Our Art Gallery

OUR ART GALLERY

This page is to share and celebrate works of Art and Design created by our talented pupils.
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PRINTMAKING

Children in Oak Class created these beautiful prints in honour of the large oak tree in our playground. The theme was the Oak Tree in Winter and we were impressed with how different each print looks, as the children develop their own individual style as artists. We are sure you will agree that these images are really beautiful and something that our children should be very proud of.

MORE PRINTMAKING

On Children in Need Day, we had a morning of art across the school on the broad theme of Spots & Stripes.
One of the activities for KS2 children was printmaking. We used polystyrene tiles for our designs and made 3 colour prints by adding detail between each printing, or by cutting areas of the tile away. As well as being a really interesting activity which involved problem solving and creativity, the results are stunning. Here are some examples of work by children aged 7 to 11.

We love to be involved in community events. As one of our contributions to the Big Apple festival 2025, the children made large scale observation drawings of apples from our Orchard, using dry pastels.

Art for the Orchard

Children from all classes made artwork to display as part of an art trail at our 400th anniversary celebration party. Here are some examples of their work - a combination of 'withie' sculptures, mobiles, decorated 'flags', and collage with flowers from the grounds. The children's creative contributions helped to make a lovely day, even more beautiful.

Environmental Art by Willow Class

After looking at some images of the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy and learning about some of his his techniques, the children from Willow Class came out into the school grounds, including the Orchard, to create their own environmental art. They were only allowed to make use of items that they found and had to be inventive about ways of joining. Because their creations were, by their nature, ephemeral, we used photography to preserve them as art works that we could then exhibit around school.

A Christmas Story

The little fox thought that he was all alone in the dark, snowy forest. Then he looked up.

The children used this story starter as inspiration for our entree to the Christmas Tree Festival at the church in Sibford Gower.

They then went on to produce some gorgeous images of foxes and owls using the soft pastels

Antarctic Art

Antarctic pictures created to set the scene for the Oak Class topic about Shackleton

ICE ART - December

We were surprised by heavy snowfall and then a whole week of temperatures well below freezing. The school grounds looked beautiful.

During playtime, we decided to make ice mobiles. The children put oak leaves into bowls and plates, poured water on top and then pushed some lengths of string under the water.

The next day, our ice mobiles were ready. We tied them to a tree on the mini-field. They looked really beautiful as they spun in the air and the sun shone through them. Each day, they looked a bit different as they got coated in frost overnight. Until the temperature rose .......and our ice mobiles melted, leaving these photographs as our artworks.

Children in Need Day - Art & Design

For the second year running, we decided to mark Children in Need with Art & Design workshops across the school. The children love opportunities to become immersed in art projects, and to work collaboratively with children from other classes and year groups. The theme was Circles and Stripes and one of our aims was to encourage the children to explore a range of techniques and look at the work of different artists.

The children in Beech and Willow classes looked at the work of Wassily Kandinsky. We focused on his 'circle compositions' which are studies in watercolour where he explored the impact of juxtaposing different colours in an arrangement of circles within a grid.
Rather than painting, we decided to explore chalk pastels and the children made careful colour choices and worked at blending and smudging the pastels to create some really stunning finished pieces. Some children chose to work independently, while others worked in pairs.

Oak Class Op Art

The children in Oak Class looked at examples of Op Art by artists, Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. They created their own pieces, still within the circle theme, which we ‘collated’ into a kinetic art work for the library. It took a lot of concentration and a very systematic approach to create the individual circles, but it was good fun and the 'mobile' looks great!

Inspired by the art of quilt maker Maritza Soto and traditional Mexican talavera patterned tiles, we cut circles which we decorated with oil pastels. A little more cutting and sticking and we had made our own tiles.
Simple but effective.