DT - Year 3 weaving

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The Year three topic this term is Ancient Egypt. Within Design Technology, pupils are designing and making necklaces (inspired by Ancient Egyptian art) for a summer ‘collection’ – Egyptian style is back in fashion after 5000 years!

This is a DT textiles unit, so the main feature on the…

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DT - Year 1

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This term we are focusing on Design Technology. Year one regularly practises motor skills within lessons with Mrs Cork and Mrs Andrews; in preparation for this project they have been practising using scissors and a hole punch.

Within their DT lessons they are getting into the Christmas spirit…

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Fireworks - Year R

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To celebrate Guy Fawkes night, Year R created drawings of fireworks with chalk pastels. This is a very creative art medium. Pupils smudged the bright coloured pastels with their fingers, moved them around the page and made a bit of a mess! They had photographs of fireworks around them and a video…

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Ironman - Year 4

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Term 1 Year 4 The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

 

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes is a fantastic book to inspire English lessons. We love teaching it as much as the children love learning from it. The Iron Man allows for such creativity and opportunities for learning. As well as reading the whole book…

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Chair Design - Strong shapes and WW2

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Our focus this term is Design Technology. Our DT projects consist of four steps – explore, design, make and evaluate.

Year 6 are designing chairs (Action man sized) for John Lewis this term. To begin, the pupils explored strong shapes within structures. We looked at the work of architects and…

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Year 3 - Abstract Art

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Inspired by the artist - Atta Kwami.

Year three’s term 1 art project celebrates the Folkestone Art Triennial and is inspired by the work of Ghanaian-born artist Atta Kwami who sadly died last month, age 65. He worked in both Ghana and the UK as a painter, printmaker, and art historian.

The…

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Shadow puppets - Year 3 Science

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Year 3 have been learning about Light and Shadows in Science this term. They created their shadow puppet theatres and puppets. They investigated how a shadow changes when the distance of the light source is changed. They planned their investigation, made predictions and used measuring skills to…

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Year 1 - autumn leaves

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Year one pupils have been making their own autumnal leaves from their mark-making work produced earlier in the term. During their country walk, Year 1 pupils collected large autumnal leaves. I photocopied some to become leaf stencils - a choice of leaves appropriate for each child’s cutting…

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Yr R mark-making

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Over the last three weeks, Year R have been experimenting with mark-making. They have been dipping objects and tools into poster paint and moving them around their A3 page to make a variety of marks on their paper. They have also been mixing primary colours in their paint trays to make secondary…

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Year 6 colour pastels drawings

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Year 6 have been practising their observational drawing skills and working from cultural objects from around the world. The objects included masks from Africa and Indonesia as well as puppets from South-East Asian countries. Within our gallery below you will see Year 6 pupils' large (A2)…

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Cultural objects from around the world - bamboo reed pens

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Throughout term 1, Year 6 have been practising their observational drawing skills and working from cultural objects and photographs of cultural objects. They have explored both large and small scale as well as considering the cultural significance of objects and discussing how they were acquired…

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Billy and the Beast

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Inspired by the class reading book, ‘Billy and the Beast’, Year 1 have been creating their own scary beasts. Pupils have continued to explore mark making, this time using bamboo reed pens and Indian ink. They first cut out eyes from coloured paper and stuck these down before drawing their creature…

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