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Art in Action
A big focus for Acorn class in Term 1 is the development of fine motor skills to help to build finger strength, pencil grip and accuracy. They also investigated mixing primary colours and used their findings to decorate their own planets as part of their space theme week.
Willow's art unit in Term 1 was Sculpture and 3D: Abstract Art
We started by discussing what sculpture is and the nature of abstract art. Over the term, we looked at a range of different joining methods to join different 2D shapes together to make 3D shapes including: tabs, slots, tying, balancing and glueing with tissue paper.
We also experimented with folding and rolling card to make different shapes. We looked at the artworks of sculptors such as Ruth Aswa and Sir Anthony Caro, the artist who designed the Millenium Footbridge. We also learned about positive space and negative space in art and how this could help us design a really interesting sculpture.
In our final lesson, we worked in groups to create an original sculpture and tried to incorporate a range of interesting shapes and joining methods. These are our creations:
Outdoor Learning Day
To link with our History Topic, Willow Class created their own cave wall paintings on our first Outdoor Learning Day of the Year. They looked at various examples of cave paintings from around the world, before discussing what the images tell us about the importance of animals to prehistoric people. They then designed and created their own cave painting of a contemporary British creatures before painting them onto a cave wall in the classroom. The pupils also tried mixing their own natural pigments using berries , crushed spices and a range of materials foraged from our school field.
Harvest Festival at Eastling Church Eastling pupils created artwork on the theme of "All things bright and beautiful" to create a display in Eastling church in celebration of Harvest Festival. All classes from reception to year 6 took part, giving the community an opportunity to share their creative talents.
