Here are today’s special mentions, we have had a wonderful half term celebrating everyone’s achievements and proud moments. Our children have shown so much resilience and determination towards their learning. Well done everyone.
Category: The Arts
2WB Celebrating Black Art History🎨
We paid tribute to black art history by researching an influential artist. Lois Mailou Jones was greatly influenced by African masks and the use of bold colours and patterns. In the style of our artist, we started with our mask outlines before using pastels to add bold and bright colours. Which colours did you like best?
Y3/4P Black History Month – Lubaina Himid
Well done to Y3/4P children for producing a wonderful piece of art based on the famous artists Lubaina Himid.
Our Circus Dance
IMG_4940 Our Circus
Pastel work in art
This week in art we are using pastels. We are learning how to use the different parts of the pastels to create different sized lines and patterns.
Enjoy our Harvest Festival.
Today we shared our Harvest Assembly live to our children in school and our children learning at home. What a fabulous first, children were all so excited to see each other and it was evident that all of our learners support each other. They were even discussing their home learning in the chat box. Thank […]
6H Drumming session
This afternoon, 6H had a fabulous drumming session with Rotherham Music Service. We learned all about the drums and how they are made which then led to doing different beats and rhythms using the drums. Everyone really enjoyed the session.
Harvest in 6B – Scarecrow ready.
In 6B the children have been creating their very own scarecrows. Watch this space to find out about the role they will play in Harvest this year!
Creativity in F1 – Rainbow Fish
Our Children in Foundation 1 have used CDs and a range of materials to create some beautiful Rainbow Fish for their display.
Immersive Reading in 6B
In Y6B the children have been immersed in The War Horse, week by week the environment has developed and children have become emotionally hooked and used the space to experience what it would have been like to experience the war. Their literacy and Artwork has been so powerful and reflected their understanding of the text,
6H Poppy Art
Taking inspiration from WW1 and remembrance, 6H produced their own clay tiles and pen and ink poppies. The techniques used and outcomes have been fantastic so far!
A whistle stop tour through the 70s
Mrs Buttree shared a wonderful assembly with us all today all about the 70s looking at the Music Industry, Fashion, Toys and Famous Events. It took us right back in time to a wonderful decade of disco, rock and soul.
Emily’s Family Learning project in REY @Rotherhamcreat2
Emily and her mum have loved completing the Family Learning project together, please see what they have been up to below – Our book was Charlie’s superhero underpants. Task 1 = we read the book together and then discussed it and completed our task sheet Task 2 we created a story sack together Task 3 […]
Beautiful poppies waiting to be painted next week in 6B
Newsletter 9th of October 2020
Good Morning Everyone, here is our fortnightly newsletter we hope you enjoy reading what we have been up to over the last two weeks and that you take a note of the reminders for school visits and events up to half term. A huge staff shout out to Mrs Slack for raising a whopping £260 […]
Making Tones in 2WB ✎
Today in art we had a go at sketching and copying tone. We had a variety of animals and styles to choose from and used these to practice our pencil control. Which animal would you have chosen?
Exploring balances within our dance lesson
Using tone in Art
This week we are using what we learnt last week to create a penguin.
Poppies -6B
Today, we have started to think about our contributions towards Remembrance Day. Y6s are exploring different art media to represent the poppy. We have started to use sketching and clay. We also plan to use ink and textiles in the next few weeks too.
Music Appreciation – The 60s with Mr Hanson
Today Mr Hanson explored the 60s and shared a range of his Favorite songs, the children and staff are really enjoying our Music Appreciation sessions. We hope you enjoy sharing the songs with your family. Music of the 1960s
Special Mentions with a Celebrity Guest – Mr Clark
It was so wonderful to have our Governor Mr Clark join our special mentions this week to enjoy listening to all the learning Experiences our children have had this week. He enjoyed it so much I think he wants to tune in every week. He said it is so wonderful to see the children enjoying […]
We love working with @RotherhamMusic
We love working with Rotherham Music Service and have really been enjoying our sessions. We will be sharing their video with all of our classes.
Y1S exploring tone with Penguins
Here are 1S using a range of pencils to explore tone. They are building up their skills ready to create some beautiful artwork using a range of media whilst exploring animals from around the world.
Art with Mrs Robins
In art this week we have been learning about tone. Here is our wonderful learning.
Shade and tone in Y2WB ✏️
Today we practiced our shading skills, with a focus on tone. We enjoyed making different tones, without pressing on the page with our pencil. Instead, we learned how to hold our pencils properly as artists to get the desired effect on our page. We learned to use a new word – ask us what […]
4/5D explore Tone whilst learning Scientifically.
The children have been working very hard to use tone and shade with pastels. They have thought about the planets in the solar system and their order and size.
6B focussed on words for our ‘Flock of Birds’
Screen sharing during Assembly
During Special Mentions assembly today Mr Parkin shared his animation linked to science so that we could all watch the learning they had created. What a wonderful way to share learning with each other. We loved seeing our KS1 Dressed up today exploring different cultures and traditions from around the world. Congratulations to all our […]
Newsletter 25th September 2020
Good Morning Everyone, here is this weeks Newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading about all the wonderful things that have been happening at our school over the last two weeks. The home learning and support from parents has been phenomenal. Thank you again. News Letter Week 4 September
A Flock of Birds in 2WB 🦜
Today we created our bird designs for an upcoming local display. The children thought carefully about their use of colour and showed some excellent colouring skills!