6 November 2024

Year 5 Visit Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition

Year 5 visited the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition at the Beacon today. They felt very privileged to view these amazing images of nature captured on camera. The Beacon is the only museum outside of the Natural History museum that is displaying these photos so it was a wonderful…

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23 October 2024

Reception Rangoli Patterns

After learning about the Hindu festival ‘Diwali’ the children created some Rangoli patterns using watercolours.  They learnt that the patterns can be placed outside homes to welcome visitors and to bring good luck. 
 

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22 October 2024

Y2 Creation Artwork 2024

In R.E. Year 2 have been reflecting on God’s gift of creation and thinking about what they are grateful for. They looked at some artwork by the contemporary artist Andy Goldsworthy in which he uses natural materials to mimic natural land features and animals. The children had lots of fun finding…

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15 October 2024

Nursery: Colour Mixing ‘The Three Little Pigs’

This week we have been reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Inspired by our story we have been exploring colour mixing in the Creative Area and have used the colours red and white to make pink. Then we used our pink hands to make hand prints and turn them into one of the three little…

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4 October 2024

Year 3 paint impasto like Van Gogh

Year 3 mixed flour, glue and paint to give a thick texture to their paint. Then they studied Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry night” and painted in his style. 
 

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27 September 2024

Year 4 Still Life Artwork

In art this week, Year 4 have been creating their own Still Life artwork. We have selected our own objects and created our own arrangements. We have started with sketching and next, we will add colour using pastels before adding a colour wash.

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25 September 2024

Creating Great Waves in Year 2

In Art and Design Year 2 have been looking at the artwork of the artist and illustrator, Beth Krommes. They explored her artwork in the book ‘Swirl by Swirl’ by Joyce Sidman. The children recognised many different types of marks in her artwork. They used a mixture of these marks to create their…

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24 September 2024

Nursery: Self Portraits

This week some of our children have enjoyed looking in the mirror and then using different loose materials to create their very own self portrait. 

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24 September 2024

Van Gogh Sunflowers In Y5

Year 5 have been studying the artist Van Gogh and drew their own versions of his famous ‘Sunflowers’ painting. They sketched it out 1st then created vibrant colours using oil pastels. The end results were really effective!

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Image of Van Gogh Sunflowers In Y5
24 September 2024

Van Gogh Sunflowers In Y5

Year 5 have been studying the artist Van Gogh and drew their own versions of his famous ‘Sunflowers’ painting. They sketched it out 1st then created vibrant colours using oil pastels. The end results were really effective!

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19 September 2024

Exploring mixing colours in Reception

Our Reception children have been exploring colours this week and learning how to make new ones. They chose two colours and mixed them together to make another colour. We also learnt how to wash our brushes too after painting with one colour and before choosing another one.
 

 

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18 September 2024

Class Council Elections Year One

This week we had a visit to St Bridget’s very own polling station. Year One enjoyed voting for their choice of school council candidate and posting their vote in the ballot box. School councillors were announced in assembly. Well done to our new councillors, Jack and Ernie. 

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