Art, craft and design embody some of the highest forms of human creativity. A high-quality art and design education should engage, inspire and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. At Marsden Primary School, we value Art and Design as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. The use of Kapow Primary’s Art and design scheme of work will provide children with the opportunities to develop and extend skills and an opportunity to express their individual interests, thought and ideas. As pupils progress, they should be able to think critically and develop a more rigorous understanding of art and design. They should also know how art and design both reflect and shape our history, and contribute to the culture, creativity and wealth of our nation.
In Year 2 we celebrated Valentine’s Day by creating our own Valentines Day cards out of our sketching artwork. They turned out beautiful and I am sure our special people will love them.
We also all enjoyed special valentines day treats for our lunch! They were delicious so we wanted to say thank you to Janice and her team.
Another year, another outstanding art gallery from the pupils at Marsden!
Year 2 produced fantastic final pieces of artwork at the end of their Drawing topic. They investigated tone and texture throughout the term and used their knowledge to add this to their own drawings of teddy bears. Well done Year 2!
We have been looking at different patterns as part of our math jobs this week. We looked at different artists and talked about what patterns we noticed. We then had a go at asking our own patterns. We did a wonderful job!
It’s the return of our annual Marsden Art Show!
Another year where the children have truly showcased their amazing artistic skills.
Last half term, Y5 studied the artist Banksy with Mrs Potter and how art can deliver a message. Using his work as inspiration the children created their own piece art to embody our school motto “Everyone Cares, Everyone Matters”. They each designed an under the sea character promoting inclusion and diversity.
Well done Y5 and Mrs Potter!
Year 5 have creating their own Anglo-Saxon brooches to link their art and history topics. First, they designed them and then used glue and string for the outline of the design. They then covered them in tinfoil and decorated them.
For our Y6 children it was their very last first week back at Marsden. We have been full of busy with maths, English, PE, geography, RE, PSHE and art. Here we are hard at work completing our still life sketching work.
Thank you to everyone who came along to see our whole school annual art gallery.
Every year the children step up and dazzle us with their art skills and this year was no exception. Each class created a 2D and 3D piece to display.
Nursery enjoyed learning all about Diwali, the festival of light. We made our own diya lamps from clay and painted them.
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