Curriculum Impact Tag: Art & Design

The children are continuing to explore with clay. They have all made and painted their favourite minibeasts which we have displayed in our window. 

To some this might look like a messy busy classroom.  To us it is a creative, collaborative creation that the children have worked hard on all afternoon and are rightly proud of.  It represents relationships, compromise, dialogue, decision making, flexible thinking, resilience, perseverance and…

The children in nursery are developing and strengthening their fine motor skills to create minibeasts using clay. They are rolling, pinching, and poking to make different shapes and patterns. 

Year 2 used magazine images and their own previous work to create a collage.

Using PVA glue, tissue paper and cling film, the children created 3D bowls.

They selected analogous colours (colours next to each other on the colour wheel) for their designs.

Today we have enjoyed creating some valentines crafts for our families.

The children have been learning about Chinese New Year and looking at images and clips of the parade in Liverpool. Some children also created Chinese numbers up to 5 using different coloured paints. 

As part of our art topic we have been studying mandalas. These patterns are used in Hinduism and Buddhism and use concentric circles. 

The children have used mirrors to look at their faces and create self-portraits in pencil. Some children also painted portraits of one another using clear plastic. The children practised drawing circles for faces and eyes and added detail to their faces.

Following on from our ‘Naughty Bus’ book the children were keen to make their own bus.  We found a sturdy box and the children took over, painting and creating together to get the job done!  Next for the driving and travelling.  We have also been talking about finding routes as part of our…

The children used a potato to practise and explore printing techniques.