Harvest Candles in Year 6

This week, we have been busy celebrating Harvest. We had the opportunity to invite parents and carers into school to help us make some Harvest candles. We have also enjoyed creating poems and singing songs about this time of year.

Observational Drawing in Year 1

This week we have been looking at observational drawing in Year 1. We looked, felt and smelt our pumpkins to understand them better. Following this we had a go at ‘blind drawing’ them using cardboard around our pencils to hide what we’d drawn. This was great fun and showed some interesting results. For our final […]

Autumn in Nursery

This week the children have enjoyed autumn painting. They made a beautiful autumn tree using handprints and had fun using natural materials to paint with using autumn colours. 

Task Master Club off to a great start!

Taskmaster club got off to a flying start this week.  The children formed teams and were set their warm up task to secrete a wooden spoon somewhere about their person.  The Taskmaster had to guess where the spoon was, and points were awarded.  The children then had to create the most appealing looking meal out […]

Adaptation in Year 6

To begin our new Science topic in Year 6 of Evolution and Inheritance, we discussed how animals must adapt to their environment in order to survive. We were tasked with camouflaging a white butterfly somewhere in the classroom, in plain sight. We had great fun with this activity and look forward to inviting people into […]

Art in Year 2

Year 2 have really enjoyed their first few days back at school. We have been looking at the story of ‘The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse’ and then using this story as a stimulus to practise our art skills. This week we have been refining our mark making and producing some observational […]

Charlie Mackesy Art in Year 6

Year 6 have enjoyed their first week back studying the work of Charlie Mackesy. We begun the week reading his book whilst discussing and interpreting his famous quotes and how these can be used in our daily lives. We finished the week having a go at his illustrations and writing our own favourite quotes around […]

Poems of Courage in Year 4

Year 4 have really enjoyed studying the book ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’. We have had a strong English focus, studying the book and in particular looking at the word ‘Courage’. We turned our ideas about courage into beautiful poems. We created line drawings inspired by the artwork from the book. 

Hereford Art College with Year 6

Our Year 6 children were very lucky to be given the opportunity to go to Hereford College of Arts this week and take part in a variety of workshops led by the staff, including being given a tour of the buildings. They learnt about projection mapping and found it fascinating that the man who led […]

Fathers Day in Year 5

We have had loads of fun in year 5 making our Fathers Day cards. We did our own take on shirts! We think they look really good and enjoyed ourselves when making these!