Pieces of Art
Year 3 and Year 4 have been piecing together different sections of art. There are five paintings of art to put together and each child gets one piece of one painting.
They now have to find someone else who has a piece of their painting. However, they are not allowed to show it to anyone else. They must use their knowledge of colour, shape and other art techniques to describe what they see. After that, they have to assemble the pieces into the correct place.
Finally, we discuss the paintings and say how artists create subtle effects.
- “You can tell the motorbike is moving because of the blurry lines and the scarf is in the air.” (Sam, Year 3)
- “This painting has lots of action in. You can tell because the black lines show movement.” (Isra, Year 4)
Talking about transport…
…this afternoon we split into groups to talk about the many things the children have learned from their talk time discussions at home.
What’s wrong with the red sentence?
…and what’s good about the sentence in green?
Art Pads!
This afternoon we’ve been learning about colour using an app called Procreate.
Hanging about…
Making a promotion come alive using our new iPads
This afternoon, we’ve turned the promotions we’ve been writing all week into a presentation using the Keynote app on our new iPads.
Thank you…
…for coming to the first class assembly of 2012-13.
Like you, I enjoyed it immensely. The clear highlight for me was seeing how happy and comfortable the children were, working so well as a team. Your highlights (as noted on the comments sheet) included the singing, the representation of the water cycle and the sense of fun throughout: “Very good as always” was one comment that summed it up.
Sponsored Walk
Last Friday, Year 3 and Year 4 completed their sponsored walk. We managed to do two laps around Highmoor Crescent. Here are some pictures:
PE links with Allerton Grange
We work closely with Allerton Grange to arrange PE activities for each class.
Throughout the year, Year 1 to Year 6 will be taking part in sessions led by the Sports and Dance leaders at Allerton Grange.
The visits take place during the school day and teachers will inform their class nearer to the time.
Did you watch Nina and the Neurons?
Over the weekend there was a very topical subject explained on the cbeebies programme, Nina and the Neurons. It was all about why people need sleep and that when people sleep the brain sorts out all the information taken in by your senses throughout the day.
If you missed it why not watch it on BBC iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episode/b01554dc/Nina_and_the_Neurons_Nina_and_the_Neurons_Brilliant_Bodies_Sleep/
There is also another episode you could watch about memory.
Hopefully it should help to reinforce your learning from Brain Box week.