We have been learning about the Stone Age, and this week we found out about their houses. We discovered that some Stone Age houses were made with stone walls covered with wood and animal skin roofs. Because the houses were built so long ago only the walls remain, and so […]
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Hammerhead Class learned about what we can learn from cave paintings and then had a go at recreating some. After waiting for the paint washes to dry they used charcoal to create their effective images. By studying Stone Age cave paintings we are able to find out about the lives […]
The drawings on the left are the children’s first attempt at self portraits this term. The drawings on the right are the children’s self portraits having spent time studying shading, light and dark, different media, and increasing abstraction. I am so proud of them for the progress they have made. […]
For their final self portraits of our “What is Beauty?” topic the children were given a larger canvas and allowed to use a mixture of any of the media and techniques they had experimented with over the past term. The results are the product of their creativity, imagination, and hard […]
“He always held his brush very upright and very steady in his hand, fingers down one side, thumb on the other.” – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo Our class book at the moment is Kensuke’s Kingdom. In it, Kensuke teaches Michael to paint in a Japanese style. Inspired by the […]
As a reward for completing over 600 myON comprehensions this year Hornet Class had a special ‘Golden Time’ in the Public Gardens, complete with a surprise delivery of rocket lollies! And as an extra treat, some ducklings came over to say hello just before we returned to school.
Inspired by works created using a palette knife , the children used three colours to create self portraits in an increasingly abstract way. Paint was applied using glue spreaders rather than brushes, with the paint mixed on the paper. This allowed a greater variation in the thickness of the paint, […]
In the next part of their study of self portraits, Hornet Class looked at the work of Vincent van Gogh, and in particular his use of colour. van Gogh painted over 40 self portraits in a five year period of the late 1880s, right up until his untimely death. We […]
Again focusing on areas on light and dark, Hornet Class went abstract and created self portraits using three-colour collage. We started off by talking about the pictures in the playground that were created back in 2014 with artist Sophie Fox, and then looked at some artwork by Henri Matisse. There […]
This week Hornet Class had their photos in profile and then used charcoal and chalk to draw themselves from this view. The focus was, again, on trying to draw what they could see rather what they thought they could see, with particular notice paid to areas of dark (charcoal) and […]
We have started using pencils, charcoal and chalk to observe and draw. The focus has been methods of shading to provide depth to the children’s drawings, and to draw what we see rather than what we think we see. After drawing self portraits in pencil and chalk (these will be […]
After lots of concentrating on throwing with accuracy in their PE lessons today, Hornet and Squirrel Classes showed off their skills by throwing their tennis balls at their teacher. One slightly bumped nose later, here are some fun photos for you.
Hornet Class popped in to see the chicks in Penguin Class before they went off to their lovely new home. Some of the children chose to hold a chick and have their photo taken.
The Friends of Holy Trinity Church have organised an exhibition of art work from the children of Halstead schools. The title of the exhibition is “70 Years on the Throne” to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. At Holy Trinity, the children looked at the Queen from the beginning of her […]
Wow! What an amazing class Hornets are! Today we welcomed four special guests to our pop-up restaurant. The three-course menu was designed by the children, and all the food was prepared and served by them too. At the time of typing all they need to do now is review how […]
This week in science Hornet Class experimented with magnets by making a number of games. The games were a fun way to explore the capabilities and characteristics of magnets.
Here are a selection of photographs taken in Hornet Class during the past week in maths, on our river walk, and on World Book Day. The smaller group shots from World Book Day were all requested by the children themselves.
In Hornet Class’ final English unit of the term they have been studying ‘A Visit From St. Nicolas’ – more commonly known as ”Twas The Night Before Christmas’. They’ve created a glossary of some of the more unusual words, identified rhyming words, and produced some amazing handwriting for display. They […]
What a day! The first school visit in too long was a great success. We learned loads about Roman Britain, and had a lots of fun in the process. The children were amazing: enthusiastic, well behaved, and a credit to the Holy Trinity School community. Our (excellent) guide was glowing […]
On Thursday the children in Hornet and Penguin Classes got together and shared books and magazines. This is going to be a new regular feature of Thursday afternoons. Here are some photos of from the classes reading together. As we do not have permission to feature all of the children […]
Before we move onto the Romans, Hornet Class have learned about the Iron Age and the Celts. Whilst finding out about the ways metal was used during this period we looked more closely at torcs – neck or wrist bands made most often of twisted metal. They found out that […]
We have been learning about the Stone Age, and last week we found out about their houses. We discovered that some Stone Age houses were made with stone walls covered with wood and animal skin roofs. Because the houses were built so long ago only the walls remain, and so […]
This afternoon Hornet Class turned into gatherers, picking blackberries, plums, apples, and even a couple of rosehips and raspberries, from the school grounds and stewing them with honey. The children learned about how to pick fruit safely, and got to taste the kind of food it is believed Stone Age […]
What do cave paintings teach us about the past? Hornet Class learned that they help us know which animals lived in particular areas at particular times, and about the lifestyles of early humans. Without a written history, it is a vital clue to our past. They also heard about a […]
Here are nearly 400 photos taken during today’s Sports Day, The weather only broke just as we were finishing, and the whole school was able to get out onto the field to cheer the children on. Yet again, the children were amazing and we are incredibly proud of them all.
Last Friday Urban Strides visited Holy Trinity and worked with all of the Key Stage 2 classes. We first came across Urban Strides when they were performing at Young Voices last year and they were spotted by the choir. A year later than planned (due to the pandemic) they came […]
Today to mark Remembrance Day each class marked the occasion individually at 11am. In addition, for this afternoon’s whole school assembly, Miss Todd took Raven Class to the memorial in the Public Gardens and lead our daily virtual assembly from there. A wreath was laid, a minute’s silence held, and […]
Miss Todd: On Friday in assembly I had the pleasure of announcing the jaw dropping total of the fundraising from the Sponsored Walk. I am thrilled, humbled and stunned to share with you that we have raised £4825.65 with a number of families telling me they still have money to bring in. […]
On Friday, we completed our STEM Week with an exciting visit from Subject Revolution. KS1 and EYFS travelled around an amazing new world working together in practical maths challenges to help Prince Lunimo tidy up for the Queen. The children worked to pass through each maths challenge zone, undetected by the invading […]
In Year 3 we are designing and making a marble maze. Our ideas are based on the inside of one of the pyramids of Egypt.
