Year 6 have been busy making papier-mâché leaf bowls.
Below is a video to explain what they did and how they achieved their goal.
As you can see the results are pretty amazing!!!
Well done Year 6!!!
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Year 3/4 have been commemorating Remembrance Day by reflecting on the meaning of this significant occasion and exploring the symbolic meaning of the different coloured poppies which we wear.
Year 3, reflected on the reasons why we remember and the sacrifices that were made by so many men, women and civilians in World War I and World War II. We also shared our knowledge of conflicts which have happened, and continue to happen, since those significant Wars and understand that the poppy, which grew in the battlefields many years ago, continues to be is a symbol of hope today. From this, the children created their own Poppy Field artwork using a range of oil pastels:
Year 4 explored the significance of the red, black, purple and white poppies that we seen been worn with pride for Remembrance Day each year.
The Red Poppy is a symbol of remembrance and hope and commemorates those who sacrificed their lives in World War I as well as conflicts which have followed. It is a symbol that belongs to the Royal British Legion, which is a charity that was created by veterans of World War I. This significant symbol was first worn in the first Remembrace Day on November 11th, 1919.
The Black Poppy Rose, a charity that was launched in 2010, commemorates servicemen, servicewomen and civilians from the Black, African and Caribbean communities who also contributed to the war effort and continue to do so today.
The Purple Poppy, created by the Animal Purple Poppy Fund, is worn to remember the animals, such as horses, pigeons and dogs which also contributed, and fell victim, to the war effort
The White Poppy is a symbol of peace and commemorates all of the servicepeople and civilians who died as a result of war. The charity, Peace Pledge Union, promote peace and aim to challenge and alter the way we look at war and conflict.
Through discussion, we reached the conclusion that it is an individual’s personal choice to wear a poppy and one that should not be judged. From this the children sketched their own poppy scenes which displayed an array of poppies of the four colours:
‘Reflection, Remembrance and Peace’ were Y4’s words of the day in honour of all conflicts past and present: WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM
F1 have been enjoying their Diwali Day and have been practising their drawing skills.
Click on the link below to see how they’ve got on…
In Year 3 this week we have been exploring relief printing using polystyrene tiles.
Relief printing is where the surface is inked and printed from and anything that is cut away or pushed down from the surface doesn’t print because ink doesn’t touch it when the roller is rolling over the surface. Any incised lines, marks or shapes which are pushed down will show as white – or the paper colour you’re printing on.
In art, we have been looking at different drawing techniques and have been looking at the work of painter Tracy Savage. We used our own ideas to create our own versions of Hull landmarks with a Tracy Savage twist and were able to produce some excellent work!
We used pencils to create marks in the tiles and ensured that the indentations we were making were sufficient to create a good print. We then used paint and rolled it onto the tile to create some fabulous pieces that we were all really proud of.
We had a wonderful time celebrating the festival of Diwali.
We used paint and cotton buds to very carefully decorate our Mendhi hands.
To celebrate the festival of light we used a flickering simulated candle surrounded by sweet treats. We loved eating our sweet treats afterwards.
Blake enjoyed some intensive interaction with Mrs Robinson acting out the story of Rama and Sita, using their small world characters.
To celebrate Bonfire Night, we enjoyed using blow and fringe painting techniques to create our fireworks.
Tim had so much fun squeezing the paint onto his tray before fringe painting.
Some of the fireworks we saw on our video were a little too noisy for us but we enjoyed looking at the colours once the volume was turned off.
Blake appeared to understand the importance of fire safety keeping a safe distance from our cosy Hub fire. Blake repeatedly said “Hot!”
One point perspective is a drawing method that shows how things appear to get smaller as they get further away, converging towards a single ‘vanishing point’ on the horizon line. It is a way of drawing objects upon a flat piece of paper (or other drawing surface) so that they look three-dimensional and realistic.
Here are some examples.
Year 6 used this technique by drawing simple 2D shapes , all the corner points and edges were connected to a single, central point to create one point perspective. To add to the effect they then applied pressure to the pencils to create depth.
Please have a look at our gallery.
I think you will agree, we have some budding artists in Year 6!
We have had bumper crops in our Hub this year, using a variety of painting techniques to simulate apples, carrots and sweetcorn.
We explored our senses by looking, feeling, smelling and tasting our fruit and vegetables before painting them.
We enjoyed printing with real apples that we hand picked from our community orchard visit.
We loved using a potato masher, making patterns to create our sweetcorn.
The painting technique that we enjoyed the most was footprinting. We had our feet painted then printed on paper, creating the most amazing carrots. It was very sensory………and tickly! The paintbrush tickled us so much that we couldn’t stop laughing.
We had a wonderful sensory experience for our ‘Harvest Thanksgiving’.
