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…
Year 2s trip to Indonesia
Today, Year 2 boarded their very own flight to Jakarta, which is ( as they will tell you) the capital city of Indonesia. “Go down and turn right,” as one passenger confidently said! When we arrived Year 2 found torrential rain ( there are only two seasons, wet and dry). Once we had splashed around…
Competition Winners in Year 2
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…
Pesky clay rats
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…
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…
Creepy Claws visit Year2
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…
Year R colour mixing
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 one - observational drawing
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…
