Year 3 - Art: Ancient Egyptian Patterns
The children are enthralled by our art topic this half term. In Year 3, we are studying the Ancient Egyptians in history, and our art unit compliments this perfectly as we practise the skills required to create our own Egyptian scrolls. This week, we used different media to create an authentic-looking background . We studied ancient Egyptian paintings and portrayed some of these on our backgrounds once they were dry.
Reception: Elmer
The Reception classroom has transformed into a vibrant hub of creativity and self-expression this week, with pupils diving headfirst into the wonderful world of David McKee’s iconic storybook character, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. The children have engaged in open, thoughtful discussions exploring their personal likes and dislikes, using Elmer’s journey of self-acceptance as a springboard for understanding empathy, inclusion, and identity. Creatively, the setting was a hive of activity as children constructed their own patchwork collages and explored multi-coloured patterns. The hands-on learning extended into physical exploration as well, with pupils measuring and experimenting with elephant footprints to build spatial awareness, comparative vocabulary, and early mathematical understanding. We are looking forward to the grand finale later this week, as pupils assemble and decorate their own custom Elmer crowns in preparation for a class parade. The upcoming parade will give the children an opportunity to showcase their artistic achievements, march to rhythmic music, and proudly celebrate their individuality together as a class.
Year 4 Soap Sculptures
In this week’s art lesson, Year 4 used a variety of tools to carve pieces of soap into a sculpture. They first drew their designs into paper and then transferred these onto individual pieces of soap. They created some fantastic pieces using both their tools and their hands to carve, model and refine.
Year 2 Art- Clay Pinch Pots
Year 2 had a lovely afternoon in Art. 🎨 They made clay pinch pots and then decorated them with their own creative designs. To attach their decorations to the pots, they used the score and slip technique. Well done, Year 2, for working carefully and patiently on your clay pots.
Reception Self Portraits
Our Reception children have been busy showcasing their artistic talents and fine motor skills through self-portraits this week. We spent time looking closely into mirrors, looking at our unique facial features—from the shape of our eyes and eyebrows to our hair and smiles. Working with fine liners requires precision and steady hands and the children rose to the challenge brilliantly, capturing detail and personality in every drawing. We are extremely proud of their hard work. Their fantastic self-portraits will soon be displayed in our infant corridor for everyone to see!
Year 4 Art - Exploring 3D Chalk Art
As part of our first art lesson, we have been looking at developing our ideas for 3D work through drawing and visualisation in 2D. We studied the work of Magdalene Odundo who uses clay and ceramics to create pots and vessels. Following this we sketched large pots and vases onto black sugar paper using chalk in the hall so we could make the most of the space using our whole arms to do so.
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Reception: The Colour Monster
The children have been completely captivated by The Colour Monster story this week, diving headfirst into the rich world of feelings. Through the story, they have learned all the different names for our emotions and spent time discussing when and why someone might feel them—from feeling bright yellow happiness when playing with friends to quiet blue sadness when missing someone. Channeling this understanding into their creative work, the children have begun to design their own unique monsters, carefully colouring and describing them with fantastic vocabulary to match their personalities. To top it all off, some of the children have developed their fine motor and observational skills by drawing their very own versions of the Colour Monster, demonstrating both impressive artistic talent and a wonderful growing emotional toolkit.
Year 6 - Darwen Art Exhibition
Year 6 had the exciting opportunity to visit an art exhibition in Darwen Town Centre, where they were able to explore and appreciate a wide variety of artwork created by local artists. The children spent time carefully observing the different pieces, discussing what they could see and sharing their thoughts, ideas and interpretations. Inspired by the artwork they encountered, the children then became artists themselves! They used free-flowing creativity to produce their own unique pieces, experimenting with negative space, shapes, lines and patterns. It was fantastic to see the children express themselves creatively and confidently while developing their understanding of how artists can use space and composition to create an impact.
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Year 5 - Art Exhibition
On Friday Afternoon, we had the opportunity to visit the Art Explora Mobile Museum in Darwen town centre. We received a guided tour of the exhibit and had the opportunity to explore and enjoy a wide range of art forms including film, photography, sculpture and paintings. We then made a collective piece of art, using charcoals to create a seascape populated with real and imaginary creatures. What a great end to a brilliant first week in Year 5! 😃
Year 5 - Art
In Art, Year 5 worked together in teams to plan and build 3D art installations using objects around the classroom. The art needed to communicate a message that had been agreed upon by the group and focused on creating surprising and surreal juxtapositions. As you can see, Year 5 combined their imagination with their engineering skills to crest some very interesting pieces.
Our First Day in Year 2
We had a fantastic day welcoming all the children back to school and into their new Year 2 classroom! 🌟 Mrs Lyons and I were so impressed by their maturity, wonderful manners and positive attitude towards learning. We recapped our school rules, enjoyed some practical maths activities, worked on sentence accuracy and even kickstarted our new Art unit, Sculpture! Well done, Year 2 — you have made a brilliant start to the new school year! ✨
Year 4 Art - Mark Making with Charcoal
In our first art lesson this half term we looked at the formal elements of art and in today’s session we have been using charcoal. The children experimented with different sizes of charcoal, making various patterns. We had some very different pieces and looked like we had been in a coal mine by the end of it!
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