This week, our Year 1–2 kids had a wonderful time exploring their creativity through two fun-filled Halloween art activities! First, the kids used their own photographs to create personalised Halloween witch posters. They added spooky witch hats, costumes and playful Halloween details, turning their own portraits into imaginative Halloween characters. It was lovely to see […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update T1 W9
This week, the kids continued their How Humans Work project by drawing the bones of the arms, legs, hands and feet, adding more detail to their skeletons. They also explored how bones and joints work together by observing their own bodies, moving their fingers and arms to see how different joints allow movement. This hands-on […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update T1 W9
This week, the kids completed their spooky Halloween moonlight landscapes, using colour, texture and collage to create atmospheric night scenes. Each artwork captured a unique Halloween mood through creative details and contrasting shapes. Those who finished early moved on to a 3D Halloween spider project, experimenting with layered paper shapes to create dimensional spiders and […]
Ms Murray’s Class – Art Update T1 W9
This week, the Year 7–9 kids completed their carnival masks, adding the final details to create unique designs that reflected their individual personalities and creativity. Each mask had its own distinctive character, showcasing a wonderful variety of colours, patterns and materials. The kids also explored Halloween through a 3D spider art project, experimenting with layered […]
Mr Browning’s Class – Art Update T1 W8
This week, our Year 1–2 kids explored The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Inspired by the story, they thought about their favourite foods and created colourful drawings of the things they love to eat. The kids enjoyed choosing their own foods, experimenting with different colours and adding their own creative details to each drawing. […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update T1 W8
This week, Year 3–4 explored the human skeleton as part of their How Humans Work topic. The kids carefully observed images of human skulls and practised drawing them, exploring shape, proportion and light and dark tones. They then used white pencils on black paper to draw the main bones of the human body. Each child […]
Ms Temple’s Class – Art Update T1 W8
Year 5–6 explored the use of colour through a Monochromatic Moonlight Landscape project. Using one chosen colour, the kids created spooky night scenes inspired by Halloween. They experimented with tints and shades to create different light and dark effects, while adding texture and varying the size of objects to create depth and atmosphere. In the […]
Ms Murray’s Class – Art Update T1 W8
Year 7–9 students designed and decorated their own carnival masks, exploring a variety of materials and techniques to create unique designs that reflected their individual personalities and creativity. Those who completed their masks early began exploring Halloween, another major celebration, by researching images and identifying objects that best represent the occasion. They then started creating […]
Mr Browning’s Class – Art Update T1 W7
Continuing our All About Me topic, the children explored the theme of pets through a series of creative art activities this week. Using a variety of pre-cut cardboard shapes, they combined different 2D shapes to create pictures of their chosen pets. They also used colourful pipe cleaners to add details, such as tails, exploring how […]
Ms Staines’s Class – Art Update T1 W7
Our Year 3–4 students completed their Autumn topic this week and began exploring Halloween through a spooky pumpkin art activity. Students drew Halloween pumpkins on orange paper and used black paper to cut out and create different Halloween elements, such as bats, cats, haunted houses and spooky silhouettes. They arranged and attached these shapes to […]