Category: Art

Another impressive week of Art at Lyndhurst. Year 5 are making cushion covers and exploring different materials, textures and patterns to help them create striking designs. Year 1 have been making Father Christmas plates and other festive themed decorations. In other year groups we have been discussing Pointillism and the children have been creating their…

Something amazing happened at Lyndhurst on Tuesday afternoon – House Christmas Tree Competition.  Each tree was dressed in child crafted and designed decorations to create a cosy festive scene in the Griffin where each House tree stands proudly. A big thank you to Year Six for leading this magical event and ensuring it was a…

New art and design & technology projects are underway in the art department, with a variety of skills being learnt across the school.  In Year One the children have been using different materials to create a ‘Great Fire of London’ collage scene. Year 3 are designing and creating mosaics linked with their history topic, ‘The…

On Friday 13th November the children at Lyndhurst thought about how they could be kind as it was World Kindness Day.  The children discussed how they can make the world a better place by being kind.  There was lots of talk about how just simple acts of kindness make a big difference to others.  In…

The Art Department has been very busy this half term and we now have a delightful gallery of different projects completed.  The range of skills and techniques used by the children is impressive.  The photographs show the great work achieved across the school. Some truly wonderful examples of our creative children!  

Year Four are proud of their Tudor Pouches.  The material was tough to work with but is definitely hardwearing.  The children are extremely smart pouches.  Did you know these leather pouches were worn by Tudor men and women, as clothes did not have pockets at this time? There were many styles of bags and pouches,…

Year Three should be so proud of their teamwork in creating the block panting.  Each block matches exactly, and we can’t wait to have the painting mounted and displayed in school. Congratulations Year 3.  Van Gogh’s painting ‘Almond Tree in Bloom’.  In Year Six Design and Technology the shelters are progressing well, and the children were extremely careful and skillful when using…

Drum roll please…… We are very proud to announce our Year group Christmas card winners! The effort and artwork this year has been outstanding and extremely hard to judge. All of the designs were so lovely and festive and will make everyone great cards to send out this year. A huge congratulations to our winners…

Year 3 have shown super teamwork in art this week with their block work to recreate Van Gogh’s artwork.  They had to keep checking that their part of the painting matched up with their team’s.  This reflects Vincent Van Gogh’s quote ‘Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.’  Year 4 have started…

Never too early to get prepared for Christmas! The children had worked so hard on their Christmas card designs, this means that the judging gets harder and harder. Mr Rudkin, Mrs Alder and Mrs Dodds had their work cut out picking a winner from each year group and overall school winning design. Watch this space…