Beijing Olympics 2022
YEAR 4 CREATED THEIR WINTER OLYMPIANS. As you can see they rose to the challenge and created these amazing Olympic athletes doing a range of disciplines. Very well done Year 4 – I’m so proud of you!
DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE? Why is it your favourite?
Heroes Stamp Design Competition
120 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® TITLE FOR LARGEST POSTAGE STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION
Thank you so much to all the children for taking part in the Heroes Stamp Design Competition.
An incredible 606,049 entries were received from children across the UK, with an amazing 7,479 schools taking part. Although we didn’t make it to the final stages, congratulations to all the children at ST PETER’S who entered, as their designs contributed towards a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the largest postage stamp design competition!
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “It is of great credit to the children of this country that in world record breaking numbers they picked up their paintbrushes, pens and paints and paid artistic tribute to the heroes of our coronavirus response. Their brilliant efforts represent the collective gratitude of the nation to everyone who went above and beyond during the pandemic. Congratulations to all those who have made it to the next round and thank you to everyone who has taken part.”
Simon Thompson, Royal Mail CEO, said: “We would like to thank all of the 606,049 children who submitted such brilliant designs to the competition. We have been humbled by the sheer volume of entries. And to have achieved a Guinness World Records title in the process shows how much the UK’s children value those heroes who have kept the nation moving during such a difficult period. To the 120 Regional Finalists – Well Done! We are really looking forward to seeing the winning eight designs!”
Well done St Peter’s children.
Year 6 Earth protectors and the Northern Lights
There are few natural sights more magical than seeing the Northern Lights flicker and dance across the sky. In this project, the children created a landscape inspired by Canadian artist Bärbel Smith’s interpretation, which appear in the night sky as a ribbon-like form. They focused on value as they used chalk pastels to add light and dark colours to create the form of the Northern Lights over a blended background. The children were engrossed in this two lesson project and the finished pictures are as spectacular as the Northern Lights themselves!
We Are Water Protectors was written by Carole Lindstrom, who is part of the INDIGENOUS Ojibwe people. The main theme of this reading is the ongoing issues surrounding the Dakota pipeline and what that means to the local indigenous communities. The story goes through the importance of protecting our environment, traditions and community. Michaela Goade’s illustrations bring each page to life with sweeping landscapes, designs and colours that swirl and melt together.
The children created a beautiful watercolour concertina and filled it with everything that they wanted to protect. The end results were both thought provoking and stunning.
Year 5 Statue of Liberty
ABOUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
The STATUE OF LIBERTY stands on Liberty Island in New York City harbour. She has stood as a symbol of the UNITED STATES since it the statue’s dedication in 1886. Sculpted by Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi, the statue was a friendship gift to the United States from the French. In her right hand she raises a torch which is a symbol of Liberty’s focus on enlightenment and progress, and in her left hand she carries a tablet inscribed with July 4, 1776 which is the day the United States declared independence.
Year 5 children created their own Statue of Liberty picture by bravely using a sharpie to draw Lady Liberty and the background (no pencils!) and then using a combination of water colour paints and felt tips.
Year 4 Grand Canyon and Canadian Mounties
ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON
The GRAND CANYON is a giant canyon located in ARIZONA in the United States.
Recognised as one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon has taken over two billion years to form. Rock has slowly been washed away by the COLORADO RIVER, creating the steep canyon walls, through a process called EROSION. Year after year, the Colorado River has made the canyon deeper. Because of erosion, there are over 40 sedimentary layers of rock in the Grand Canyon, many of which create the colorful layers that make up the canyon walls.
Year 4 children create their own paper version of the Grand Canyon and combined a little bit of geology and art. After drawing their pictures and colouring them with chalk pastels they then cut them up and reassembled them with pieces of cardboard on the back to give them a 3D effect. The results were truly breath taking.
