focus artist Damien Hirst. Hirst is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists of the 1990s, well-known for his modern sculptures, and he is thought to be one of the...
24
May
What’s happening in Year 1 – Week 6
This week, Year 1 have really been getting stuck into art week! We have been furthering our understanding of the discipline 'sculpture' and have been looking at a British Artist, Magdalene Odundo and her work. We have explored her pots and used adjectives to describe...
24
May
What’s happening in Reception – Week 6
This week in Reception, our highlight was delving into Yinka Shonibare as an artist. He is a British Nigerian artist, who works with wax fabrics to make incredible costumes and statues. We were inspired by his work to make our own elaborate costumes. We carefully chose...
24
May
What’s happening in Nursery – Week 6
This week in Nursery, children started their art project inspired by the work of artist 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...
17
May
What’s happening in Nursery – Week 5
This week, Nursery conducted an observational drawing of sunflowers inspired by artist ‘Van Gogh’. First, they drew their sunflowers using a black sharpie pen then painted their work whilst looking at the shape and colour of the individual parts. The children were also encouraged to...
03
May
What’s happening in Reception – Week 3
This week in Reception we have immersed ourselves in the traditional tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Our own beans have started to grow and each child transplanted their own, giving them concrete experiences of growing and connections with our story. Over the week we made...
26
Apr
What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 2
To celebrate our first ever PTA Green Week as St John and St James, Year 6 took part in an eco-active workshop, looking at the amount of rubbish that is produced worldwide and the impact that it has on our planet. The children then looked...