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26 September 2024

Self portraits using natural resources

As part of our RSHE work, the children have been looking at self - portraits and what makes us special and unique. The children then used loose parts to create a self portraits! 

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20 September 2024

Year 1 Cross-hatching

Year 1- Cross-hatching 

We have been learning about cross-hatching in art today. We used charcoal, pencils and pens to make the marks and smudged some of the marks with our fingers. 

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14 September 2024

Year 1 Artwork

Texture Artwork in Year 1

The children have been very busy in Year 1 this week looking at various textures. They looked at the materials and talked about the different textures before gluing them onto a flat surface. 
 

“ I wish I could do this every day.” 

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13 September 2024

Subtractive Drawing

We have been learning about subtractive drawing. This is an art technique that involves covering a surface with charcoal or graphite and then erasing parts of it to create an image.

The children focused on creating a setting or landscape in the style of Frank Auerbach.

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12 September 2024

Holy Family Taster Day

Our Taster Day!

Today, the whole of Y6 visited HFCHS for our final transition day! The day was planned around the school’s upcoming production of Frozen later this term. The children were able to take part in lessons in drama, music and art.

Music

Working with Mrs Pellow, the children…

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