Gearing up for the Gallery
Having produced so much art this half term, we’re preparing our final piece to go on display in our open art gallery in the week beginning 10th November 2014. Our final piece will be using a technique called pointillism. This is where you create a picture using lots and lots and lots of tiny dots. It takes lots of skill, patience and determination so we had a practice this week.
First, we decided which paintings were pointillism and which were not.
Then we practised using pointillism ourselves.
We had a go using three different media to find out which would be most effective for our final piece. We used paint, felt tip pens and coloured pencils. The coloured pencils took the longest, felt tip looked quite effective, but, we most enjoyed using the paint and cotton wool buds.
It’s half-term…
…so there’s no specific homework this week, apart from ensuring your child spends at least 20 minutes each day reading and 5-10 minutes learning their number bonds / times tables.
Enjoy your October break. If you stay in Leeds, check out all the activities the museums and art galleries have on offer.
Royal Armouries
We’re busy learning at the Royal Armouries today! Have a look at the photos:
Applying for a place at secondary school
The deadline for applying for Y7 places for next year is 31 October 2014 and Leeds on-line application system will close at midnight on that date for secondary applications (the on-line system will remain open for primary applications). Alternatively, you might prefer to apply via a paper form and hand your completed forms into school for us to forward to the Admissions Team.
Amy Vernon from the Choice Advice Service can support you if you’re struggling with the application process. Email choice.advice@leeds.gov.uk or call 0113 3951183.
Offer day is 02 March this year. Parents who apply on-line will receive an email with their offer any time from midnight onwards. Parents who apply on a paper form will have their offer posted to them 2nd class on 02 March so may not receive this until later in the week.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Recount of our day written by Noorpreet
On Wednesday, we went for a school trip. First, we went on the coach. There were lots of sculptures. It was a large park. We also had lunch and we had fun at a fountain. There was a sculpture called Family of Man. Also, ten seated figures. We even learnt about artists and sculptures and there was lots of grass. Some of the sculptures were strange or some of them were real. It was so good because we made our own sculptures. Ours was so tall and even though it was raining, it was fantastic.
Here are some pictures from our day.
We made our own sculptures in the afternoon like real artists!
We can be artists!
On Wednesday we all became artists in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The inspiration came from seeing so many wonderful sculptures – there were opportunities to d0 some observational drawings and then in the afternoon, lots of teamwork resulted in some amazing pieces of 3D art.
Leeds Art Gallery event
Feeling inspired by our latest art themed topic, Katie and… then you might be interested in this event at Leeds Art Gallery on Saturday.
What: Celebrate The Big Draw and work with an artist to draw yourself in a surprising way.
When: Saturday 18 October 11am-4pm
Where: Leeds Art Gallery
Angle fun!
Look at the pictures below and ask your child the names of the three types of angles the children are showing. The first person to give me the answers (on paper, not shouted across the playground tomorrow morning) will receive three fuzzies.
Bonus fuzzies are on offer for any other types of angles I may have missed!
Even more bonus fuzzies if you email some of your own (labelled, if possible) photos of some angles to our class email address: y5@moortown.leeds.sch.uk
Sculpture Park
Don’t forget we are going to the Sculpture Park on Wednesday 15 October.
Please make sure that your child has a waterproof coat and sensible shoes on and don’t forget their packed lunch.
It’s going to be an exciting day – watch this space for photos.
On the stage
There are a few budding actors in Year 1 who should definitely be on stage at some point. Scripts have been our focus over the past week – here are some scripts being put to good use.
