This term in Year 3, the children have been exploring mixed media in their art lessons and have produced some truly wonderful and imaginative pieces. They have been learning how artists can combine art and craft by bringing together painting and sewing, and how using different materials such as paint and thread allows us to take advantage of their unique qualities to build an image. The class have also discovered that skills can transfer across media, for example using mark m

This term in Year 6, the children have been exploring the theme of identity through their Art lessons, creating thoughtful and expressive layered self-portraits. We began by revisiting portraiture, where the class worked hard to develop their observational drawing skills and refine their pencil control. It has been wonderful to see how their confidence and attention to detail has grown, particularly as they compared their work to previous years and focused on creating lighter

Last week, to celebrate World Book Day, sixty of our children took part in our Hat Competition. It was wonderful to see how much care, time and creativity had gone into each and every hat. The entries showed fantastic effort from the children, with each one designing a unique hat inspired by a favourite story or book character. Today we announced the winners and took time during our celebration worship to recognise and celebrate every single hat. The display was truly breath-

In Art last term, Year 4 have been exploring how the way we present artwork can completely change how it is viewed and understood. We discussed how, when we create art for others to see, presentation really matters. This led us to investigate the role of the plinth in sculpture and how it can elevate, frame and even add meaning to a piece of work. The children were set the challenge of creating their own “Plinth People” by building dynamic figures that would stand proudly on

Year 3 have finally finished their fantastic flying birds and we could not be prouder of them. They worked incredibly hard on this project last term and their perseverance has truly paid off. We began by carefully studying photographs of British garden birds, looking closely at colours, shapes and features. The children then designed their own special bird for a Minpin to ride on, taking inspiration from the beautiful illustrations in Roald Dahl’s The Minpins. Their sketchboo

This term, Year 6 have been busy creating light up boxes as part of their 'Brave with Colour' theme, and the results have been wonderful. Through this project, pupils explored how colour affects us emotionally and how we react to different colours. They were encouraged to ask big questions such as: How can we create colourful experiences? How do they make us feel? How might we connect to others through colour? We also discussed how artists use colour, light and form to create

Last week was the first week of art club and as it was so cold we thought we would start with some lovely winter scenes. This week we decided to design the covers to our sketch books using an assortment of ways in which to make them colourful.

Before Christmas, the children took part in a wonderfully creative Artist Day, which blossomed into a truly special festive event for our whole school community. During the day, each class learned about a famous artist, explored their unique style, and used this inspiration to design and create their own beautiful Christmas tree decorations. These unique pieces of artwork were then displayed on Christmas trees throughout the church for our after-school Christmas Tree Trail. S