Wow,wow,wow! Thank you to each an every one of you who entered our ‘decorated’ egg competition. It has been very difficult choosing the winners as the entries were all eggstremely eggstatic! Winners will be revealed in tomorrows’ celebration assembly.
We loved making our decorated eggs for our Easter competition!
This week, Year 4 have been studying the works of Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. First we found out a little about him, then we had a class critique of some of his art work. We looked at the style of his work and the way that he used lines to create different moods and images.
Finally, after practising different techniques, we tried to recreate one of van Gogh’s more famous pieces ‘Starry Night’. Van Gogh painted it from memory during the day, as he was not able to paint from his bedroom. But he was able to create sketches in ink and charcoal and it was these sketches that we recreated. Have a look at some of our fabulous sketchbook and art work.
As part of our ‘Unity In The Community’ theme we have been looking at the work of Cesar Manrique. We looked his influence in Lanzarote, his art and his wind sculptures. We decided to make our own wind sculpture and created our very own Whirlygig! We think you’ll agree they look fantastic!
Today in English, 3 Blue have been creating their own jungle landscapes using paint. Our class book (which we don’t yet know the name of as Miss Clark won’t tell us) describes an old man dreaming about “a jungle full of wild forest animals” so we decided to have a go and create our own jungle landscapes. We looked at two jungle landscape artists: Henri Rousseau and Paul Gaugin for inspiration. We were so proud of out work and had so much fun!
Our current Learning Means The World theme is ‘Ticket To Ride!’ We have been using this throughout our learning. In maths we have looked at numbers, 1 more and 1 less, number bonds, shape and positional language. We have gone on magical train rides telling our friends where we would go and why. We used our sounds and made transport words such as van, bus, truck, sub etc And of course some snowy fun!
See attached the latest from our School Council! They have been very busy and have lots to get organised.
The children loved welcoming their grown ups into nursery today for some festive fun! We decorated wreath photo frames and some collage stockings. The children have prepared their own reindeer dust, ready to sprinkle on Christmas Eve to make sure Santa and his reindeer find them!
We even enjoyed a festive sing-along of some of our favourite Christmas songs! What a great time we all had!
Nursery AM
Nursery PM
As part of our ‘Come Fly With Me; Africa’ theme, Year 4 have been looking at traditional ceremonial masks. Here are our own African style Masks.
Designing and making ‘Inukshuks’ from clay.
7 Red tried to make cuboids using clay to help make their Inukshuks.
Did you know that Inukshuks help the Inuits find their way home?
Do you know what else they are used for?
