Art and Design

Danes Class are very excited about their new sequence of learning in Art. In this unit, they will be exploring some of the work of Kandinsky, Delaunay, Hirst and Kusana […] […]

Our art learning this term has centred around the question ‘What Does it Mean to be Free?’ After exploring what the word freedom means to us as well as famous […] […]

Shackadell class loved celebrating World Book Day. The whole school theme was “Around the world”. The children were each given a passport and visited different countries in different classrooms throughout […] […]

We are going to be doing the Big School Birdwatch soon so we have been learning to identify different types of birds. We have been using some of our bird […] […]

This term in art, Danes have been responding to the learning question: How Do Artists See the World? Throughout the learning journey, they practised their skills and explored how artists […] […]

During their RE lesson, children in Puddlebridge used watercolours to create a symbol from the Christian Christmas story which explains something about Jesus. […]

To celebrate Maths Week, we looked at how we can construct an impossible triangle in art. First, we had to draw an accurate equilateral triangle using a ruler and protractor […] […]

This week we have really enjoyed reading ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. The story was a great follow on from learning about celebrations that […] […]

This term, Haffydown have been diving into the bold, expressive world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a ground breaking neo-expressionist artist known for his energetic lines, vivid colours and powerful storytelling. Basquiat’s […] […]

This term, Year Four are learning all about Living Things and Their Habitats. As part of this unit, we have learned that scientists classify animals and plants into different groups, […] […]

In line with our geography topic on China we have been learning about a Chinese installation artist/sculptor named Yin Xiuzhen. Our unit is called ‘Where is in your suitcase?’ It […] […]

In our recent art lessons, Puddlebridge have been diving into the world of perspective drawing, learning how to make flat images appear three-dimensional using clever techniques such as vanishing points, […] […]

Our art learning this half-term has enriched our historical learning about the Mayans. We began our learning journey with the learning question ‘What is perspective?’. We looked at a variety […] […]

In Danes, we have been learning about Peter Thorpe. We looked at many of his rocket paintings, observing the use of colour in the background and foreground before having a […] […]

To begin our learning in art this year, we have sketched Second World War planes. We started our learning journey looking at photographs of a variety of planes and drew […] […]

This term, our art lessons are intertwined with our History topic: the journey from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. To truly immerse ourselves in this ancient period, we […] […]

In art, we have been producing our own masterpieces inspired by the work of Wassily Kandinsky. First, we learnt about his life and how his work developed and changed over […] […]

Our first few days back in school after Christmas were full of exciting Art and Design Technology. Before Christmas, we worked on sketching and block printing in the style of […] […]

In art, we have been practising our observational drawing skills by drawing poppies of Remembrance. This built upon our previous learning about how to create texture and depth in our […] […]

In the lead up to Remembrance Day, we have been thinking about the symbolism associated with poppies and why people choose to wear them. In order to develop our pencil […] […]

Our focus for Art Day was Andy Goldsworthy, a British sculptor, artist and environmentalist. Goldsworthy creates Land or Earth Art, which is art that is made directly in the landscape, […] […]

We will be looking at work from Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Jean Metzinger. We looked at some work by the impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We used finger painting […] […]

To link with our learning about Roman Britain, we have been looking at mosaics in Art. We learnt about how mosaics were used to decorated the floors in Roman villas […] […]

We are looking at animals around the world and how we can create art with them. We are going to do observational drawings, create animal patterns, make a totem-pole and […] […]

This term, Year Four are learning all about Living Things and Their Habitats. As part of this unit, we have learned that scientists classify animals and plants into different groups, […] […]

We are learning about China this half term. We can use an atlas to locate major cities and rivers. We are looking at bordering countries, seas and oceans. We are […] […]

We have been learning all about animals from different parts of the world. We have used the core text of ‘The Ugly Five’ by Julia Donaldson. It was really interesting […] […]

In computing, Haffydown had the opportunity to create pictures on 2Paint. They looked at a variety of art styles such as pointillism, impressionism and surrealism. Below is some of their […] […]

As part of our learning about ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ we created our own trolls using clay. This is a progression from using play’doh which we have used lots […] […]

In art, we will be looking at the work of artist Peter Thorpe whose life-long love of space exploration has inspired much of his work. We will be learning about […] […]

This term, we have been developing our pencil sketching skills. We have looked at different grades of pencils and the effects that can be created through shading and adding texture. […] […]

In art, we have been developing our drawing skills. First, we experimented with different grades of pencil before focussing on how texture, shade and tone. After that, we looked at […] […]

We have been enjoying exploring Autumn. We have been collecting objects which show that the season has moved into Autumn now. We have been using these items in our child-initiated […] […]

In art, we have been looking at the work of Wassily Kandinsky. We created our own pieces of abstract art inspired by his work. We were able to apply our […] […]

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