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Is the farmer an artist?
Is the farmer an artist?
This was the question posed to Year Three by our art teacher, Ruth Garner. If you have ever spied a bird's eye view of the magical patchwork quilts of fields from your aeroplane seat, you will know what she means. This question was the starting point for our Year Three children to depict their own aerial shots of farming fields.
This was the question posed to Year Three by our art teacher, Ruth Garner. If you have ever spied a bird's eye view of the magical patchwork quilts of fields from your aeroplane seat, you will know what she means. This question was the starting point for our Year Three children to depict their own aerial shots of farming fields.
For inspiration, the children are studying the works of Carol Rhodes, a Scottish artist, famous for her paintings and drawings of landscapes marked by human intervention. The children are looking at the marks made by farmers on the land from a bird's eye view, creating printing blocks from styrofoam. We are looking forward to viewing the results
For inspiration, the children are studying the works of Carol Rhodes, a Scottish artist, famous for her paintings and drawings of landscapes marked by human intervention. The children are looking at the marks made by farmers on the land from a bird's eye view, creating printing blocks from styrofoam. We are looking forward to viewing the results
LUNCH IS SERVED
LUNCH IS SERVED
Our children are enjoying the delicious lunches provided by our new caterer Lunchtime Co. The ethos of Lunchtime Co is that food miles are kept to a minimum, with an emphasis on reducing single use plastic. These inviting salad and healthy dessert displays are definitely getting the thumbs up from our young diners.
GUIDED READING
GUIDED READING
Our children have daily guided reading sessions. These are whole class initiatives in KS2, while our younger readers in KS1 work in smaller groups. Our reading lessons are based on the latest research on this topic. Studies show that spending time practising individual inference, prediction and retrieval skills is not always effective. Instead we focus on phonics and fluency for our younger children. While in KS2 we have close and extended reading sessions. With the latter, these teacher-led reads are where we stop and clarify meaning, analysing and looking at the intentions of the author. These sessions are peppered with discussion and partner talk. We are finding this approach is paying dividends. Our aim is to imbue our children a lifetime love of reading.
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