Blog by Tag: Art and Design

In Class 3CO, we have made a fantastic start to our Topic The Mayans. We have done lots of work researching who they were and when in time the fit on the timeline. We have also made a start on making our very own Mayan masks. We can’t wait to see what they turn out…

Leo, in Year 4, has been using his time at home to develop his artistic skills. Leo has always enjoyed drawing and his work shows that dedication and commitment leads to fantastic results. Keep up the brilliant work Leo.

Well done to Sophie in Year 4, who has been very busy. Sophie has been regularly logging onto Bug Club, Prodigy and her Times Tables Rock Stars account as well as remembering to log on to Big Maths to complete her weekly challenges. But not only that, she has also been working hard at home doing…

Super proud of Lizzie in Year 4, who has been keeping very busy at home.  Following on from our previous topic on plants, Lizzie has been gardening and has planted her own seeds which she is looking after and keeping a diary of their growth. She has also created a brilliant book using Book Creator…

We hope you are having a fun filled Easter holiday. We wanted to share this lovely photograph sent in by Devon in Year 4 showing her Easter craft.

It looks like you have really enjoyed making your Easter chick tree and we absolutely love it! Well done Devon!

If you have any Easter craft…

Last term some of our Year 5 children had been using the How 2 draw website to learn how to draw animals. We have had several requests asking for the link so they can carry on drawing at home.

This lovely giraffe was drawn by a child in Year 4 and we couldn’t resist sharing it!

 If you fancy…

In Year 3 today, we have been making colour wheels. We used the four primary colours, and then had to experiment with mixing them to create some secondary colours! We did this to show warmth and coolness that colours have and how they are used in landscape art. Some excellent pieces of work…

As part of the new topic ‘Vista’ this half term, Year 3 have made a start on becoming landscape artists. They took their own images on an iPad and created thumbnail drawings from them. Some excellent work was created - a great start for what’s to come over the next few…

As usual the children have designed and created their own Christmas cards. This year the children have used watercolours to create some stunning cards.

The children have also been exploring pattern and colour to inspire some impressive art and poetry work. First they took their pencils…