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.
Young London Print Prize Winners
During the half term, we had the absolute pleasure of attending the announcement of the Young London Print Prize winners at the famous Piccadilly lights, in central London. Out of over 2000 entries, Afsana in year 6 was the 1st prize winner! Her beautiful artwork,...
Our Autumn 1 Learning
This term, in history, I have learnt about Poplar Rates Rebellion and how it started.In 1921 the government was greedy at that time and the rents were the same as everyone and the wealthy didn't want to have the same rents as the poor so the government said that for...
Lots of Learning in Reception.
This half term, we have been so busy with our wider curriculum learning. We have been learning about our community and and other connections we have in the world, how we have changed since being a baby, painted our self portraits and learnt about our senses....
The Seasons change from Summer to Autumn in Hamilton Class
We had many experiences, learning and playing in Hamilton Class. We really enjoyed learning about History and knowing about the past and the present. We brought our baby photos into school so we could compare them and see how we have changed? What do you think? Have...
Autumn Fun in Carle Class
This term we have been exploring many different autumn resources! We went on a walk around the playground and we collected lots of different leaves. Then we spoke about the different, shapes, sizes and colours of the leaves. Once they were collected and in the...
Articulation
Being articulate is one of our Learning Dispositions at Lansbury Lawrence. Today in art, year 6 developed skills in describing what they could see clearly, and then confidently sharing why they arranged certain artworks together. Working with a partner, one person had...
What Have Year 1 Been Up To?
Kapoor Class and Goldsworthy Class have been working collaboratively, creatively and critically in all areas of their learning. Here we are bringing the story of 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea' to life, through colourful puppets, tiger masks and writing invitations to our...
Mark-making
Year 1 had their very first trip to the art studio this week. They enjoyed working in their new sketchbooks. They explored the different marks they can make with paint, using tools other than a paintbrush. They used a cotton bud - it made 'dots and lines'. They used a...
Collagraphy
Collagraphy is a versatile printing process in which a textured plate is inked up and put through a press. Hadid class made their own collagraph printing plates today, based on the architecture of their class artist - Zaha Hadid. They looked at Hadid's architecture,...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Arts Council have been working with Heather Libson, an artist from Bow Arts, over the past few weeks to transform our library space. They thought about their favourite books from childhood, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar was a book that everyone had very fond...