ABOUT CANADIAN MOUNTIES
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), known as MOUNTIES, are the federal police service of CANADA. From the founding of the RCMP in 1873 until 1920, the mounties main method of travel was on horseback. Now the Mounties only ride horses at special events. Part of the uniform that Mounties wear is a belted red coat and a brown wide brim hat.
The Year 4 children had a wonderful art lesson creating their own Canadian Mounties, which all look spectauclar!
Year 3 Desert Landscape
ABOUT THE SONORAN DESERT
The SONORAN DESERT is a North American desert that covers large parts of the SOUTHWEST in the United States and Northwestern parts of Mexico. The Sonoran Desert is especially dry and warm compared to other North American deserts and while it might seem surprising that many plants and animals live in this desert, some really thrive. The SAGUARO, a type of cactus that only grows in the Sonoran Desert, can actually live to be over 150 years old.
Year 3 children had lot of fun playing “guess who’s in the desert” with these lift-the-flap pictures inspired by the landscape of the Sonoran Desert. As you can see they all did an amazing job!
Reception Gee’s Bend Alabama Quilt & Polar Bears
Arctic Landscape and Poar Bears
The ARCTIC is a region that covers the northernmost part of Earth. Northern CANADA is included in this usually
cold, snow and ice-covered land. Arctic animals are special because they can live where the summer is very short and the winter is long, dark and cold.
TED HARRISON (1925-2015) was a Canadian artist whose landscape paintings were inspired by his surroundings in Canada. The children created their own landscapes, using watercolours, in the style of Ted Harrison. They then drew a polar bear and carefully cut it out before glueing it onto their background. Wow! They look fantastic!
REMEMBRANCE 2021
Our Remembrance project this year centred around large poppies, created from the bottoms of plastic drinks bottles. Year 6 painted them, with acrylic paints, while listen to WW1 music. The children also painted commemorative stones and some even wrote their own war poems.
May I extend my thanks and gratitude to all the families who collected the bottles and to the lovely ladies who volunteered to help cut and shape the poppies prior to the children painting them. We couldn’t have done this project without this ‘team effort’.
Please note that we are doing our best to use all our resources as responsibly as possible. With that in mind, our Reception teachers have taken the top section of the bottles and are going to make an eco-greenhouse for their outdoor learning environment.
Their artwork will be display in our Prayer garden at school and also outside Co-op Funeral Care in Cowplain.
This was their write up:
Cowplain Remembrance Window – Honouring our fallen servicemen
Once again, our local school, St Peter’s Catholic School in Waterlooville, has supported us with our wonderful Remembrance display.
The children from year 6 have created the beautiful poppies that we have cascading down on the outside of the window.
Out of lots of small crosses the children have also created this wonderful large cross, which looks so poignant and so effective.
During the Blitz, 930 people were killed in Portsmouth, 2,837 were injured and over 6,000 properties were destroyed.
The children decided that it would be a lovely idea to make memory stones for each person that lost their life in Portsmouth during the Blitz.
They have painstakingly painted 930 stones and will be coming along to the Cowplain branch on Wednesday 10th at 11 o’clock with their headmaster, Mr Cunningham to hand out their memory stones to the community in Cowplain.
Also, some of the children have written their own Remembrance poems, which have been made into scrolls ready for them to hand out with their memory stones on Wednesday.
Remembrance Day gives people the chance to remember those who fought and lost their lives during the war and to honour their memory. It makes sure that we never forget the past, and those who died didn’t die in vain.
With fewer and fewer living survivors, it’s even more important than ever to remember the sacrifice’s these people made for our country. Teaching our children about the importance of Remembrance Day will keep the memories of these soldiers and brave individuals alive now and in the future.
I would like to personally thank Mrs Pearson, St Peters art teacher, for all her support in organising and creating such a wonderful display.
Lastly a massive THANK YOU to all of the children in year 6 and to their headmaster Mr Cunningham for his support.
Jackie Duthie and Lesley Alison
Funeral Co-ordinators