The children in the Rainbow Room have been experimenting with lots of different tools to paint lately and learning that you don’t need a paintbrush to produce a work of art. Carrots, peppers, onions and potatoes provided opportunities to experiment in the art area last week and the children seemed surprised to find them effective at producing interesting pieces of artwork.
Some of the children in the Raindrop Room decided to draw snowmen recently inspired by all their discussions about the weather and seasons. We think that they showed good control in their drawings and would like to share this little gallery to give you a taste of their work.
Click then click again to make the photos bigger.
As the weather has become colder, we have been talking about Winter and the changes to the environment. Inspired by the frosty weather, some of the children took the opportunity to make wintry trees and, as you can see, they took a lot of care producing some wonderful pieces of work.
Having used pipettes for some science activities before Christmas, we decided to experiment with them in the art area. The children in the Rainbow Room enjoyed being creative with the paint and developed their fine motor skills as they took care when applying it to the kitchen roll that was their canvas. We love the concentration on the children’s faces as they created their individual works of art and we think that the end results are super.
Click then click again on photos to see the names of the artists.
Just like the morning children, those in the afternoon made us feel proud when they sang their Christmas songs to their families in church on Tuesday, particularly since so many were absent making them a much smaller group. They proved themselves to be ‘confident individuals’ in their performance and we thank Mr. Higton and the United Reform Church for providing us with this opportunity. Thank you also to those families who provided an enthusiastic audience for the children.
We hope that, like us, you were very proud of all the children as they behaved and sang so beautifully in front of a big audience at our Christmas celebration on Tuesday. Huge thanks go to Mr. Higton and the United Reform Church for inviting us to their church and to the many family members who helped to make this a special occasion for the children. Here are a few photos of the morning children looking as wonderful as they sounded. We will post photos of the afternoon children soon.
The children have all worked hard to create a Christmas card for their families and we thought we would share a selection with you before they go home. I wonder if anyone can spot their own work?
As promised, here are some of the afternoon children busy making the beautiful decorations that you can see below.
Here is a snapshot of some of the decorations that the children created. They are currently displayed in the school corridor, along with all the other Christmas trees, ready for our concerts. We love that they all look individual and different.
The children have been experimenting with different materials to make decorations for their trees and everyone had the opportunity to make their designs unique to them with the various sparkles and glitter available. Egg boxes and lollipop sticks provided the starting point and the children then showed originality and creativity to produce a wonderful selection of decorations.
They are currently on display in the school corridor, along with all those designed by other classes, so will be admired by our whole school community. Once the children take them home, we hope that they will make an appearance on your trees every year to remind you of the children’s time in Nursery. Here are some of the morning children busy at work. We will share photos from the afternoon soon.
