Art: Blog items
Year 4 - Storytelling through drawing
Date: 14th Nov 2023 @ 3:01pm
Today we practised the medium of charcoal. We did some mark making first, then we set scenes to draw.
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:22am
On Friday 10th November, Boundary Primary took part in a whole school act of Remembrance.
It began with all the children, from Nursery to Year 6, planting the poppies they had made in our Remembrance Garden.
Then, at 11am, the school came together for an outdoor assembly. We all observed a two minutes silence and listened to important historical facts about the significance of the poppies we were wearing.
During the week, each class took part in creating poppy art and each year group was also given a silhouette of a soldier which they were asked to decorate around the theme of Remembrance. This activity focussed all our minds on who we were remembering and why it is important to remember them. The completed soldiers were then displayed around the school hall and will remain there – helping us to think about those who gave their lives during war and those who continue to serve to keep us and our country safe.
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:19am
This week the children in Reception have been learning about Remembrance Day.
They started the week with their first visit to the hall for assembly about why we wear poppies, they also learnt about events that happened in the past in Blackpool, where they live.
Throughout the week, they were very busy painting and collaging poppies and also labelling poppies they had drawn. Some of their work was then placed on a sillhouette solldier to be displayed in the hall.
Finally, on Friiday, they joined the whole school by planting a hand made poppy in the Boundary Remembrance Garden, followed by an outdoor whole school Remembrance Service.
Reception Celebrating Bonfire Night
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:07am
This week the children in Reception have been talking about why people celebrate bonfire night and how this is linked to events in the past. We talked about how events in the past can impact the present day. We dicussed different customs and routines within families and the importance of keeping ourselves safe whilst we enjoy the celebrations. The children enjoyed getting creative making their own bonfire night pictures and fireworks.
"I have a fire and marshmellows in my garden" Levi
"You have to wear gloves with sparklers" Esmai
""I'm going to watch the fireworks with mummy" Summer
Date: 9th Nov 2023 @ 8:05pm
Nursery celebrated Firework Night with a big bang! The children explored the different sounds fireworks make and used their bodies to become fireworks! They used their imaginations to create firework patterns on special scratch paper and explored a firework sensory tray. Outside, the children all sat round a bonfire and drank pretend hot chocolate. The children also explored changes by melting chocolate to create some breadstick sparklers - they were delicious!
Date: 9th Nov 2023 @ 9:05am
In preparation for Remembrance Day over the weekend, we have been busy doing an art activitiy to make poppy art. We have spoken about why we celebrate Remembrance Day and practise a new medium using clay in art. Year 3 created the background of our clay art using charcoal. We have also been looking at some famous Remembrance poems and some children have used their best handwriting to rewrite them.
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 12:44pm
Today we used pastels, pencils, pens and Seesaw to create our poppy art. We talked about what Remembrance is and why it is important before watching the poppies Remembrance animation on CBeebies.
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 9:53pm
This week Reception have been having a spooky time in class!
We listened to the story Room on the Broom, had fun retelling it at the story table, made repeating patterns on a witches hat, and also using spooky objects, painted pumpkins and spiders and wrote CVC words from the story too.
Ouside the children carved pumpkins and made spooky potions.
Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 2:52pm
This half term, Year 2 are learning about Remembrance. Before, remembrance day we are creating poppy art from observational drawings. We followed a video and different pictures to draw our own poppy then we carefully painted them the correct colours. When they are dry we will cut them out and stick them onto a black and white picture of Blackpool during the war.
Year 6 - Sketching and Water Colour
Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 2:45pm
In preparation for our Poppy Art next week, we practised drawing, sketching and shading techniques using a variety of pencils. We also experimented with water colours.
Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 2:12pm
Today we started our Storytelling through Drawing pathway. We research by ourselves using our digital literacy skills on the laptops about two illustrators called Laura Carlin and Shaun Tan. We then used all the research we found to make visual notes about one of the artists in our sketchbook.
Nursery Unicorns, Sharing and other Bits and Bobs
Date: 20th Oct 2023 @ 11:29am
We always have a wide variety of activities in nursery to meet the needs of all our children. This week to suppport physical developemnt we have been threading beads on to unicorns and exploring their creative side by painting and creating unicorns, We've also been developing relationships through lots iof turn taking opportunites and working collabratively.
School Council-'s First Meeting- Elmer's Big Parade
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 5:00pm
The School Council met today for the first time since the elections took place.
They were joined by a special guest, Miss Moyes, who was there to launch Elmer's Big Parade- the School Council's first big fund raising event.
