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Summer 1 - The Groovy Greeks

Week 3

Well done to our Golden Book winners of the week. You are all super stars and we are extremely proud of you!

In Art, we have been using different materials to create block prints. We worked together and looked at motifs from Ancient Greek artist and our artist study, Delita Martin. 

String Prints with Jo Blaker

Discover how to create string prints with The Hepworth Wakefield artist Jo Blaker. The Hepworth Wakefield Online Print Fair is running between 12-28 March 2021. Our fair showcases work by emerging and established UK-based artists, designers and illustrators working in a broad range of mediums including screen-print, etching, monoprint, giclee, risograph, lithograph, collagraph, linocut, letterpress and more.

In citizenship, we have been looking at the book, One Plastic Bag, and thinking about how one person can make a difference. We used recycled plastic bags and made jewellery. 

How To Make A Plastic Bag Bracelet

In Spanish, we have been learning about fruit. Have a go at home and see if you can find any examples in your kitchen!

Fruits in Spanish for Children | Learn Spanish

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Week 2

Well done to our Golden Book winners of the week. You are all super stars and we are extremely proud of you!

In Science, we are learning all about our brilliant bodies! We learnt about the function of our skeleton and had a go at putting a skeleton together. Finally, we learnt the names of some of out brilliant bones. 

We have started printing skills this week for our artwork focussing on printmaker, Delita Martin. We started with monoprinting and linked this with our work on Greek Myths by using images of the ferocious Minotaur! Use the link to have so at home 

How to mono-print, No sound, visual only.

Updated video can be found here -https://youtu.be/k5lcn69M0V8 How to mono print! You will need- a plastic or glass tile, block printing ink, roller, paper and masking tape. Only use a dab of ink at first, you can always add more. Roll out ink. You want a nice even layer of ink.

In computing, we have started looking at the programme, Scratch. We explored Sprites, command blocks and backdrops. The children were great at coding their characters. 

In PE, we have started learning cricket skills. We started by learning the roles of the batters and fielders and worked together to practice these skills. 

Week 1

Well done to our Golden Book winners of the week. You are all super stars and we are extremely proud of you!

We have been exploring Greek myths with our reading partners. The children are so good at supporting each other and helping to practice their fluency. 

In art this week we have been learning natural printing skills. We did some leaf printing in forest school.

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