Art & Design Curriculum Posts
FAR F1O Tie Dye T Shirts
Recently the children in FAR and F1O have been creating their own tie dyed T Shirts. The T shirts were a culmination of the children's topic this term, under the sea. They held a fashion [...]
12J Lowry Sketches
Recently class 1/2J have been looking at the work or the artist Lowry. They studied some of his artwork and went on to create their own sketches.
Historical Architecture
This Tuesday year five and six went into Beverley to sketch some buildings with architecture based on Ancient Greek style. These included The Guildhall, Toll Gavel Church and Market Cross. Pupils studied the lines carefully [...]
1/2J Minibeast Sculptures
The children in Mrs Jacksons class have been looking at Mini beasts. They made their own Mini beast sculptures and found out lots of interesting information about them.
Junk Modelling
As a post SATs project, children in year 5/6 have been making junk models.
Swinemoor Photo Project
Pupils in Class 12S spent Friday taking trips around the local community armed with iPads and a brief to capture their community in photographs. The photographs will form part of an exhibition to be showcased [...]
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