As part of world book week, Year 5 were lucky enough to have a visit from author Vanessa Taylor.
They explored her book ‘Baller Boys’ and created a peaceful protest to help save their football grounds.
It was also great to have a surprise visit from Marley the mascot!
This week in Art Year 2 have been exploring the work of two different artists and made visual notes in their sketchbooks. First they looked at the work of Marela ZacarĂas and recreated her geometric painting style. Then they looked at the work of Charlie French and painted using his freer and more fluid style of working.
Year 3 have just begun their new writing unit where they are looking at scripts. This week, they have explored what scripts are and how scripts differ from narrative writing. As part of their lessons, they have learned about stage directions and how they are used by actors and actresses to bring scripts to life on stage and screen.
On Thursday, Year 3 learned all about using stage directions to reading with expression. They listened to some examples and then practised using expression when reading to bring scripts to life and add meaning. There are some great voice actors among Year 3!
Year 5 have been exploring fractions and decimals.
Today, they looked at thousandths as decimals and showed fantastic grit and determination. They successfully used place value counters to help them and we are proud of their progress.
Year 6 welcomed visitors from a local NHS Mental Health team who encouraged us to think about our emotions and personal coping strategies. Although all of the Year 6’s are showing brilliant resilience and rising to the challenges of the year, it was excellent to reflect on our ‘strategies toolkit’ for times when we feel overwhelmed, confused or nervous.
Each class had a fantastic time and came away feeling positive and well-equipped!
This half term, Year 3 have been learning all about the Ancient Egyptians in their History lessons. As well as a trip to Norwich Castle, they also learned all about what life was like, how important the River Nile was, religious beliefs around gods and the afterlife and about the significance of the pyramids. With all that amazing knowledge, in writing lessons, children then wrote their own non-chronological reports to share their learning!
Here are just a few, but you can spot them all outside the Year 3 classrooms – see if you can learn something new!
This half term, Year 3 have been exploring the work of mixed-media artists Alice Kettle and Hannah Rae.
They began by making visual notes about the two artists in their sketchbooks and considered their inspirations: the land and the sea.
Children then had the opportunity to create their own land and seascapes on canvases. They started by painting the canvases, focusing on their colour mixing skills.
Once they were dry, the children learnt some embroidery skills to add texture and detail to their pieces.
We think their final pieces are excellent!
As part of our Art learning, we designed our own priting plates. Children then made their own printing plates using foamex and also mixed their own colours . Once the paint had dried, we held an ‘art exhibition’ to showcase their work. Children were really respectful of each other’s work and made kind compliments. 🙂
Block printing with string is an easy, textured printmaking technique where string is glued onto a block in a specific pattern, to act as a raised, inked surface. The string-covered block is inked with paint and stamped onto paper to create a unique design. Year 6 used their creativity and challenged themselves to incorporate some traditional Maya designs into their block to reflect the ancient civilisation’s culture.
We started by designing a range of prints that we could use and then chose a specific design. The children considered the integrity of the pattern and how difficult it might be to make.
Then, the children chose paint and complementing colours to print their block!
An excellent art project, Year 6. Well done!
This week, Year 4 concluded their Iron Man and Electricity topics with an exciting teamwork challenge: designing and creating a robot face complete with light-up LED eyes.
Working collaboratively, the children carefully covered cardboard boxes with foil to form the base of their designs. To complete their robots, they used electronics kits to wire the LED eyes, applying their understanding of circuits to bring their creations to life.
It was a fantastic opportunity for the class to demonstrate their teamwork, creativity and growing confidence in electrical engineering.
