Summer

African Art

Kente Cloth Weaving

We had so much fun learning about weaving as part of out unit of work on textiles. We studied the geometric shapes and the patterns found on Kente cloth before creating our own weaving with different coloured paper. We learned to weave the weft over and under the warp to create our woven pattern, then decorated our artwork with geometric shapes and patterns which we discovered in our research. We even had a visit from Mr Vyle who showed us his original clothes and fabrics from Africa and some of us had the opportunity to try on the outfits, which was great fun!

Pirate School

We had an amazing time at 'Pirate School' at the Rising Sun Country Park. We used treasure maps to follow a trail through the fields which led us to hidden clues. We then had to use the clues to find the code which would open the wooden treasure chest in as little time as possible. After lunch, we got creative! We used fallen branches, sticks, twigs and leaves to make pirate dens in the woodland. We worked in teams to make the best dens we could. Our grown-ups were so impressed with us, they said we were just as skilled as real pirates! We even managed to avoid the drizzle while we were outdoors. What a fun-packed day we all had! It's hard work being a pirate but we loved it!

Mental Heath Awareness Week

Monday 13th May to Sunday 19th May

The theme for this year is ‘Moving more for our Mental Health’. To celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being, we completed a range of activities called ‘Moodboosters’ which involved moving our bodies to keep our minds happy. We had help from some famous celebrities on the BBC website for this, including Amy Dowden from Strictly Come Dancing, Rhys Stephenson from CBBC and Dr Raj Singh.
We also looked back on some of the resources from previous years and decided to create drawings of funny faces to make our friends laugh, which we absolutely loved!
Here is the website we used which you can access at anytime with your child to help them to move more for their mental health and well-being.

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/moodboosters

Sunderland Lifeboat Station

We absolutely loved our trip to the RNLI Station at Sunderland. Did you know that this station is the oldest lifeboat station, celebrating over 200 years of support for its community? We met Dennis and Sam who showed us around their fantastic site. We learned about the different types of lifeboats which they have at the station and all the training and hard work which goes into becoming part of the lifeboat crew. We tried on helmets and lifejackets and we got to sit in one or two of the lifeboats which was really exciting! How things have changed since Grace Darling rescued nine stranded survivors of the steamship Forfarshire in 1838 in her coble boat.

Pop Art

We have studied Pop Art and some of the artwork from famous artists like Andy Warhol. We know that pop art is bold, bright and eye-catching and that many pop artists used repetition in their work. We know how to make secondary colours by mixing primary colours together, we know that some colours complement each other through studying a colour wheel and we know that pop artists often chose to create art using everyday objects and portraits of famous people. We decided to produce self-portraits in the style of Andy Warhol using repetition and complementary colours.

Mixing primary colours to make secondary colours