Art and Design
Reception: Praying with Paint
Across our school, we dedicate time to being mindful and spending time with Jesus through meditation and prayer. This starts with our youngest school family members. Here are Reception praying with paint as part of their weekly mindfulness.
Year 4: Georgia O'Keefe
Whilst some of us are carrying out our Geography Local Area Fieldwork Investigation, the rest of us are being inspired by Georgia O'Keefe - she is the artist we are going to be studying next half term. We are very EXCITED!
Year 1: Mixing Colours
The children were being introduced to mixing primary colour to make secondary colours for our Art topic “colour splash”.
Year 1: Jasper Johns Inspirations
The children have been learning how to mix primary colours to make secondary colours. Today we were inspired by the work of Jasper Johns "Numbers in Colour".
Year 4: Exploring Tint and Shade
Check out Year 4! They have been using black and white paint to create tint and shade, to create different tones.
Year 1: Secondary Colours
During our Art lessons we have been investigating how to mix secondary colours. Did you know that the human eye is most sensitive to the shade green? The children have practised making different shades...these will be used to make a beautiful class Advent Wreath. Well done children!
Year 2: Colour Mixing
Year 2 enjoyed exploring colour mixing as an introduction to our new art unit. They revisited their understanding of primary and secondary colours in preparation for our new learning. We had a great time making new colours.
Year 3: Cave Paintings
Year 3 Prehistoric art relating to our Stone Age Topic. We have used pastels, mixed our own paint colours using natural spices and created our very own cave paintings using different textures.
Year 1: Chinese New Year
We had a great time learning about Chinese New Year. We made our own dragon and performed a dragon dance.
Year 2: Working with Clay
The children have been working with clay in Art and have been practicing the 'score' technique.
Year 2: Texture
The children have been practicing making textures with charcoal in Art.
Year 2: Peace Garden Mission
The children are putting their Mission Statement pebbles in the Peace Garden.
Year 4: Power Prints
Year 4 loved the Power Prints unit we have just finished! We explored and created tone using different pencils to help us create a simple 3D effect. We explored the effect of holding a pencil in different ways and applying different pressures. We used charcoal and rubber to show areas of light and dark in our drawings. We also used different tools to create marks and patterns when scratching into a painted surface, that we had created in the previous lesson. To end our topic we went back through all our masterpieces and evaluated our favourite piece.
Year 2: Craft and Design Maps
Children have been focusing on Craft and Design in Art. The children first drew a map of their journeys to school and then recreated it with different materials to make it 3D and used prints.
Year 1: Colour Mixing and Clarice Cliff
In Art we have spent time learning about primary colours and how they can be mixed to make secondary colours. We used our artistic skills and knowledge of colours to create some artwork in the style of Clarice Cliff.
Year 3: Prehistoric Painting
The children explored prehistoric art, recreating the style of cave artists using charcoal and natural pigments. Pupils experimented with colour mixing, and creating large-scale artworks, enhancing both artistic skills and historical knowledge.
Year 2: Clay Work
In Art the children used different tools to make designs in clay. They made pinch pots to practice the ‘slip’ and ‘score’ technique before making their clay houses.
Year 4 - Exploring Texture and Tone
Year four have started their first Art topic - exploring texture and tone. They did some mark making exploration and looked at some artwork created by Nicola McBride and Sarah Graham.
Year 1: Types of Lines - Bridget Riley
In Art we are practising our drawing skills experimenting with different types of lines to produce work in the style of Bridget Riley. We put our artwork together to create a class piece.
Reception: Drawing Club
Drawing Club is another new thing for Reception. We all draw together and it is a wonderfully calm activity where the children have a chance to express themselves through their art work. This week they drew their own interpretations of Billy and the Dragon – our story for the last two weeks. There were some fabulous illustrations and the children were very proud.
Year 3: Prehistoric Drawings
Year 3 stepped back in time to the Neolithic Stone Age this week! They created prehistoric- style art inspired by animals and ancient symbols, working with only candlelight to recreate the atmosphere of cave painting in the dark.
Year 6: The O’Antiphons - December 2025
Year 6 had a wonderful lesson exploring the O’Antiphons whilst thinking about final preparations during Advent. We explored the O’Antiphons using artwork and songs and called upon our prior knowledge to help us undertake some wonderful analysis of the artwork!
Nursery: 'I am Special' Self Portraits
In Nursery, children have been learning that we are all different and all special. Through drawing self-portraits, they explored their individual features while developing pencil grip and control. Careful observation, confidence, and creativity were encouraged as pupils practised mark making and celebrated what makes each of them unique every day.
Year 3: Remembrance Day Artwork
Year 3 created beautiful Remembrance Day artwork to honour and remember those who have given their lives. We will remember them.
Year 5: Mixed Media Portraits
In Art, children created their own mixed media portraits, after researching and building on their own (previous) designs.
Year 1: L S Lowry inspired Cotton Mills
In History we have been learning about what life was like in the cotton mills around Oldham. As part of this we have created some art work inspired by L S Lowry.
Year 6: We are Year 6!
At the start of the year, Year 6 created some self-portraits based on the style of artist Romero Britto!
