Tag: Art and Design

VE Day

The Second World War ended on 8th May, 1945 in Europe when the German Army signed the armistice, surrendering to the allies. Britain had fought for six long years and suffered tremendously due to enemy bombing, rationing, loss of soldiers and the effects of the second total war.

When…

Messerschmitts and Spitfires

After learning all about the Battle of Britain, we were very intrigued about the different types of planes that flew for each side. German Messerschmitts were used by the German Luftwaffe to attack Britain, and British Spitfires were used by the British Air Force to…

Abstract Space Art

We have finished our space masterpieces this week where we have added the final touches to our abstract art designs! Please come in and have a closer look at our 'space gallery' in the Key Stage 2 cloakroom!

Take a closer look at our photos in our photo…

Autumn Art

We thoroughly enjoyed painting our versions of 'spooky' trees ready for the PTA Halloween disco on Friday! We can't wait to see our designs decorating the village hall. We paid particular attention to our water colour backgrounds to create the required atmosphere and then…

Christmas has come early!

Christmas has once again come early in Class 4 as we created our amazing designs for the Cauliflower Christmas Cards 2019! Here is a sneaky look at some of our art work where we focused this year on the artistic style of 'Pointillism'. This is a technique of…

Abstract Space Art

Class 4 were inspired by the artist  Peter Thorpe today, basing our Space artwork on his finished pieces. Our aim is to produce an abstract art background with a space feature in the foreground. Today we planned our initial ideas and then perfected our abstract…

Boats

Today we looked at some famous paintings of boats on the sea. We then painted our own picture. We started by painting the sky. We then painted the sea in green. After the green sea had dried, we painted over the top in blue. Next, we used a lollypop stick to create waves.

The final…

Art Afternoon

This afternoon we decided to do some artwork to make our class reading garden more inviting. We used finger painting to create some colourful butterflies and leaves. We had to make sure that the butterflies were symmetrical. We also made some collage flowers using card and tissue…

Mountains launch

Today we have launched our Geography topic for this half term which is 'Mountains and Rivers'. We started by looking at different pictures and photographs of mountain ranges, discussed the different environments and considered textures, tones and perspective.

Using…

Geometry - 3D modelling

Take a closer look at our photos in our photo gallery!

What parts of a plant do we eat?

Well, that completely depends on what type of plant it is. Today Class 3 have been classifying plants, according to which part is eaten. There are 6 categories:

• Stem and shoots
• Leaves
• Roots
• Flowers
• Fruits
• Nuts and seeds

Take a closer…

Plants!

This afternoon Class 3 have been identifying and describing different parts of flowering plants, including the roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. The children took their time, carefully drawing the plants, then labelled and annotated their drawings from their close…