This term the children have been looking at the Folkestone Triennial. Each class has been on a walk to look at some of the art pieces. We have also had a whole school talk from Tanya from the creative quarter and several classes have done triennial workshops. The children then researched and created their own … Continue reading
Yesterday Owls tested out the safety and durability of their rockets for Beegu. First they placed an egg inside their rockets and secured them with tape. Then we all headed out to the playground and the Owls took it in turns to launch their rockets down the slide. We all counted down for each launch … Continue reading
Following on from our independent learning and the animation workshop, Year 6 went on a walk to visit ‘I Am Argonaut’ and many other pieces of Triennial art. We stopped to look at Jason Wilsher-Mills’ creation in more detail. We were lucky enough to have our very own tour guide- Daisy May! Daisy told us … Continue reading
This term our Independent Learning theme was celebrating the Folkestone Triennial. We have been out exploring lots of the exhibits and have spent time researching our favourite installations. The class then worked in groups, partners or by themselves to replicate their favourite installation using different creative media of their choice. They carefully planned their project, … Continue reading
Over the the last three weeks Art Club has been creating art by using the bits and pieces that we found just lying on our beach. We had great fun going to the beach to collect our materials. Next we created our background then we added our finds. The results are amazing and we are … Continue reading
We have been looking at the temples and buildings of the Mayan civilisation in Topic this week and have been thinking about where the stone came from and how it would have been transported through the rainforest at that time. We then went on to build our own Mayan temples from clay.
Over the past few weeks we have been creating so many wonderful things that we thought it would be nice for you to see what we have done. These past two weeks we have been busy perfecting our slime recipes which has been lots of messy fun and we have especially loved the addition of … Continue reading
In DT this term, Owls have been busy designing and making a rocket for Beegu. They spent their first lesson drawing and labelling their rocket, whilst also thinking carefully about how they could keep Beegu safe inside. In their next lesson, the Owls began making their rockets using recycled items. They used PVA glue and … Continue reading
Last week, in year 3, we investigated what it would be like to be back in the Bronze Age and working with clay to create beakers and beads. We learnt that we had to work quickly so that we did not dry out our clay and we also found out how hard it would have … Continue reading
Today we visited the Glassworks in town to attend an art workshop entitled; ‘All Experiences Dissolve into Experience’ by Sam Ayres. We started off by mark making on a piece of paper and then progressing the marks to a line leading in to taking our pencils for a walk around the page. The children were … Continue reading
This term the children have been looking at the Folkestone Triennial. Each class has been…
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