The Folkestone Triennial is an arts festival held every three years in Folkestone and is taking place this summer/autumn from Saturday 19th July - Sunday 19th October 2025. We are part of it this year!
Yes! We are exhibiting our work at the Folkestone Triennial! A group of pupils from Years 3,…
Graphics workshop - Year one!
A massive thank you to Kasana (Felix’s dad) for coming into school last week and running a Graphics Workshop for our Year one students. Kasana is a Graphic Designer and works on campaigns and projects by well-known brands.
He began the morning by explaining to the children what a Graphic…
Butterfly dress on display at CCCU
Year 4 Fashion and Textiles club are pleased to announce that their butterfly dress is finished and now displayed at Canterbury Christchurch Bookshop!
Our club is being led by one of our Year 6 Art Leaders, Tamsin; we have been designing a butterfly dress inspired by our ‘whole school project’…
Welcome Brabourne CEP!
As a Christian school we wish to strengthen and build relationships with other schools and communities. Last week we introduced a group of our pupils to those of Brabourne Church of England School for the first time; our intention is to build and develop a collaborative relationship within the…
Fashion designer Dulcima visits our club
Last week, we were very pleased to welcome a local Fashion Designer to our Fashion and Textiles after-school club. Dulcima is a sustainable fashion designer and creator who works from her studio in Barham village; she is also a musician.
Our small Year 4 club is being led by one of our Year 6…
Observing red peppers - Year One
Year one explored fruit and vegetables last term. Within art, the children used their observational skills to draw and paint red peppers.
As a class, we discussed scale (drawing the peppers larger to fill their A3 paper); oil pastels and how they resist paint (used for the seeds); highlights…
Musical theatre workshop - opera
Year 3 had the amazing enrichment opportunity of working alongside four professional musicians as part of their curriculum music focus this term, Music Theatre. During the hour-long workshop with two choral scholars (an organ scholar and the Singing Partnerships Lead from Canterbury Cathedral…
Tar Beach and story quilts by Year 4
Year 4 are delighted to share with you our cross-curricular project inspired by the life and work of Faith Ringgold, an African American female artist and author.
Our current display in the Year 4 corridor is of our own ‘story-quilts, a title used by Faith to describe her own particular form of…
Shadow puppet workshop - Hazel class
A big thank you to Creative Folkestone for running an Art workshop for Hazel class last week. The children worked with two local artists, Emily and Tania, who delivered the workshop: Character making, storytelling and performance.
The children began the morning by discussing storytelling…
The human figure - Year 6
In term 3, Year 6 designed and made sculptures depicting the human figure in motion. To begin the project, pupils explored the proportions of the human figure and drew from wooden mannequins. They then sketched from movement on film (running, dance, skipping etc).
As a class, we studied the…
Fairytale collage - Year R
Throughout term 3, Year R have been exploring Fairytales; within art, the children have been learning how to join materials and create collages.
We began the project by looking at and discussing the paintings and collages by Henri Matisse. Each class then made their own collaged fairytale…
Troll Competition!
Troll competition
It all started when a group of Trolls invaded the library………
A massive thank you to all the children who entered our Troll Competition and to those who supported children at home. Mrs Tomsett and I are absolutely delighted with all the wonderful and creative entries. We…
