Category Archives: Art
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day As part of International Women’s Day on Monday 8th March, Class 3 looked at influential women both in history and in our world toady. We linked our work from ‘Hidden Figures’ and the women at NACA/NASA. The children used the book ‘Women in Science’ as a basis for writing their own biography […]
It’s Christmas at St Mary’s
A Victorian Christmas This year we decided to take a Victorian Christmas as our theme. We learned a lot about how people would have celebrated Christmas in Victorian times and we had a great time making our decorations. Sometimes we go to Gawthorpe Hall to experience a Victorian Christmas but, as we couldn’t do that […]
Our Gallery: Week Four
Bayeux Tapestry
Class 3 studied the Bayeux Tapestry as part of their topic, last half term. The children re-designed a section of the tapestry which they turned into a modern day version; thinking about what would happen if the battles of 1066 took place in 2019. Find out more about the Bayeux Tapestry http://www.stmaryssabden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bayeux-Tapestry.mp4
Keith Haring Art
Art inspired by Keith Haring This half term we have been looking at some of Keith Haring’s art work. We looked at the variety of his work – and took inspiration from some of his drawings, particularly his people. We drew our own versions in different scales and made some out of clay and painted […]
Shackleton
In October, Class 3 started their Survival topic and especially enjoyed learning about Sir Ernest Shackleton . The children created biographies all about him along with creating stunning artwork based on the ‘Ice Trap’ book we studied and images of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew. Previous Next
Cl3 Science: Habitats
In Class 3 we have been thinking about animals and their habitats. Everyone was given clues based upon a certain animal. They then had to work out, using their scientific knowledge, what the animal was and where it lived. The children then used junk modelling to create their animal’s habitat. They wrote and prepared speeches […]
Survival Topic
In Class 3 we started our Survival topic by learning about Sir Ernest Shackleton’s adventure across Antarctica. We have been reading his book, Shackleton’s Journey along with a story version called, Ice Trap. In English lessons, we have created advertisements for crew members, written application letters to be a crew member, generated and answered questions using the text, and written […]
Class 3: Animal Art
Class Three have worked really hard on their animal art topic. They were each given half an animal face and then could choose which media they wanted to work with in order to complete the other half. We are all very pleased with the results. Animal art work Check out our work Previous Next