By Jodie Buss17th February 2024

Our final piece of our artwork inspired by Piet Mondrian…

We finished off the term by finalizing our masterpieces and using all of the skills we have learnt over the last few weeks. We have looked at primary colours and how to make them and researched different pieces created by Piet. We loved the block prints and the effect this created. We decided to make our own block prints using electric tape and use our knowledge of primary colours to mix and pour our paints! The children were fantastic at holding their brushes with great skill and trying to keep their paintings within the lines-quite a skill! They all looked fabulous and individual despite the common inspiration! You can see these fabulous pieces showcased in our classroom on our ‘moving art gallery’…it has wheels!!!

 

Mud, mud, glorious mud!

By Mrs C SILVERWOOD8th February 2024

It might have been wet and cold but a small group of us braved the elements and headed out.  We warmed ourselves with the ‘delicious’ culinary delights that the children created; stirring, mixing, spooning, pouring was the aim of the day.  Well done!

Builder P.E!!!

By Jodie Buss31st January 2024

Tuesday P.E this week had to be all about the different houses and homes! We incorporated all the things we have been learning in topic into our P.E lesson and made ‘flats’, ‘caravans’, ‘bungalows’ and ‘terraced’ houses with our bodies! We even had a go at making a street of terraced houses together! This was such a fun game, made even better by the music accompanied ‘Caravan of Love’ by the House Martins!!! The children loved making different shapes, tall and short, with their bodies and joining themselves together working as a team! We finished the session with a cool down activity and some yoga led by Mrs Buss! Our tree poses, downward dogs, child pose and cat cow positions were fantastic!

 

House Hunting!

By Jodie Buss31st January 2024

As part of our topic ‘Houses and Homes’ F2 have been exploring the different types of houses built, exploring vocabulary like ‘detached’, ‘semi-detached’, ‘bungalow’, ‘flat’, ‘caravan’ and ‘terraced’! The children have become very confident at spotting and naming the different types of houses! We also talked about road safety and how to keep safe crossing the roads with our adults. We spoke about stop, look, listen and think and even spotted some local police officer’s on patrol who helped us to cross safely!  All the children in Foundation had a brilliant morning on our house hunting walk and worked together to tick off the houses on their scavenger list!

 

PIET MONDRIAN

By Jodie Buss21st January 2024

We have been busy this week learning all about our focus artist of the term Piet Mondrian! Born in 1872 (a long long time ago!) and a pioneer of abstract art Piet styled his artwork around bold colours using block prints to create art! The children loved researching his style and looking at various pieces he has created! This inspired our children to create some of their own pieces of art in a similar style! The children enjoyed mixing and making their own colours on a painting palette and worked together to produce some masterpieces!