Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation. National Curriculum for Art & Design, purpose of study
Here is a short film we made for ArtUK about the sculpture, Draped Seated Woman (Old Flo) by Henry Moore. The sculpture is particularly important to our community within Tower Hamlets.
Happy Holidays from Hamilton Class.
We have enjoyed our learning and our playing this term. We are practising our letter formation, phonics and writing. We can count to ten and are learning to write the numerals to 10. We are all learning to write our names, sign in and ensure we put our name on our...
Young London Print Prize Winner
Congratulations to Maimouna, who won the school award for the Young London Print Prize. Maimouna created a powerful print highlighting the dangers of plastic pollution in the ocean. She went to the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair to collect her prize and see her work...
Kahlo Class have superpowers…
In art, Kahlo Class took time to look closely at the painting, The Tailor by Lubaina Himid. What can we see if we look really closely? What can we learn? We learned new vocabulary connected to portrait work, including the 'sitter', the person who is the focus of the...
A Fan-tastic Time!
Hadid class were very privileged to be welcomed to the Fan Museum in Greenwich as our token prize for the last week of the Autumn 1 term. We explored different areas of the museum, learning about the history of fans, the different types of fan (including the materials...
All lit up in Hamilton Class. We were celebrating Diwali, Bonfire night, Handwriting and 2D shapes.
Two festivals to learn about and celebrate. Diwali - The Festival of Light - Celebrating the Hindu faith. The children really enjoyed learning all about Diwali. We loved making Rangoli patterns in our doorway, on pathways and on paper. Bonfire Night: We enjoyed...
Remember Remember the 5th of November and Happy Diwali
This week has been a busy week in Carle Class, we have been learning all about fireworks night! We were using our Phonics to make voice sounds that sound like fireworks and had lots of fun making LOUD noises and scared Abbe! We have been learning about Diwali, We...
More art in the holidays – yes, please!
A group of children from year 6 began a three day Arts Award Explore project today, at nearby Malmesbury Primary School. It's great to see such commitment and enthusiasm to explore art further. The children were having a great time learning about different artists,...
Hamilton Class are creative learners: Art, History, Science and Maths.
Art: We enjoyed painting our portraits. We noticed our eyebrows and that our hair sat on top of our heads and whether it was long or short. Science: We have been learning all about the 5 senses. We went for a listening walk. We smelt lots of different things and we...
Brown Bear Brown Bear What do You See?
This term we have been reading the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear. We now know all the colours of the rainbow and can make the different sounds that the characters make in the story. We then mixed paint together to make brown, we know that red, yellow and blue make...
Year 5 climate art
In art, Year 5 have been learning about some of the causes of climate change and discussing ways we could help make our planet a better place to live. Maybe we could buy less clothes to ease transport issues and landfill. Maybe we could eat less beef so that less cows...