The Arts

With our fine motor skills we are going to apply these with our art skills to learn how to draw self portraits during our year in Reception! Article 28 and 29

Our English work this week has been based around the poem Crayons and the book The day the crayons quit. Today the children acted out what they would say as Red Crayon and Duncan and used iPads to record themselves. Lots of fun! Article 28, 29

We were inspired by the story of Guru Hargobind, and how he used his cloak to rescue innocent people from prison. We designed patterns which could be used on a cloak, making our stampers from recycled items like straws and cardboard boxes.

In RE, Year 5 learned the story of Rama and Sita. We designed Diva lamps which reflected key ideas from the story. We also used our symmetry skills to create Rangoli patterns.

5H really enjoyed developing our sewing skills. We experimented with different stitches and embellishments, and learned how to join fabrics. We used our skills to make personalised cushions!

…they are finished!!!! We are so proud of them! ? Article 29

This Year we have worked hard learning how to sketch…today we have been looking very carefully at flowers and using our pencil carefully to sketch them from different angles. Article 29    

Finally our Winners enjoyed their trip to Seven Stories. They had a great day and the trip to the book shop was fun especially choosing a selection of books to bring back to school for everyone to share. Article: 31 The right to relax and play.

As part of art and DT we spent time learning to perfect our sewing, using different stitch types and adding embellishments. We did overstitch, backstitch and running stitches.  We practised for several hours before we started our cushions, then we pinned and then stitch stitched them. The concentra

What a day! 3miles walked around some of the most interesting and beautiful buildings in Newcastle focussed around design, innovation and the past, present and future. We explored innovation at the Old Post Office design studios, looked at the future of transport with The Hyperloop at The Ryder Coop