Category: Art
Art – Tudor Pouches complete!
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,…
Christmas Cards – The Winners!
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…
Art – Teamwork, Tudors and Movement!
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…
Christmas cards – The Judging!
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…
Art – Christmas cards prepared
It is never too early for Christmas preparations. Lyndhurst have started creating their Christmas cards ready for the printers. A variety of techniques across the school have been used for the different designs from using handprints to contrasting winter backgrounds and use of silhouette. Have you started thinking about Christmas it is only 104…
Lockdown reflection in Art
Mrs Dodds launched Art lessons this week with an opportunity for the children to reflect on their feelings during the lockdown and distant learning period. The children expressed their emotions through their pictures. The main thought was that the children missed their friends. We are all delighted to be back together, with all our friends.
Creativity at Lyndhurst
Being creative is so important. It gives the children opportunities to try out new ideas, and new ways of thinking and problem-solving. From Reception to Year 6 the children have creative activities to do at home and they allow us to celebrate the children’s uniqueness. The children’s self-expression are reflected in their artwork this week. …
Rainbow Art for ISA
Lyndhurst pupils have been producing some wonderful rainbow artwork, we are loving looking at all the fantastic work pupils are sending in. Some of which has been selected by the Independent Schools Association to be displayed in their online rainbow gallery. The ISA Art Gallery has been curated so pupils can show how art can…
Results of the House Art Competition are Announced
There were some amazing entries in the house art competition this year. The theme was ‘A Colourful World’ which inspired a range of vibrant pictures from children in all the years and houses. Mr Rudkin had a difficult time judging all the excellent art work but after much deliberation the winners in each house are…
Year 3 Roman Mosaics
Year 3 have made Roman mosaics in design and technology lessons this term. They designed their mosaics, cut and stuck down the tiles then grouted their tiles and polished them. They found out that making mosaics is a very hard job and they all agreed it would take a long time to do a design…
