Let there be light!
In Science today, we were given a battery, wires and a bulb. Our aim was to make the bulb light up. We found this challenging but we used our growth mindset and eventually the bulb lit up! Take a look at what we did. We found out that the bulb will only light up if …
Trip to the Royal Academy
Yesterday, all of Year 5 met with three architects from David Chipperfield Architects to explore, discuss and sketch the design and construction of The Royal Academy.
Gary Northfield at BGFJ
What a great morning we had with the author-illustrator-cartoonist Gary Northfield! Gary told us of his childhood love of comics, cartoons and drawing, and explained how that lead to him becoming an award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of children’s books and comics. Gary read to us from his new book (and series) ‘Leif the Unlucky Viking’, …
DT with Tony- Moving toys!
The year 3s were working hard with their linkage and lever mechanisms. In the beginning, the children designed their moving toys, deciding which animals they would have. They then learnt many new skills with our specialist DT teacher, Tony. Last but not least, they decorated their Savannah backdrop and attached their chosen animals to the …
Observational drawings with Liz
This half term, the children have been enjoying observational drawings with our art teacher, Liz.
Arts council Meeting 3rd October 2023
Topic: Painting with big brushesAll the artists we looked at are American. They all worked in New York and became famous after the Second World War, because their work was so big, new and surprising: Mark Rothko, born in Russia 1903; Franz Kline, born in USA 1910; Ad Reinhardt , 1913, Clyfford Still, 1904. We …
The Children’s Bookshow with Ele Fountain
Class 8 really enjoyed their trip to see the author, Ele Fountain as part of ‘The Children’s Bookshow’, at The Bloomsbury Theatre, on Friday 29th September. Ele was a great speaker, and got the audience involved in a quiz. Everybody got excited, trying to work out the correct answers! Ele lived in Addis Ababa for several years, …
Art in Class 5
Class 5 have been observing their hands using magnifying glasses in order to draw their hand in detail. They then added some beans to their hand to see how they looked when they were holding something.
Arts Council Meeting 19th September 2023
Topic: Sketching and DrawingRayyan, Victoria, Thasin, Alisha, Zakira, Junaed, Simrah, Zeshan, Amira We looked at a portrait drawing by Lucian Freud of his son Ali; pen drawings called Desert, City, and Hedge, by Phyllida Barlow; two very quick plant drawings by Ellsworth Kelly, called Water-Lily and Grass; Lifeboat, by Victor Pasmore and Harvesting Wheat in …