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 […] […]
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 […] […]