Year 3 art considered the Tsunami. The wave that was created used a stencil. In Jackson Pollock style, they splattered wet paint on dry paper for the sky and wet paint onto wet paper for the wave. The difference in the effect was enjoyed by all. See more photos in our Photo Gallery.
Year 5 have investigated and experimented with the properties of paper. Now they are being challenged to make the paper as strong as possible whilst thinking about the forces acting on it.
Year 2s’ Land Ahoy project went sailing on a rough and windy day this week. After studying one of Van Gogh’s expressive seascapes, they experimented with similar colours and thickened paint using glue and sand. Mrs Baker felt quite seasick at one point with the swaying of some children as they splodged and smeared the wave effect. Beautiful…
Nursery News Babies Babies have had lots of fun exploring space as part of our space week. We have enjoyed space themed tuff trays and making galaxies with cornflour and food colouring. Bluebells This week Bluebells have enjoyed doing some conker rolling through paint to create pictures. We have also had great fun exploring the…
Cookery – Tostados! Over the last two cookery sessions, we have been making our version of “Tostados” – a hot toasted wrap with a delicious assortment of fillings. Our first batch of tostados had savoury fillings such as cheese, ham and peppers. They were very simple to make but ever so tasty! Our second batch…
Musical Theatre Year 4 and 5 are having great fun in Musical theatre so far this term. I’ve been so impressed with how they’ve got stuck into a lot more dancing and acting in class due to the COVID restrictions on singing. Well done everyone, it’s so great to be back.
Golden Awards Golden Awards are made weekly to individuals in each class based on the Golden Rules. Under these criteria, the child receives a Golden Award badge to wear for the week. The presentations are made weekly in the Pre-Prep assembly. The following children received a Golden Award during Week 6. Reception Proud Clouds Aerin…
Harvest Festival Sophie and Imogen were pleased to give their harvest festival donations to Colchester Food Bank in lieu of bringing them to school. New Phase 3 member! A rather inquisitive new ‘pupil’ has been paying visits to Mrs Gupta’s maths classroom and the library. Mr Jeffries, Mrs Bradbury and 5PJD enjoyed Sammy the Squirrel’s…
In English, Year 6 pupils are currently studying the novel ‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz. This week, pupils were challenged to create their own spy gadget, and then convincingly pitch their product to the class. All pupils used a variety of self made videos and visual effects, and created fantastic speeches full of persuasive devices! Miss…
Year 6 drawings extended to a compositional drawing this week. Reflecting upon shape and tone from previous weeks to be used in this drawing, they studied depth and overlap, also considering the negative shape between the objects. Please see our Photo Gallery for more photos.
