Class 4 practised their chipping and putting skills in the sun today, before making their own golf courses.
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Class 3 have had an exciting week back at school. They have enjoyed going outside to identify the compass points. They also enjoyed studying the life of French artist Henri Matisse and painting The Vase and designing brightly coloured collages using his design.
Teddy Bear Picnic
This week, the children in Class 1 have been thinking about Teddies. Today they brought their teddies to school and hoped to have a Teddy Bears picnic on the school field, in the sunshine. As it was raining, they had their picnic in the classroom instead. They even made teddy ears to wear and had their food on teddy plates.
To finish off our Teddy Bears Picnic day, the children loved making these bear hand puppets. We used brown paper lunch bags.
King Jehoshaphat
This week in R.E. Class 4 have learnt about King Jehoshaphat. They were amazed how his army won the battle by praising and playing musical instruments as they marched to the battle site.
2 Chronicles 20 (NIV)
15 He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Kandinsky Inspired Art
Today, the children in Class 1 learnt about the artist Kandinsky and his love of colours and shapes. They started by mixing different colours and guessing what new colour they would make.
Next, they made a circle with sugar coated sweets, on a white plate and Mrs Glover poured on some warm water. They watched to see what would happen next. The colours all made beautiful patterns but did not mix together.
Finally,they looked at one of Kandinsky’s famous paintings that uses lots of colours and lots of circles. They all had a go at making one just like it.
Our Snails – inspired by Matisse
The children in Class 2 have had a fun Art day. They have painted old bears and learnt about how the artist Matisse created the picture called The Snail. They have each created their own snail in the style of Matisse and practised drawing and creating spirals.
The Great Wave
Class 4 studied the woodblock by Japanese artist Hokusai in the late 19th century. His artwork is called ‘The Great Wave’. Using pencil initially, then watercolour paints, the class painted their own version of this masterpiece. After, they used technology and replicated the image using computer software. They found out that Hokusai printed a whole series featuring waves and Mount Fuji and that his best artworks were created when he was 70. They also discovered that as each woodblock print was replicated thousands of times people could buy a copy for the price of two pots of noodles!
They also used Stylofoam to create prints of The Great Wave.
Throwing Skills
Today Class 4 had a great socially distanced P.E. lesson practising their throwing skills.
O’Keeffe Style Flowers
Class 4 studied Georgia O’Keeffe who painted enlarged flowers so their beauty could be appreciated. I think they painted some fabulous pictures!
Famous Artists
Home learning is running alongside class learning this week. One of the class 4 pupils looked at a painting by Thomas Gainsborough and copied a careful section. The class thought her artwork was amazing!
