We have continued to develop our printing techniques in Art & Design. This week we got to try out a different method.

We first carved our designs onto Styrofoam sheets, being careful to apply the right amount of pressure.

Secondly, we poured a special printing ink into our trays.

We then coated our rollers in the ink, making sure to coat them thoroughly.

Next, we used the roller to spread the ink onto the Styrofoam design. 

After that, we pressed our paper onto our design. We used our hands to apply pressure. 

Finally, we lifted up the paper slowly to reveal our designs!

Some of our designs turned out clearer than others and we were able to discuss why this might have happened and discovered the way the ink was applied, pressure when rolling and even how sharp our pencil was during the carving process all had an impact on our final print. We learned so much about the printing process!

Here are some other snaps from our week, taken by Miss Kay when we were making and enjoying our fruit kebabs!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today in P3 we celebrated Valentine’s day by taking part in a morning ‘code cracker’ numeracy challenge. We worked in mixed pairs to use our knowledge of the four operations to crack some codes. We found some of the calculations a challenge and worked excellently in our pairs to solve them.

We then peer assessed our work using our ‘tickled pink’ and ‘green for growth‘ system.

At home, ask us about how we use  ‘tickled pink’ and ‘green for growth’ to progress our learning.

Check out some snaps from this week’s ‘printmaking’ lesson. We built upon our technique from last week and used some natural materials to create mono prints.

We used the detailed print of leaves to create wonderful butterfly artwork. We think they look amazing and can’t wait to share the finished result.

This week we have continued with our study of ‘The Enormous Crocodile’. We are developing our knowledge of the story using our comprehension strategies.

We are becoming more confident using our task maps. Have a look at some of the different types of tasks and strategies we have used so far.

This term we have also been enjoying taking part in printmaking – a type of  Process art. We have been experimenting with different ways to make prints and seeing what we can create.

So far we have created art with techniques using our fingers,  as well as foil and water.

 This week, we took part in bubble printing. We first made a solution using colouring, water and liquid soap. We used a straw to create bubbles and gently pressed our paper onto the bubbles to create a print of them.

We also made a fantastic start to our novel study and began using our ‘Task Maps’. We developed our understanding of the story using metalingustics and visualisation and were able to better understand the vocabulary used by Roald Dahl after working with our partners.

The music was on, the lights were flashing and P3 enjoyed a great party!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

P3 enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch.

We got to meet some special little visitors this week when the Owl Babies came to see us. We found out lots of interesting facts about owls before we had an opportunity to hold one. They were very well behaved and super cute!

P3 have started to learn the 8 times table. Here they are…

making the 8 times table using Lego bricks…

Doing the 8 times table by playing Hit the Button and

saying the 8 times table using the calculation cards.