Exploring Different Materials in Nursery
This week the children have enjoyed messy play and explored different materials including shaving foam, oats, paint and clay. They have used their investigative skills to feel, pour and fill containers using oats. They have created shapes and patterns with paint and shaving foam and made…
Mark Making using wax crayons and felt tip pens
This week and last, we have been experimenting with different effects that can be made using wax crayons and felt-tip pens. The children have made individual pictures and investigated rubbings of natural materials in small groups. They have also worked on larger scale pieces.…
Printing and sculpture
We created our own printing tools using clay, pine cones, shells. It was very messy but fantastic fun.
Balloon excitement
After a discussion in Nursery, one of our children brought in a pack of balloons. Mrs Bruchez had been talking about papier mache and how to make it. As she started to demonstrate, some air escaped from the balloon, much to the amusement of the class. It turned into 5 minutes of pure joy and…
The Magi Followed the Star
We visited to church to see the crib and the three wise men visiting baby Jesus. We talked about how the 3 kings are also called ‘The Magi’ and we spoke about the importance of the star that they followed to find baby Jesus. One of our little boys suggested we sing the ‘Little Baby Jesus’ song…
Reduction Printing
Year 5 have been exploring printmaking.
After looking at the work of Andy Warhol, the children designed their own stencil based around a Christmas theme.
We are going to use our stencils to create wonderful Christmas cards.
Festive Fun in Nursery
Physical Development, Expressive Art & Design
The children are using their fine motor skills to decorate wreaths, Christmas trees and snowmen this week. They are also wrapping gifts for under the tree and making magical reindeer food bags.
Invitations to play, learn, investigate and explore
Our nursery is full of invitations to play, learn, investigate and explore but first thing in the morning we vary what we have out on our carpet area. Recently, the children have loved mark making and exploring shape on large sheets of paper.
Incredible printing
We used printing techniques to create superb art work.
Printng block making in Year 3
We had an amazing time print block making. We used slabs, rollers and printing ink.
Sharing our Home School Diaries
The week we have been reading the Christmas Pine. The book tells the story of a Norwegian pine tree chosen to be the annual Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square. The story’s meaning symbolises peace and friendship as the tree is a gift from Norway to the UK. This week the children designed their own…
Bonfire night
Our home school diary task this week was to talk about bonfire night and what we did to celebrate. We then thought about the fireworks we saw in the sky and created our own firework pictures. First we selected different colours and mixed them together, we then used a sponge to print the paint on…