Well done to everyone who sent in a piece of art for this collaborative art project. I have combined all your views for our last online art exhibition this year.
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Rathfern’s Online Art Gallery!
Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Winner of the Fourth Plinth Schools Award!
Every year the Mayor of London invites London’s primary and secondary schoolchildren to create artworks inspired by the commissions for the Fourth Plinth. The Fourth Plinth is UK’s most talked about contemporary sculpture prize. It invites world class artists to create new works for display in Trafalgar Square. The image above is the most recent […]
Art from Lockdown
Thank you for sending all your wonderful pieces of art to me this week. I hope you all enjoyed your art assignments. Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Our first online art exhibition!
I have been so impressed with the art you have shared with me over the last two weeks. I have uploaded a selection of your art learning to our first online art exhibition! Don’t worry if your art doesn’t feature in this week’s exhibition – I will be uploading more photos every week. Well done […]
Art Challenges Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday!
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Reception recycled fish!
Reception have been looking at the artist Alexander Calder’s fish sculptures. They are made from metal, glass and pottery. He bends and twists the wire to create drawings that hang in space. We used recycled coat hangers to create the outline of our fish. We pulled really hard on the sides of the coat hanger […]
Clay bears
Year 1 have been making bears from clay. First, we decided in pairs which species of bear we would like to make – a giant panda, sun bear, brown bear or black bear. Then, we did research on our bear. What does it look like? What colour is it? What does it like to eat? Where […]
Year 4 Plastic Weavers
Year 4 have been learning how to weave with recycled plastic. This was inspired by Mrs Maharasingam’s British Council visit to South Africa where she saw decorations made with reeds and woven recycled plastic at Enkhokhokhweni Primary School, Mpumalanga. We also watched a video about a women’s cooperative in Burkina Faso which combines eco-protection and […]
Year 5 visit to the Tate Modern
Year 5 visited the Tate Modern this week. We loved the interactive Olafur Eliasson exhibition and enjoyed exploring the Turbine Hall, the Tanks and the Materials and Objects gallery. In the Turbine Hall, we looked at Kara Walker’s 13-metre tall water fountain which explores the interconnected histories of Africa, America and Europe. We could see […]