Blog by Tag: Art

Congratulations to Year 2 for being the winners of a competition run by the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh to celebrate he work of Artist, Author and illustrator Emily Sutton. The children learnt a little about Emily and her work and then wrote about one of their toys and why it was special to…

We hope that the families of Year 2 have enjoyed their clay rats? these delightful creatures were made by Year 2 as part of their Art project linked to Science; Animals including humans and English ‘That Pesky Rat’ in Term 3. the children studied texture and how to create a ‘furry’ look to their…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

On Wednesday 8th January 2025 Michael Tyler from Creepy Claws brought just a few of his many rescued pets to visit year 2 as part of their learning in English; a non chronological pet report and Science; all about animals including humans. We were delighted to meet Cleo the royal python, Womble…

Throughout term 2 and within the first two weeks of term 3, Year R continued to explore colour. The children made their own colour-wheels and discovered what happens when two primary colours touch and mix together. We then went on to mix secondary colours with more control within mixing palettes.…

Year 1 children are working towards the completion of their collages inspired by Henri Rousseau’s, SURPRISE! Their artworks will consist of a background, midground and foreground. The children will also consider layout and composition.

The Year one topic this term is toys, therefore, the…

We have appointed Year 6 Art Leaders. This is a new role that will evolve throughout the year but the aim is to give children at Bridge ownership and ‘a voice’; an opportunity to be actively involved with planning and leading art projects; to act as coaches, advocates and ambassadors for the Arts…

This term, Year R have been exploring colour and using inspiration from the abstract paintings by Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky.

The children learnt about primary colours; how to mix secondary colours; how colours make them feel and whether they are warm or cool; how to use paintbrushes and…