The Arts

We’ve been looking at how to use shading, and warm and cool tones, to give depth to a picture. Here we are, developing our skills…   Article 29

Today Year 4 used the glockenspiels in music. First we found the beat and we had to make sure we all kept the same beat throughout the song. Once we found the beat we then practiced a harmony, we then applied this to a melody. We then altered the tempo and the rhythm to convey different movements w

This has been a week of thinking about making good choices and being kind to ourselves and each other. We have developed class charters to show how we want our classroom to be. In PSHCE, we sorted out good and bad choices. We read a poem called ‘Instead of’ and talked about what we could do inst

Thank you to all of the children from various classes who created their own butterflies to flutter through nursery and join our Very Hungry Caterpillar display. We think it looks beautiful. Article 28 IMG_8290  

Today the glockenspiels could be heard all around year 4! We worked on rhythm, pace and keeping together to play a piece of music.

We were over the moon to welcome back the Gateshead music team for a ‘live’ music event. It was amazing to he the school filled with beautiful music and singing. As you can see from the pictures we all enjoyed it ALLLLOOOOTTTTTTTT!    

 We have looked at how archaeologists and historians use primary sources to learn about the past. We know that pottery tells us a lot about the people who made it. We created our own designs based on Ancient Greek amphorae.  Article 29

Two weeks ago we made our clay starfish. We have painted them adding all the detail very carefully, they look fishtastic!  

Is graffiti art or vandalism? Year 5 have been exploring the work of Banksy. We have copied his style by drawing The Girl with the Red Balloon. Check out our own graffiti tags. 

Today we have used a range of hard and soft materials to print with…we have some new favourites! Article 28 & 29