Year 5 visited the Lowry in Salford on Tuesday 13th February. The children took part in an art workshop with a professional artist, working on skills that Lowry used in his masterpieces. We then put those skills to the test by sketching some of LS Lowry's paintings. Have a look at our busy learning...

In Art, we have discussed the work from Picasso as a group and presented our thoughts to the rest of our class. 

In Year 4 we have enjoyed carrying out a range of fun Christmas activities. We began by making some personalised Christmas baubles to sell at our Christmas Markets after school. We then made our Christmas calendars using the Pointillism technique, that we learnt in our Art topic this half term. We then used glittery thread to make our Christmas cards. We have been very creative and had lots of fun while carrying out these activities. 

We have enjoyed learning all about the anonymous artist Banksy and creating our own artwork using his techniques and style. We experimented with a range of different textures to create interesting backgrounds, and we used different shading styles when drawing our designs. It was exciting to express our ideas and create art inspired by Banksy.

Year 1 children had a wonderful morning making their Christmas cards earlier in the week, before joining Reception to celebrate Christmas with a special Polar Express Day. The children loved dressing in their pyjamas, creating Christmas tree collages, decorating biscuits, and cutting and sticking to make the Polar Express train together!

The children have been learning all about Helen Bradley, a famous local artist. We learned about how she created a 3D effect when drawing buildings. We experimented with different sketching techniques and used different grades of pencils before sketching our own interpretation of one of Helen Bradley's pictures of Lees.