In Art, we have been learning about Andy Warhol. Here we are practising the blotting technique to create various images just like Warhol would have done.
The children enjoyed using clay to make a sculpture inspired by Andy Goldsworthy. They began the lesson my experimenting with different tools and then worked the clay and moulded it into an egg shape. They did a fantastic job! Well done Y1.
In Year 6, we have been looking at creating art illusions. The children have thought about perspective through their use of lines and shading to create an optical illusion and have created some fantastic pieces of art work. Well done Year 6!
In the final week of our Autumn topic in F2 , the children reflected on what they know about that changes that the season brings. They used natural objects to create transient art pictures of Autumn trees.
In Year One this week, the children have enjoyed getting creative. They have made a class advent calendar outlining twenty-four things that they can do to show kindness to one another. Some examples that the children came up with was being a good friend, sharing things and using our manners to say 'please' and 'thank you'.
More fantastic work from Year 5 submitted to Class Dojo. Cody has written a wonderful poem about his time in lockdown, how much he misses everyone and his frizzy hair! Amelie has designed an excellent poster encouraging everyone to stay happy and demonstrating social distancing with monsters! Finally, Ella has been hard at work completing extra comprehensions and maths...
Members of Year 5 have begun uploading their work to their portfolio on Class Dojo for Mr Whittle to check, comment and feedback. They have been exceptionally busy with their home learning which is great to see. Cody has been busy with his maths and English and his Amazon research; Anna has been working hard on her grammar and...
Some more brilliant home learning this time from the children in year 1. They have been finding out Eugenie Clark and the fascinating underwater creatures, producing magnificent artwork in the style of Kadinsky, finding out about old toys by asking Grandparents what they used to play with in the 1960s
and getting well under researching everybody's favourite food for their...
The children in school have been showing off their artistic sides this week. We have some Monet impressionist style paintings by Aiden, Nathan, Tyler and Mr Whittle, a few examples of abstract art and some Manchester skyline sunsets inspired by Mrs Farrell.
Children from year 5 have been hard at work this on their home learning. Matteo has again been hard at work on his maths, English and keeping up with his times tables. Beth has produced some fantastic art work in the style of impressionist artist Monet. Finally, Amelie has made a model of a Mayan god along with a...
We have even more fantastic examples of your home learning being sent in. Matteo has been hard at work with his maths and English, whilst Caleb and Luca have bee hard at work planting seeds, drawing sunflower pictures and finding out funfacts. Finally, Bobby and Aria have been producing some fantastic artwork and enjoying their maths. Keep up the...
Wow! The children of St. Mary's are certainly getting stuck into their home learning and producing some amazing English, maths and lots of other amazing activities. Orlaith and James have been busy getting stuck into their maths and English work whilst the Days have been exceptionally busy making, baking and creating. Meanwhile, Josh has just received his caterpillars in...
Chatterpack; A huge list of free resources and websites, including mental health support; https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home
Powerpoint which includes lots of useful resources for parents to use at home
Seneca; https://www.senecalearning.com/
BBC Bitesize; http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
This week Year Two went to The Lowry Art Gallery. The children particularly enjoyed a special workshop where they studied the famous LS Lowry painting - Going to the Match. They then used Lowry's techniques when drawing buildings and produced some fantastic pieces of Art work! The children also had an opportunity to look around the Art Gallery and...
This half term in Nursery we have been very busy learning all about Winter. We have used our senses to look for signs of Winter outside and discuss the changes we have seen.
In Literacy we have focussed on the books ‘Say hello to the snowy animals’ and ‘Lost and Found.’ We have been working hard on developing our mark-making...
As part of our winter topic, we have been learning all about Stick Man by Julia Donaldson. We retold the story using role play and small world characters. We made maps of all of the places that Stick Man has visited and made our own speech bubbles showing things that Stick Man might say. On our creative table, we...
Today we have been learning all about the Chinese New Year. We found out about the different ways that Chinese people celebrate the New Year and listened to the story about how the different years got their animal names: this is the year of the rat! In our class we have looked carefully at different Chinese artefacts: the children...
This half term Year 2 have been learning about self portraits. They have used black pens to create the outlines and were introduced to using watercolours. The children really enjoyed experimenting with the colours.
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