We started our week in celebratory style with a St Patrick’s Day assembly and an art session where we made beautiful glittery shamrocks.  We spent ages selecting our green materials and sticking them on.  We hope you liked them!

We have also been working hard in our Food Technology sessions where we made pitta bread pizzas.  We had to choose the equipment we needed and toppings to make a tasty treat.  Everyone is getting really good at using the tools to chop and grate. We did lots of sensory exploration and tasting.  The end results were delicious!

The weather was nice enough for us to go outside for our communication group, this week.  We have been working hard to say and sign stop, go, up, down, fast, slow, turn and push so we had lots of practise doing this in the playground!

We are visiting Washington Wildfowl Trust on Monday so please make sure your child has the appropriate clothing and footwear.

Thanks

Hannah

We are learning all about a Swiss Sculptor called Alberto Giacometti. His sculptures are very distinctive from other sculptures and the children are learning to recognise Giacometti’s work. (Google him if you are interested in looking at his work) We are making our own Giacometti inspired sculptures using different medium. We made a sculpture using foil having explored different shapes with our bodies and drawn them “stick man style” This week we made figures using bread dough. We made two each, one to bake, paint and varnish and one to eat! In PE we worked with a partner and mirrored each others shapes. The children were so creative with their bodies and worked so well together.

I imagine Giacometti would have been delighted with the work his sculptures have inspired!

Babs, Jess, Lindsay, Ann.

Last Friday our journey exploring the Arts continued and we found ourselves at the wonderful Baltic. The Baltic is an amazing place which always inspires awe and wonder at the interesting exhibits they have on display. We started at the top where we had a wonderful view of the Quayside.  The children could remember seeing the different sculptures on the Smart Board and were able to identify them. We came down a level and explored an interesting art installation by Heather Phillipson  named “The Age of Love” which was a series of videos, sounds and objects. A little tricky to understand the meaning behind it but it was a very inspiring place to be in if not a little crazy. We came down another level and explored the sensory space where we had the opportunity to get involved in s range of different activities.

It was a quick visit but we are hoping to work with the Baltic in the near future on a creative project.

Babs, jess, Lindsay and Ann.