In our Learning Means the World theme, ‘Zero to Hero’, 2 Red were introduced to the artist Christy Brown.
Due to his cerebral palsy, Christy Brown had to overcome challenges, persevere and use his determination to find a way to produce his artwork.
2 Red spent their art lessons using their non-dominant hand – persevering and using their determination to create their own versions of his art. They even tried painting using their feet, just like Christy Brown, to write their name.
We have started our new Learning Means The World theme, Come Fly With Me Asia. First we are visiting India. We have looked at some Indian artefacts. We talked about the Sagan envelopes which people gave money in. We have been trying on Lengha dresses and some people have been given a Bindi. Everyone was given the opportunity for a Tikka (religious red dot) on their forehead and we have been saying ‘Namaste’ hello and ‘Shukriah’ thank you. Mrs Sikka also blessed us with some water. The children also learned about the celebration Raksha Bandhan, we then made some bracelets. Ask the children to tell you about the celebration 🇮🇳⭐️
Today in 3 Blue, we have been getting into the Halloween spirit by creating and painting our own pumpkins. We used pointillism to create our pumpkins and selected lots of bright colours in reflection of Halloween. We are so proud of our designs! Happy Halloween Everyone!
We have had a spoofy fun filled week in Reception. We have created spooky art, recreated some stories and drawn pictures, investigated pumpkins and so much more. We finished it all with a fabulous Halloween party!
This week we have been exploring pattern. We have looked at repeating pattern using objects, colour, language and percussion. We created pattern, copied pattern and became pattern detectives looking for pattern in our environment and in stories.
Today, we have made our own animation props! We designed these using the scissor mechanism. We used strong card and split pins to create a moving prop that we can use in our own stop-motion animations. We were very proud of our creations and even got to show Mrs Bramley!
This week in Art, we have been learning about Johannes Gutenberg and his invention, ‘The Printing Press. Then, we created our own printing tiles with different types of lines, layers and patterns.
In Reception, for our activities on World Mental Health Day we decided to have a Yoga session and draw a character using a tutorial on YouTube. Relaxing and so much mindfulness!
As part of our ‘Happily Ever After’ theme we decided to design and create a bag for a fairy. We looked at the different types of materials that would be suitable and the size and shape that would be best for a tiny fairy bag. We then created our design and used various materials and thought about what we would need to hold the bag together. As I’m sure you’ll agree they are amazing!
This week, as part of our Learning Means The World theme, we are looking at Colour Pop in art.
We began by using Ipads to take photos in class and around school, then used the edit features to create black and white images.
Watch this space to find out what we’ll create next by adding colour pop to our images.
