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Welcome to Willingham Primary School's Art blog. Here, you can see what your children have been doing in their Art lessons and celebrate their amazing creations. If you would like to see older posts, they are still available in the Archive section.

We hope that you enjoy it!

Ms Varty

svarty@willingham.cambs.sch.uk

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Archive
  • 16/03/18

    Year 4: Watercolour Sketches

    This Friday, the Year 3s were having fun at a P.E. Festival so the Year 4s from all three classes were able to have an art lesson together.
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  • 14/03/18

    Year 1 & 2: Rousseau, part 2

    Having learned about Henri Rousseau's life and paintings, the children were ready to add colour to their own jungle pictures.
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  • 09/03/18

    Year 3/4: Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa

    The topic for Year 3/4 this half-term is ‘Extreme Earth’. In art, we are looking at the work of Katsushika Hokusai and, in particular, studying The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
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  • 06/03/18

    Year 1 & 2: Henri Rousseau

    In Year 1 and 2, the children are studying Henri Rousseau and looking, in particular, at his painting Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised!
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  • 07/02/18

    Artist of the Week!

    Here, I will feature one of the best pieces of art produced over the last week. The work will be displayed in our new gold frame of honour!  
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  • 06/02/18

    Year 2: Illustration, part 2

    This was our third lesson on illustration and the children were very excited to begin painting their artwork. We began by discussing how to mix different shades, how to increase the saturation of your colour and how to prepare a wash for larger areas.
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  • 02/02/18

    Year 3/4: Weaving, part 2

    During the first lesson on weaving, we looked at the history of cloth production and set up our paper plate looms. Once this tricky part was over, the children really enjoyed the weaving process.
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  • 30/01/18

    Year 2: Illustration, part 1

    The topic for Years 1 and 2 this half-term is ‘Flying High’. In the first few weeks, we learned about Leonardo da Vinci and we are now looking at illustration and, in particular, at the work of Oliver Jeffers, the author and illustrator of one of our favourite books Up and Down...
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  • 16/01/18

    Year 1 & 2: Leonardo da Vinci

    The topic for Years 1 and 2 is Flying high and in art, we have been looking at Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks.
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  • 16/01/18

    Year 3/4: Weaving

    The Year 3/4s topic is the Mayan civilisation. The Mayas are known for their weaving and in art, we have been learning about the history and the structure of cloth.
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  • 08/01/18

    Year 5 & 6: Kandinsky, part 2

    The Year 5s and 6s have been continuing their work on abstract art and creating their own artwork inspired by Wassily Kandinsky.
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  • 14/12/17

    Year 1: Robots

    As part of their work on computing and artificial intelligence, the Year 1s designed their own robots.
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