Giorgio Morandi
This week we started our new art topic, drawing. We looked at the artist Giorgio Morandi who was famous for his still life drawings. We were inspired by his work and completed our own simple line contour drawings, using objects from around our classrooms. We were so pleased with our work and even…
Art and Design: Drawing
The children experimented with ripping different types of paper and explored making marks with black paint.
Let’s Play in Nursery A!
This week has been all about new experiences for our nursery children. They have been discovering the nursery environment and all it has to offer, whilst making new friends.
Construction in Design Technology
We have been learning about bridge construction in DT. We worked with our partners to build strong, sturdy bridges using technical vocabulary.
Reflections of our time in Reception
This week the children are reflecting on our time in Reception. We have talked about what we have enjoyed, what we found tricky and all the activities we have loved. We then made dream catchers, threading wool, beads and feathers together thinking about our dreams and hopes for year 1.
Magic Rubbish
In response to a text called ‘Magic Trash’ about an artist who uses recycled items to create his artwork, we decided to create our own ‘Magic Wall’ using recycled items that we have been collecting. Throughout the week, the children have been colour mixing, collaborating, creating and adapting…
Art Club!
Some children in Reception have been attending art club after school! This week the children explored finger painting. We explored the difference between abstract and figurative paintings and the children then decided on their own designs before painting.
Fruit lollies
Fruit lollies were a perfect choice to make on our warm week in nursery A. The children used cutting skills to prepare the soft fruit and distributed them into ice lolly moulds, after calculating how much fruit we would need. After that the children practised their pouring by adding water before…
Creating and making using natural materials
Our children love using natural materials to enhance their play dough learning experiences. This week they made some wonderful creations using buttercups.
Painting techniques using foreground and backgounds.
In this term we have been learning about different painting techniques and blending colours.
Dinosaur Footprints in Nursery B
This week the children are exploring colour and colour mixing using paints and dinosaurs to create footprint patterns. When they have finished their patterns, they are bathing the dinosaurs in warm soapy water.
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Painting
Today we have been investigating the effects that can be achieved by adding salt to a surface painted with watercolour.