In early years, developing strength in our core is essential for our gross and fine motor development. When our new brushes arrived this week, it was a fun opportunity to get painting in our outdoor area. The children extended the activity by using their feet and hands; as well as other materials that they found in our garden to make different marks.
Just in case you missed our display in the Learning for Life tent at the Westmorland County Show, here it is!
Last year, every child in school was involved in creating a clay tile inspired by God’s creation. They are now mounted together in a huge frieze on the wall of our school hall. They look incredible. This was a project in collaboration with local potter, Nigel Edmondson, who invited pupils to his Levens’ studio to learn some techniques and explore the inspirations for his work. He was also kind enough to make enough clay tiles for every child to work with and then fired them in his kiln.
Pupils in year five and six also explored the work of Libby Edmondson as part of their project on Lakeland landscapes by local artists. Students were really inspired by Libby’s bold use of colour in her work and like her, we used acrylics in our own creations.
We are all very grateful to Nigel for working so closely with us over the last twelve months on these wonderful projects and to Ted’s (in Nursery) grandpa for taking a day out of his very busy schedule to create our installation.
Class 2 have enjoyed starting their first maths topic of the year covering place value. We have looked at different numbers and what they are made up of. We have also done lots of counting forwards and backwards!
Class 3 have had a fantastic start to the school year and have been busy learning all about pneumatics. The challenge was to make a pneumatic toy! We explored pneumatics using syringes and balloons and then utilised this knowledge in our own designs. The children learnt about thumbnail sketches and exploded diagrams. We followed our exploded diagram designs when making our final product. I think you will agree they have done an amazing job!
