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Year 5 and 6 Sainsbury Centre Trip

What better way to conclude our exploration of sculpture than a visit to the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia? The Sainsbury Centre has a fantastic collection of sculptures and other art works, some dating back thousands of years and others created this year. Children explored the Sediment Spirit exhibition (https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/whats-on/sediment-spirit/), Permanent Collection and outdoor Sculpture Park. Within those three sections of the day, children were given freedom to explore their own interests. Some chose to explore as many of the thousands of exhibits as possible, while others became captivated by individual artworks and spent a long time with them. 

After a picnic lunch in the Sculpture Park, we went into the studio to create some sculptures of our own, led by artist Hannelore Baxter who introduced students to reflective artworks by artists Lygia Clark, Lynn Chadwick, Rana Begum, and Anish Kapoor, who all use sheet metal within their creative practice. Students then created 3D forms from flat materials and played with lighting and colour to create sculptures that might reflect, refract, and perhaps even move. Through the use of photography, students were encouraged to imagine their work on a much larger scale as maquettes for huge sculptures or perhaps even buildings. By placing tiny human figurines in, on and around our sculptures, the scale suddenly became huge! It was fascinating to think about how people interact with sculpture and the buildings we live in.

A big thank you to FOSS for paying for the whole trip!

Grebes Art – Matthew Frére-Smith

As part of our exploration of sculpture, we looked at the work of a local sculptor called Matthew Frére-Smith who is none other than Mrs. Ryan’s father! Some of his sculptures are kept at the Sainsbury Centre and can be viewed virtually here: https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/art_object_artist_maker/matthew-frere-smith/

Mrs. Ryan brought in some of her father’s smaller-scale metal sculptures in to show us in class and get the students ready for our upcoming visit to the Sainsbury Centre.

Grebes Sculpture Show

This half-term, artists in Grebes have been exploring the world of sculpture. They have looked at work by Anthony Caro (a British artist who made abstract sculptures out of scrap metal and found objects) and Ruth Asawa (an American sculptor who made wire sculptures. Children have learned about the spectrum of abstract and figurative art, ranging from completely abstract works which do not represent anything from the real world, to semi-abstract works which resemble or suggest real-world subjects, to figurative works depicting real-world subjects. Unsurprisingly, clay has been a favourite medium for our artists! They have sculpted a figurative human head, an abstract human head, a Green Man (after hearing the story in Forest School) and a self-portrait which could be as figurative or abstract as the artist chose. Grebes set up an art gallery in the classroom and invited children from other classes and their parents to view their clay sculptures. 

Forest School, History and Art

Coots have been learning about Guy Fawkes and why people celebrate Bonfire night. They created their own firework display using recycled materials and paint. Coots also enjoyed a bonfire in forest school and ate yummy s’mores. 

Farewell, Mrs Gay! Grebes’ ‘Weaving’ Card

Since the Strangers’ Hall trip, Grebes have developed an obsession for weaving! It was only fitting, when they heard that Mrs Gay – school governor and friend to our school for well over a decade – was weaving us, to get out the looms once more. Here is the card the children made.

Bitterns Vikings Work

The Bitterns have been learning all about the Vikings ahead of their exciting Viking day next week. We first looked at where the Vikings sailed from and the boats they would have arrived in. We also discussed the differences between life now and when the Vikings landed in Britian over 1000 years ago. We learnt about the shields the Vikings carried and the materials they would have been made from. The children then used their design technology skills to create a plan for our own shields. We made our shield out of cardboard and other recycled materials and then used patterns and bold paint to make them eye-catching. 

‘Me and Jess made our shield together we worked as a team.’ Jake Yr2

‘I’m going to use tape and the blue straws to make my handle. I’m going stick the blue straw onto the tape so I can put my hand through to hold it.’ Jacob Yr2 

‘I learnt that Vikings didn’t have horns coming out of their helmets.’ Freddy Yr1 

‘The shields would have been lots of different colours.’ Charlie Yr2 

‘ I learnt that the Vikings lived here 1000 years ago.’ Jake yr2 

‘The middle of the shield is called the boss.’ Harry Yr2

‘The boss makes it stronger.’ Ava Yr1

Kingfishers Colour Wheel

Kingfishers have been learning about the colour wheel and exploring the impact of combining different colours. 

They have learnt about the artist Sonia Delaunay and experimented with creating pieces using circles. Some even had a go at using a compass!

We used paints, pens and pencils and were very pleased with the outcome.

We also read the book ‘A life of colour’

Diwali

After learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali the children were inspired by the bright and vibrant rangoli patterns. They used coloured sand and a template to carefully create their own rangoli patterns. Some children choose to mix the sand to create new colours whilst others preferred to use the primary colours. The children also created their own Diva lamps using clay. They carefully rolled out the clay and used their fingers to mold it into the shape of a small bowl. Many of the children then added patterns to their Diva lamp, using a variety of tools to create a design. Once the clay had dried out, they used paint to add colour to their lamps.  

‘I liked using the clay because it was squishy. I made my diva lamp is round and colourful.’ (Year 1) 

‘I wanted my lamp to be orange and bright. I wanted to make it this shape because I knew it would be a good shape for holding a candle.’  (Year 2).  

Herons Art Spring 2022

We have found out about artists who are inspired by nature and tried out their ideas. Yayoi Kusama features pumpkins in her work with infinity rooms. How many pumpkins can you see?

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