Elmer's Parade is part of the Learning Programme where each school, nursery, college or community group will adopt an Elmer for £99 and pledge to raise a minimum of £850 for Brian House Children’s Hospice. They will receive a blank Mini Elmer sculpture to decorate and there will be a Learning Programme resource pack linked to the curriculum to help teachers stimulate young minds.
These mini Elmer sculptures will accompany our full-sized Elmers on display on the trail, allowing the children and young people, and their families, the chance to see them all and admire their great work. At the end of the trail, the Mini Elmers will be returned to their creators as a permanent legacy and celebration of their involvement.
The Mini Elmers will complement and add value to the main art trail, showcasing the creativity of schools and organisations in our community.
The school council were tasked with collating ideas from their classes as to how Boundary can begin to raise £850 for Brian House. They will meet again next half term with their ideas.
Date: 6th Oct 2023 @ 12:10pm
Nursery have throughly enjoyed reading the story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". They have learnt the pattern of the story and are great at retelling it using a story map or just by themselves. We added instruments to make the sounds of swishy swashy grass and squelchly sqerchy mud! The chidlren loved going on a mini bear hunt outside and making theiir own story mats.
Date: 2nd Oct 2023 @ 7:05pm
Today in Art we explored using our whole body to create spiral drawings. We used chalk, pens, pastels and pencils to create spiral drawings – first outside with large-scale drawings and then in our sketchbooks. We also practised making spirals to music; talking about how the music made us feel and how we could use this to create spirals that reflect our emotions and mood. We created quiet spirals and LOUD spirals!
Date: 28th Sep 2023 @ 2:48pm
Today, pupils began to create their final piece of artwork for our typography and maps journey. As you can see, pupils are creating a 3D map of an island, which has been inspired by Michael Morpurgo's book, Kensuke's Kingdom. Pupils are using their typography skills to create words and lettering to make the map look aesteically pleasing.
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 10:56am
Starrting somewhere new can be a little bit scary so to help the children settle in we have read "Owl Babies" about some baby owls that are worried their mummy won't come back - but of course she does! The story is great for supporintg PSED skills and taking about emotions.
Date: 21st Sep 2023 @ 2:51pm
As our art journey continues, pupils sketched images form our class reading book, 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. After creating a sketchbook page of ideas, pupils created a final piece of art by sketching an image over a map.
Date: 20th Sep 2023 @ 9:44pm
This week the children listened to the story 'No-Bot The Robot' - a robot who lost his bottom! It is a hilarious adventure about resilience and friendship.
Take a look at the different ways we explored the story through art and design.
"I made a robot with a square body" Mathew.
"My robot has a square head" Esme.
"His friends helped him find his bottom" Summer.
"Hel left it on the swing" George.
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 2:56pm
This week, the pupils in year 5 have begun their art journey which is all about typography and maps. Typography is the creation of aesthetically pleasing and legible letters. In this lesson, pupils learned about how printed letter fonts have evolved over the past 2000 years. We then created our own letters using a variety of shapes.
Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition
Date: 19th Jul 2023 @ 12:06pm
Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition
One of our year 5 pupils, Sophie W, has been chosen as a winner of the Blackpool Children and Families Art Competition. Her fantastic pencil drawing of Blackpool Tower will be used to make their new Children and Families Plan look and feel more exciting. Well done, Sophie!
Date: 17th Jul 2023 @ 6:16pm
Today we began to develop our understanding of structure and build on our making skils. Our exploration started with careful looking and drawing, experimenting mark-making with a variety of media. Later this week, we are going to explore how to make 3D forms, before creating our individual 3D birds.
Date: 10th Jul 2023 @ 1:36pm
We were so thrilled to be visited by author, James Harris on Friday 7th July. He conducted a whole school assembly where he talked about writing books and how he got into it. James grew up in seaside town, near Middlesbrough (just like Blackpool). James definitely inspired some of our aspiring young writers to follow in his footsteps and begin writing their own books.
Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 2:46pm
We have spent the day exploring patterns, colours and shapes to create moodboards in our sketch books. Our end product for our art this half term was to create mini-world light boxes, where we used our imagination to design a showbox with pictures and sculptures. We also used a range of paper, paint and colours to add detail to our boxes. We then added different colours of cellophane to the lid and shone a torch into each one, giving a small immersive feel to our work.
Date: 26th Jun 2023 @ 4:00pm
Today we began our new Art journey - light installation with use of colour. We looked at a range of light installation pieces and discussed what we could see and what words we would use to describe them. We then began explroing the work of three specific artists and evaluating their pieces. Finally, we created our double page spread, showcasing what we had learned.
