This week kicked off our art unit of Creating a Character. The children were exploring the different mediums of charcoal, ink, pencil and biro to draw in a range of styles and forms. We created a two-page spread to show our work. This was in preparation for our sculpture work, where we well be creating a 3D sculpture of a person in an imaginative pose.

We also had the opportunity to use an artist manakin to practise our observation drawing and proportion skills. We had to look really carefully to ensure we kept all of the different body parts in proportion whilst still maintaining the pose.

The children had an opportunity to compare the two very different styles of artists and illustrators Quentin Blake and Sharmaine from the See You See Me Studio. They enjoyed creating very unflattering pictures of their teachers and then experimenting with coloured oil pastels. We found out that Quetin Blake liked to draw laying down, so we decided to have a go too.

Today we used wire and silver foil to create the initial stage of our sculpture. Later next week, we will be investigating sculptures, including the work of sculpture and artist Faith Bebbington and then we will be covering our ‘skeletons’ with papier-mâché and then Modrok. After this we will be decorating them bright coloured paper.

We can’t for you to see them at our assembly on Tuesday 12th November at 2:45pm.

We are still working on the History unit of Anglo Saxons. Over the past few weeks, we have used Ordinance Survey maps to locate places with Anglo Saxon names. We enjoyed working out the Anglo-Saxon meanings for place names like ‘Southampton, Wickham, Waltham Chase, Bishop’s Waltham and Petersfield’. Maybe you children can tell you what they found out?

Can we please take this opportunity to remind you that Stubbington Study Centre has an Open Day on Saturday 19^th October 2024? The centre is open between 10am and 4pm and it is well worth a look around, especially if you or your child is undecided or worried about the residential trip.

Can we also remind you that after half term Redwood and Jackalberry will be swimming, whilst Ash will be doing an additional PE lesson?

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 4 Team.

The first half term of this year has almost come to an end, and Year 6 have been hard at work to earn their first week off this year!

This week, we've done our first set of practice SATS papers.  The children will be sitting their real tests in May, so it's helpful for us to see where we are now.  We'll now be able to use the results to plan the next steps of our learning journey.  We've been really impressed with the way the children have conducted themselves this week, and we've had some pleasant surprises while marking.  Onwards and upward into Autumn 2!

Alongside this, the children have moved on from their polar regions learning to think about the features of deserts.  This has been our geography focus, but we've also done some slideshow work in computing to present some of the learning we have done.  In art, we are continuing to experiment with different mediums as we work towards our animal portraits - see some of the works-in-progress by looking at this update's pictures.

We're looking forward to the chance to rest and recharge, and we have an exciting Autumn 2 planned.  Please put the afternoon on Tuesday 10th December in your diaries - we will be running our rainforest cafe on this date, and we'd love to see you there!

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 6 Team

This week kicked off our art unit of Creating a Character. The children were exploring the different mediums of charcoal, ink, pencil and biro to draw in a range of styles and forms. We created a two-page spread to show our work. This was in preparation for our sculpture work, where we well be creating a 3D sculpture of a person in an imaginative pose.

We also had the opportunity to use an artist manakin to practise our observation drawing and proportion skills. We had to look really carefully to ensure we kept all of the different body parts in proportion whilst still maintaining the pose.

The children had an opportunity to compare the two very different styles of artists and illustrators Quentin Blake and Sharmaine from the See You See Me Studio. They enjoyed creating very unflattering pictures of their teachers and then experimenting with coloured oil pastels. We found out that Quetin Blake liked to draw laying down, so we decided to have a go too.

Today we used wire and silver foil to create the initial stage of our sculpture. Later next week, we will be investigating sculptures, including the work of sculpture and artist Faith Bebbington and then we will be covering our ‘skeletons’ with papier-mâché and then Modrok. After this we will be decorating them bright coloured paper.

We can’t for you to see them at our assembly on Tuesday 12th November at 2:45pm.

We are still working on the History unit of Anglo Saxons. Over the past few weeks, we have used Ordinance Survey maps to locate places with Anglo Saxon names. We enjoyed working out the Anglo-Saxon meanings for place names like ‘Southampton, Wickham, Waltham Chase, Bishop’s Waltham and Petersfield’. Maybe you children can tell you what they found out?

Can we please take this opportunity to remind you that Stubbington Study Centre has an Open Day on Saturday 19^th October 2024? The centre is open between 10am and 4pm and it is well worth a look around, especially if you or your child is undecided or worried about the residential trip.

Can we also remind you that after half term Redwood and Jackalberry will be swimming, whilst Ash will be doing an additional PE lesson?

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 4 Team.

The first half term of this year has almost come to an end, and Year 6 have been hard at work to earn their first week off this year!

This week, we've done our first set of practice SATS papers.  The children will be sitting their real tests in May, so it's helpful for us to see where we are now.  We'll now be able to use the results to plan the next steps of our learning journey.  We've been really impressed with the way the children have conducted themselves this week, and we've had some pleasant surprises while marking.  Onwards and upward into Autumn 2!

Alongside this, the children have moved on from their polar regions learning to think about the features of deserts.  This has been our geography focus, but we've also done some slideshow work in computing to present some of the learning we have done.  In art, we are continuing to experiment with different mediums as we work towards our animal portraits - see some of the works-in-progress by looking at this update's pictures.

We're looking forward to the chance to rest and recharge, and we have an exciting Autumn 2 planned.  Please put the afternoon on Tuesday 10th December in your diaries - we will be running our rainforest cafe on this date, and we'd love to see you there!

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 6 Team