Enrichment Week Art Exhibition

Owls

Owls have produced a "Quadrant of Art" encompassing the following:

1. A self-portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso

2. A map of their favourite places (based on If 8 Famous Artists Created Maps of the Cities They Loved... - https://thegatewithbriancohen.com/if-8-famous-artists-created-maps-of-the-cities-they-loved/ 

3. Bottom left is a portrait combining photography and the Owls' interpretation of the style of Vincent Van Gogh.
4. Bottom right is an insect which represents them (based on the work of Adnan Al Aghawani) https://adnanalagahawani.artstation.com/ 

Robins

In Robins Class our focus on ‘Identity’ is based on the question ‘If I were a flower, what would I be? ‘

We started thinking about this by talking about the different flowers we could be and narrowed it down to four different types: buttercup, daisy, sunflower and rose.

Once each of us had made our choice, we explained why we had chosen this particular flower and wrote about it on a petal. Each petal has contributed to creating a large, whole-class flower which you will see forms part of our display.

Our next step was to make a crown representing our flower using a range of materials and techniques that we have learnt during our Art lessons over the year. To this we added a peg bumble bee.

For the final stage, we each made a mask to represent our flower.

Woodpeckers

We have been creating artwork based on the Julia Donaldson book 'The Smeds and the Smoos' inspired by the artist Joan Miro. He used basic shapes with minimal details and a black outline in his artwork. He created 3D pieces by slotting card pictures into each other to create one big picture. We have created our own 3D pieces as well as some identity work around 'Bill' or 'Janet' and similar portraits of ourselves. To finish off our artwork this week we have used paper Mache to create a lifesize 'Bill' and 'Janet'.

'The Building Blocks Of Me' - By Kingfisher Class

(Under the canopy on tables/chairs/floor)

Kingfisher class have made mixed media sculptures based on the Stuckism art movement. The movement was given the name 'Stuckism' in 1999 after British artist Tracy Emin said that the popular artistic trend of 'conceptual art' was 'stuck, stuck, stuck'. She created art that showed the real world and had the attitude that ' it is what it is '. 

In Kingfishers, we wanted to express our whole selves in a way that was clear and 'to the point'. We made modroc models of ourselves and placed these onto cardboard blocks. The blocks represent things that are important to us and that make us who we are. 

Kingfishers

Five things about me

Collaborative Art Project

The Building Blocks of Me

Mixed Medium Stuckism Sculpture

New Futurism

Water colour futurism painting

Magpies

Dance: Magpies class have spent some of this week learning a contemporary dance to the song Who Am I? by London Grammar. The children have learnt a dance taught by Keri Hill and have added in their own individual section to express who they are within the routine. 

Big TV in the Hall 

Identity Boxes: Magpies have been exploring the question - What makes me, ME?. They have created an identity box which shows off them as individuals. The outside of the boxes have been decorated with things to represent what they enjoy doing or what they look like. Whereas, the inside looks more at their character traits and values that make them who they are. 

Eagle Class

What makes me, me? The inner identity.

The children in Eagles Class have made many personal reflections about themselves to complete these expressive portraits. They first had to think about their surface identity, their favourite colour, food, hobbies and interests and have, then they were challenged to delve deeper and to think about topics like their personal values, beliefs and principles and to consider the type of person they are now and who they would like to be in the future. The pieces were made by first taking photos of each child in a thinking pose, then the children planned and perfected their portrait background during the sketchbook process and then children were sent off to independently to create their works of art. The inner identity is a multi-medium piece, you can see that children have used a few different resources including, photos, paper, wax crayon and paint to express themselves.

Future identity – The Power of my voice.

'You are never too small to make a difference'- Greta Thunberg.

After doing a unit on deforestation in English and learning about global warming in Geography, the children have become very passionate about current world issues. We were inspired by young activist, Greta Thunberg and her work on climate change and we decided to have a go at making some signs about things the children care about, the children independently chose their topics varying from things about environmental issues to social issues. We started in pairs planning our protest signs and then the children were paired up into groups of similar opinions and they had a couple of afternoons to create their eye catching, powerful signage.

Kestrels

Identi-tree

Kestrels class have created the ‘tree of life’ using wire sculpture.

It is adorned with wire words encased in resin, that identify their unique characteristics and personalities.

This Is Me

These self-portraits reveal the characteristics, personality and likes of the artist.

We have looked at the shape and form of letters to highlight facial features.

Nightingale Class

Nightingale class have thought about who they are and what makes them, them. We looked at how we could express this through are and decided to create a class totem pole. Using various texture art the children create their spirit animal or a representation of themselves to display on the pole. 

In addition, the children took a deep look into the mirror. They created a portrait using cross hatching with a theme of 'inner me' , bade on work by Mike Barrett.

The outcomes were amazing - You will find these located in the hall.