Home Learning
I love to see creativity continuing beyond my art lessons, and the artwork you create at home always impresses and inspires me! This page celebrates some of the wonderful artwork our children have created at home in their own time.
Whether it is visiting an art gallery, drawing, painting, collage, model-making, crafting or simply experimenting with new ideas, every piece shows imagination, creativity and a love of art. It is always a pleasure to see children feeling inspired to create outside their art lessons.
This page is dedicated to sharing examples of our children’s home learning and I will endeavour to showcase as many examples as possible, but apologies that I can’t show them all! Mrs Pearson.
Maebel in Year 4 set Mrs Pearson a jigsaw challenge made up of Anglo Saxon brooches… I loved it!
Year Six – Amazing Architects
Buildings tell us about people, places and time. We are investigate Greek columns and discovering how contemporary architects transform classical ideas. The children have been drawing the Classic Greek columns and comparing and contrasting the Parthenon with the British Museum. As you can see, they have made a great start!
Year Five
Pop Art Pumpkins – Year 5’s Colourful Creations!
Our talented Year 5 artists have been exploring the exciting and colourful world of Pop Art, taking inspiration from the bold and vibrant artwork of Brazilian artist Romero Britto.
The children discovered how Britto uses bright colours, strong black outlines and eye-catching patterns to create his distinctive artwork. Inspired by his unique style, they designed their own fabulous pumpkins using Sharpies and felt-tip pens.
The children experimented with contrasting colours, geometric shapes and imaginative patterns to transform ordinary pumpkins into striking pieces of Pop Art!
Year 5 really embraced this colourful project, showing fantastic enthusiasm, creativity and attention to detail. It was wonderful to see their individual personalities shining through in their designs.
We are incredibly proud of their bold, bright and beautiful pumpkin masterpieces!
Take a look at a selection of their amazing Pop Art pumpkins below!
Boomerang Art – Year 5’s Stories Through Art! 🪃🌏
Our talented Year 5 artists have been exploring the rich artistic traditions of Aboriginal Australian peoples, learning how art can be used to communicate stories, celebrate culture and express connections to the land and nature.
The children discovered how Aboriginal Australian artists use symbols, patterns, colours and dot-painting techniques to share stories and represent important aspects of their culture. Inspired by their learning, the children designed and decorated their own boomerangs using paints and coloured pencils.
Each boomerang was unique and told its own special story, with the children carefully choosing colours, patterns and symbols to represent their ideas.
Throughout this project, Year 5 demonstrated wonderful creativity, concentration and, most importantly, great respect for the cultural traditions they were learning about. We also reflected on the importance of respecting and celebrating different cultures, linking our learning to Catholic Social Teaching and the dignity of every person.
We are incredibly proud of their thoughtful and beautifully decorated boomerangs!
Take a look at a selection of their fantastic artwork below and see if you can spot the stories hidden within their designs!
Year Four
Illuminated Letters – Year 4’s Anglo-Saxon Masterpieces!
Our talented Year 4 artists have been stepping back in time to the Anglo-Saxon period, exploring the beautiful and intricate artwork found in the Lindisfarne Gospels.
The children learnt how monks carefully decorated manuscripts with elaborate letters, detailed patterns and vibrant colours. Inspired by these incredible works of art, they designed and created their own illuminated letters, using intricate patterns and decorative details.
To help us experience what life might have been like for the monks, the children worked silently while listening to peaceful spiritual music. This created a wonderfully calm and reflective atmosphere, allowing everyone to concentrate on their artwork with patience and care.
It was lovely to see the children so absorbed in their creations, demonstrating fantastic attention to detail and creativity.
We are incredibly proud of their beautiful Anglo-Saxon-inspired artwork!
Take a look at a selection of their magnificent illuminated letters below!
Year Three
Moving Stick People – Year 3’s Musical Drawing Challenge!
Our enthusiastic Year 3 artists had great fun exploring movement in art as part of their learning about prehistoric cave paintings!
Inspired by the simple human figures found in ancient cave art, the children took part in an exciting game of Musical Drawing! Stick people appeared on the board in different dancing poses while the music played. When the music stopped, the children had to quickly draw the stick person they could see, capturing its position and movement.
This fun activity helped the children develop their observational drawing skills, understand how simple lines can show movement and appreciate how people have represented the human figure in art for thousands of years.
We are so proud of their fantastic efforts!
Take a look at a selection of their lively stick people drawings below!
Year Two
Pumpkins Four Ways – Year 2’s Autumn Artwork! 🍂🎨
Our creative Year 2 artists have been exploring pumpkins in four different ways, developing their drawing skills and experimenting with oil pastels and chalk pastels!
The children began by looking carefully at real pumpkins, studying their shapes, colours and textures. They then challenged themselves to create four different drawings: a continuous line drawing, an observational drawing, a bird’s-eye view looking down onto a pumpkin, and a slice of pumpkin showing the fascinating shapes and details inside.
Using oil pastels and chalk pastels, the children explored blending, layering and adding colour to bring their pumpkin drawings to life.
This activity encouraged the children to look closely, draw from different perspectives and develop confidence in using different artistic techniques.
We are so proud of their fabulous pumpkin creations and the wonderful variety of artwork they produced!
Take a look at a selection of their fantastic artwork below!
Year One
Beautiful Bears – Year 1’s Colour Mixing Creations! 🎨
Our talented Year 1 artists have been busy exploring the wonderful world of colour mixing!
The children began by experimenting with the three primary colours – red, yellow and blue – discovering how to mix them to create the secondary colours of orange, green and purple.
They then explored how to mix different shades of brown, adding white to create lighter tints and black to make darker shades. Using their newly discovered colour mixing skills, the children carefully painted their very own bears, inspired by the much-loved character Old Bear from the stories by Jane Hissey.
This activity helped the children develop their painting techniques, understand colour mixing and gain confidence in experimenting with paint.
We are so proud of their beautiful bears and the fantastic range of colours they created!
Take a look at a selection of their wonderful artwork below!
Reception Art
Lovely Leaves – Reception’s Leaves Artwork!
Our Reception children have been exploring the beauty of leaves through observational drawing! They looked carefully at leaves, noticing their different shapes, colours and patterns before creating their own detailed drawings.
The children showed wonderful concentration and developed their skills in looking closely and drawing what they could see.
Take a look at a selection of their lovely autumn creations below!
Perfect Pumpkins – Reception’s Autumn Artwork!
Our wonderful Reception children have been getting creative with pumpkins, inspired by the delightful story Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper.
The children enjoyed looking closely at real pumpkins, noticing their different shapes, colours and textures. Using oil pastels and crayons, they created their own observational drawings, carefully adding lines, patterns and beautiful autumnal colours.
This activity helped our youngest artists develop their observational drawing skills, explore different art materials and build confidence in their creativity.
We are so proud of their fantastic pumpkin masterpieces!
Take a look at a selection of their fabulous artwork below.
Autumn Trees – Reception’s Colourful Creations!
Our talented Reception children have been exploring the beautiful colours of autumn through painting!
Using cotton buds dipped in paint, the children carefully created their own autumn trees, adding colourful leaves in shades of red, orange, yellow and brown. They enjoyed experimenting with a new painting technique, developing their fine motor skills and learning how small dots of colour can create wonderful effects.
We are so proud of our youngest artists and their fabulous autumn creations!
Take a look at a selection of their beautiful artwork below!
