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This term, Year 6 are #embracing woodwork, by exploring temporary structures. We explored the features of a bird hide, looking at the features needed. We then explored our creative ideas, and drew their idea of a bird hide, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the designs.

Year 2 are #embracing the art work of Lucy Jones this term. In our first session, we looked at the colours and lines that she uses and created artist pages for our sketchbooks.

Reception have been #enjoying painting their self portraits. We used different sizes paintbrushes, and looked at the colours and shapes of our facial features. 

Year 5 #embraced Pop Art this week, looking at the artist Ron Magnes. We looked at the bright, vibrant colours in his work, and how he adds details with spots and lines. We then expressed our interest over in our sketchbooks, creating some very detailed artist responses. 

This week, Year 3 have been #enjoying designing their own castle. Using our understanding of Castle features, we could label the different parts and discuss what materials we might need to make our castles. 

 Year 1 #embraced learning about the artist Pablo Picasso this morning. We looked at the shapes in his work and decided which ones were our favourite and why. The children then created their first sketchbook page, exploring the colours and shapes in his work.

This week, children in The Hangout have benefitted from different sensory activities involving using the therapy ball.  

What a wonderful first Art session! Year 4 #embraced our new artist, and enjoyed exploring his work. We discussed what materials he used, and how he assembled his mixed-media collages. We can’t wait to explore collages further in the next few weeks.

Reception had a fantastic afternoon learning how to create mud paint! We started off by digging mud and putting it into a bowl. We then slowly mixed water from our paintbrushes, creating the perfect consistency for painting! 
 

It’s time to find out how clean our hands really are! 

Year 2 were trying to find out which material was best to make a material monster. 
 

In History this term we are learning about explorers and today we discussed what an explorer might need to help them on an adventure. When reading the story The Great Explorer by Chris Judge, we noticed that he didn’t pack a telescope so as a class we all made our own telescopes to explore the…