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.
Year 3 exhibition at Tate Britain
Year 4 visited Tate Britain to view a very special exhibition. Last year, we had a photogrpaher come in to school to take class photographs as part of the Year 3 project by the artist, Steve McQueen. McQueen had hundreds of school photographs taken of year 3 children...
Year 3 visit the Stone Age
Hepworth and Hokusai Classes have had lots of fun learning about Stone Age art this half term. Maybe cave paintings are the very first form of visual art? We have made handprints, like those found in the Lascaux caves, and have made our paints using natural materials,...
The art of P4C
Hepoworth class had a really interesting discussion in P4C today about art. First, we looked at some pictures of 'Flotsam sculptures', statues that were made from objects washed up by the sea. We decided that the two 'big ideas' the pictures made us think of were art...
Our trip to the Half Moon Theatre by Hokusai class
Mysha reports: I saw an amazing play! The play was called “Rumpelstiltskin”. They used puppets for the characters they also used magnets to keep everything on. Other schools came to see the play. If you don’t know about “Rumpelstiltskin” it’s about a girl who has to...
Autumn Fire
In year 2 we have had a lovely afternoon painting with watercolours and using autumn leaves as fire. We painted the Tudor buildings of London in 1666 and then created the great fire with our leaves we had collected. We were all so proud of our work we asked for...
Community, Cooking, Creativity & Clay
For the past three weeks we have been working with the Whitechapel Gallery and artist, Francesca Anfossi, on a project where children work together with their parents to discover what art can be. We have visited Francesca's studio, Rochester Square, in Camden. We have...
Draped Seated Woman by Henry Moore
The Lansbury Lawrence Arts Council were selected to make a film for ArtUK about the sculpture, Draped Seated Woman by Henry Moore. The sculpture is a piece of public art that has long been associated with Tower Hamlets, and is now situated very near to our school in...
Riley class’ Immersion day on Countries around the World
Riley class had a fun day preparing themseves for their new learning theme which is about countries where the children are from. They used maps and atlas’ to create their version of the globe and locate their countries of origin. They made various national flags,...
Making Memories in Year 3!
What a fantastic day we've had in year 3 today! We were doing activities all day about our identities and what is important to us. It was led by two artists from the Tate Britain and part of the Year 3 project led by the famous artist Steve McQueen. We created lots of...
Photography Club
In photography club we looked at the story of the Cottingly Fairies. In 1917 two little girls called Elsie and Frances were playing with a camera, they decided to create some fairies to take photos of but because photography was so new people had not realised you...