Category: The Arts

After a night of camping, it was a huge ask for the Year 8 pupils to create a mosaic, but they did it!  Their work is now displayed on the…

Year 2 Aboriginal Insects We have reached the end of our bee project and have been practising the Aboriginal dot painting technique.  However, I must add that it is considered…

Since our return to school, there has been a lot going on in the Art Department.  A few of our pupils have entered the Royal Academy Young Artists’ Competition and…

A Piece of Cake Year 4 have been looking at the work of the pop artist Wayne Theibaud. They each created a slice of cake to celebrate being back at…

Over lockdown, there are many people who have become digital experts out of pure necessity. Year 8 have been exploring their Photoshop skills with photomontage and drawing in the style…

During this latest lockdown, I have heard about a few very interesting art competitions. Here are two exciting initiatives. The Young Artists’ Summer Show-2021, organised by The Royal Academy, involves sending…

In the next three weeks Year 8 are taking a closer look at digital art skills by using Adobe Photoshop and Animate. They have created images, which have been inspired…

Hopefully this is the last sampling of art being produced as part of the remote learning programme. Once again the year groups have delivered on all levels. Projects have included…

Inspiration comes from all sources. Here are more works of art produced during this lockdown, which have been inspired by a variety of ideas and themes. They include Chinese and…

This week, Years 3 and 4 thoroughly enjoyed listening to ‘Short Ride in a Fast Machine’ by John Adams during their music lessons. They all drew images of the machines…