For our Arts Weeks this year we looked at different emotions. We also looked at emotions from around the world that are not able to be directly translated into English. We used a range of arts to express these emotions including dance. Below each year group have highlighted their Arts Weeks work.
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Pre-school
Emotions
happiness
sadness
Mudita (Buddhism)
Nursery
Emotions
surprise
upset
Gezelligheid (Holland)
In Nursery we focussed on the elements of being surprised and upset. We based our ideas around a lovely story called Owl Babies. This lovely tale focuses on three baby owls who wake up to discover their mother isn't there. Without her, they feel upset and vulnerable. But then Mum returns, and they feel comfortable and reassured. The artist we studied was Modrian. His work is colourful and full of shapes that we know.
Mondrian Work
Feeling Faces
Reception
Emotions
joy
fear
Sausade (Portugal)
In Reception we learnt about joy. We learnt about fear. We thought about bright, happy colours. And dull, dark colours.
We recreated the famous Scream picture using our facial expressions.
Year 1
Emotions
excitement
hunger
Zal (Poland)
In Year 1 we have been focusing on two emotions; hunger and excitement. We made clay sculptures based on the Very Hungry Caterpillar and created a large piece of art work like a patchwork quilt using expressive art techniques.
We also learned about an untranslatable emotion in Polish. We wore the colours red and white to represent Poland.
Year 2
Emotions
courage
fear
Man (India)
Year 2 have been reflecting on the emotions of courage and fear and exploring how these emotions can be represented in Art. With this in mind we have painted a picture of a lion using the techniques taught to us during our art’s workshop with water paints to represent courage, and reproduced the famous art work entitled ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch with oil pastels. We looked at the word ‘man’ which means to follow your deepest desire in Hindi, and with this in mind we drew a ‘a poster of wants’ representing what we want to be courageous enough to achieve in the future.
The word ‘Man’ took us on a journey to India where we researched its population, cultures and religions as part of our homework/Geography project. We also listened to an Indian song and drew a sound map to represent the emotions and memories the music inspired. In English we have been focusing on a story from India called ‘The Old Woman and the Pumpkin’, and wrote a character description based on the attributes of the old woman who was fearless and courageous. Lastly we have created a dance to an Indian song which we will perform at the carnival.
Year 3
Emotions
calm
jealously
Hiraeth (Wales)
In year 3, we created some pictures of a calm sunset and of a jealous eye using pastels.
We studied the story of ‘The Quilt’ by Valeriane Leblond which portrayed the feeling of ‘Hiraeth’ – longing for one’s home or having a feeling of homesickness. We learnt a Welsh Folk dance as this is where the meaning comes from.
We created charcoal drawings focusing on shade and tone and we wrote diary entries in role as the girl in the story.
Year 4
Emotions
joy
melancholy
Fago (Caroline Island - New Guinea)
In year 4 we have focused on the Caroline Islands. We have learnt about their traditions, food & culture. We produced fact files and did independent research to help us learn more. In class we have looked in detail at the emotions of melancholy and joyful using paintings by artists such as Bona Ezuedu recreating pieces in their styles. Over the weeks we have colour mixed and painted with water based colours, identifying primary, secondary & complimentary colours using different techniques, for example, layering. We also critiqued paintings to develop understanding of the artist's ideas.
Year 5
Emotions
uncertainty
wanderlust
Ijirashi (Japan)
In Year 5 we have been focusing on two emotions (uncertainty and wanderlust) and an untranslatable emotion from Japan, ijirasji, which is the sensation of being moved when someone is overcoming a challenge.
In our Art lessons we learnt about a Japanese artist called Hokusai and we created collages with 3D effects and using relief printing. Our artwork inspired by the great wave represents the things that make us feel unsure, the cherry blossom ones represent our strong desire to travel.
Year 6
Emotions
anxiety
serenity
Torshlusspanik (Germany)
In year 6 we used the contrasting emotions of serenity and anxiety to inspire our art work.
We looked at how eyes can show these emotions and used pencil sketches to represent them.
We created a mixed media abstract collage as a background for our eyes and also created abstract paintings to represent anxiety and serenity.
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