What a great morning we had with the author-illustrator-cartoonist Gary Northfield! Gary told us of his childhood love of comics, cartoons and drawing, and explained how that lead to him becoming an award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of children’s books and comics. Gary read to us from his new book (and series) ‘Leif the Unlucky Viking’, […]
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The year 3s were working hard with their linkage and lever mechanisms. In the beginning, the children designed their moving toys, deciding which animals they would have. They then learnt many new skills with our specialist DT teacher, Tony. Last but not least, they decorated their Savannah backdrop and attached their chosen animals to the
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This half term, the children have been enjoying observational drawings with our art teacher, Liz.
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Topic: Painting with big brushesAll the artists we looked at are American. They all worked in New York and became famous after the Second World War, because their work was so big, new and surprising: Mark Rothko, born in Russia 1903; Franz Kline, born in USA 1910; Ad Reinhardt , 1913, Clyfford Still, 1904. We
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