Creative with Clay!
Our art lessons have begun this week, looking at the sculptor Maria Martinez and her pottery.
To kick start our block of art lessons, we created mood boards, looking at different pottery items and work to inspire our final pieces:
Experimenting with clay came next, thinking how we would create a pinch pot and what marks we could make with a tool:
On to designing, and we looked at different patterns around the classroom and on items of pottery - we knew we needed to keep our designs simple so we could recreate these on our clay pots when we make them next week:
In maths, we have begun looking at time - o'clock and half past, and quarter to and quarter past - why don't you have a look at home and see if your child can help work out the time at different parts of the day:
On Thursday, we enjoyed our tennis lesson in the sunshine: