Year 3 (2020 to 2027)

This week, pupils in Year R created some crazy new animals. This art task was inspired by Axel Scheffler’s book, Flip Flap Jungle. Within the book, heads of animals are attached to the bodies of others and new names are created. For example, a leopard’s head attached to the body of an armadillo…

Today Year R were exploring texture and printing. Pupils first learnt about texture; they felt and described various textured materials and objects before printing from them. They applied the paint with sponges, laid the textured materials on their paper (ink down) and then applied pressure with a…

Using inspiration from photographs, Year R have made insects this week. Pupils decorated the body using colour pencils; thread and twisted pipe cleaners; used glue; cut with scissors and created tabs when attaching legs and wings. Among the insects you will find ladybirds, bees, spiders, stag…

Year R have been practising their observational drawing and painting skills throughout term 5. This week, working in small groups, some of the children painted beetroot. They carefully looked at the beetroot before sketching its shape with pencil. They were introduced to primary colours and mixed…

Year R were practising their observational drawing and painting skills today. Working in small groups, the children painted slices of watermelon. They carefully looked at the melon before sketching its shape with pencil. They were introduced to primary colours and mixed their own secondary and…

This week Year R have been practising their observational drawing and painting skills. The children painted aubergines in small groups. They carefully looked at the aubergines before sketching their shape with pencil. They were introduced to primary colours and mixed their own secondary colours…

Today Year R were practising their observational drawing and painting skills. Working in small groups, the children painted pears. They carefully looked at the pears before sketching their shape with pencil. They were introduced to primary colours and mixed their own secondary and tertiary colours…

Reception classes have been practising their fine-motor skills again over the last two weeks. Pupils have been constructing pop-up pictures of animals. They have been learning about tabs, designing, colouring, cutting out and sticking. This was a challenging task and Year R have worked very hard.…

In Reception this week, pupils have continued to improve their fine-motor skills by making paper snakes outside in the autumn sunshine.

Pupils folded paper to make the body, then cut out shapes for the head and tongue. Many of the snakes are now happily hanging out with Russell in the…

Reception classes, enjoying the sun on the autumn equinox, learnt how to weave this week.  Weaving is a great activity that helps to develop fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and concentration. Many of the children created patterns within their weaving, consolidating their learning about…