This morning Y6 completely took apart some old desktop computers. Ever component, including the drives, memory, fans, processor and mother board were removed. In the process they learned about what each part of a computer does, and some of the ways computers have developed over the years. Once each of […]
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Y5 are busy putting layers of papier-mâché over their plasticine model animals. It’s the final piece of their “Whimsy” topic inspired by the works of Nikki de Saint Phalle. Views: 105
Year 1 were given cameras to use in pairs, and taken out onto the field where they were able to take photographs of anything they liked! In all over 700 photos were taken of a huge range of subjects, along with 15 minutes of accidental video! Although all of the […]
Gecko Class have been looking at the work of Edward Tingatinga, a Tanzanian artist who painted in the late 1960s and who gave his name to a whole style of painting. They have also been studying mammalsin science. These pieces of computer art are a combination of the two topics. […]
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 […]
The traditional computer paintings of Geckos by Year 1 are finally here, and wonderful they are too. It’s not easy manipulating a trackpad to create images, but I think they’ve all done a great job! Views: 254
This week we have enjoyed exploring Aboriginal dot paintings of different Australian creatures. We then created our own gecko dot pictures using felt pens concentrating on carefully controlling the marks we made. Views: 170
The next part of Panther Class’ work inspired by Niki de Saint Phalle is mosaic work on bowls they had enhanced with papier-mâché. The materials they are using for the mosaics are the off-cuts from Toucan Class’ ‘Rainbow Crow’ feather paintings. Views: 159
Year 5 are creating sculptures this term, inspired by the works of French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. The first stage of this process was to look at de Saint Phalle’s decorating style and develop it to decorate existing models. The children planned their designs and then painted them onto […]
Year 4 are learning to play music on the glockenspiels, and are doing some singing too! They were fabulous today and sounded great! In R.E. we were learning about the parable The Lost Sheep, and how to find it in the Bible. Views: 165
This term, Gecko Class will be exploring ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ through our ‘Create’ theme. This week we have read, learnt and added actions to the poem ‘Jump or Jiggle’ by Evelyn Beyer. We hope you enjoy watching our performance! Views: 253
Y4 have kicked off their art lessons by learning about different artists. We looked at Matisse, David Hockney, Rousseau and Dali. We are going to use Dali and surrealism as a focus since our theme is ‘Dreams’. We have also been learning about fractions in our maths lessons, using the […]
Toucan Class have made moving pictures linked to their Science and English work on animals and their habitats. They followed the design process of researching, designing, making and evaluating. Views: 233
Thank you to all our Masked Readers, and to everyone who took part guessing the teachers and the books. We hope you enjoyed our World Book Day 2021 event, and urge you to KEEP READING! The Masked Readers Revealed… ? Who are The Masked Readers and what books are they […]
In the week before half term the children in Panther Class were given these 15 pieces of art and asked to interpret them in any way they wished. The results, underneath, are fantastic! Well done to all the children who took part – each time one was submitted the lockdown […]
In the end of term confusion these Christmas animations weren’t made public. Apologies to Year 5 but, in the spirit of wearing Christmas t-shirts all year round, here they are at last. These were all made at home and, apart from a Star Wars-themed stop frame (well done Thomas!), all […]
Year 5 are creating stop frame animations. During the two Computing lessons after their recap on 2Animate Panther Class have created animations using Lego, and by drawing on whiteboards. The principals are “simple, small, still” and it’s great to see how they are improving. Views: 366
Panther Class are going to be creating stop frame animations between now and Christmas. To get them back in the mindset of ‘Simple & Small’ (simple concept, small changes) they revisted 2Animate. Here’s how they did… Views: 358
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. […]
In the penultimate graphics lesson for Toucan Class this term they had to import and manipulate a moveable figure in 2Paint-a-Picture, and then use their trackpad skills to colour and enhance them. It’s not an easy thing to do but the results are great. You can see the moveable figures […]
In the second of their computer art lessons this year, Toucan Class used the Impressionist option in Purple Mash’s 2Paint-A-Picture to portray the colour and movement of fire. This ties in with their study of the Great Fire of London. Views: 661
For their writing focus Toucan Class are reading ‘The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty” by Beatrice Alemagna. To complement this we went on a town walk looking at all the different types shops we could find. The children were very well behaved, and we also had time to learn a […]
Gecko Class have had a fantastic start to the year! We are enjoying our learning and are excited about Year 1. Views: 407
We know that the form for registering for a flu immunisation isn’t working. We’ve let the Immunisation Service know and they are working on sorting it out. We have confirmed that it is an issue with the form, and not due to using an incompatible browser or OS. They have […]
As is tradition, Toucan Clas spent their first full Computing Lesson of the year painting Toucans! They’re displayed below, and for a while on the outside screen. Watch out for more computer art from the class over the coming weeks. Views: 398
Y5 are going to be learning about the Shang Dynasty this term, but first we’ve had a brief introduction to China to better understand its place in the world. As part of this we’ve made kites, learned about the complex form of Chinese script and painted out own names, and […]
Last week Year 1 did grapheme washing, and then created them using natural objects! Later they explored art techniques to create animal rainbow pictures. Views: 357