“We were learning about Robert Burns and he wrote lots and lots of poems, he even wrote some songs.” – Iona

“The date is 25^th of January and people do some dancing and eat haggis.” – Ivy

“At our Burns afternoon we did different types of dancing! – Archie

“We made some tartan out of paint and we did some colours to make tartan. We made lines to look like tartan” – Christopher

“We drew Robert Burns” – Joel

We recited a poem and wore tartan.

“Robert Burns is a famous poet and he wrote ‘to a mouse’ – Ryan

“Robert Burns is a famous poet and he wrote ‘to a mouse’ – Ryan

“We tried some haggis and we had some shortbread. It was yummy!” – Sydney

I can respond to the work of artists and designers by discussing my thoughts and feelings. I can give and accept constructive comment on my own and others’ work. EXA 1-07a

I can create and present work using the visual elements of line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern and texture. EXA 1-03a

We have been studying an artist called L.S. Lowry. 

We can recall some facts about him:

“He draws matchstick men” – Archie

“Lowry became an artist because he missed the train and when he looked at all the buildings he thought he would start to be an artist” – Joel

“The people look like stick men” – Lily D

“He liked to draw pictures of buildings” – Jessica

“He liked to draw factories” – Ivy

“He drew mills” – Olivia

“His pictures are quite dull” – Sydney

“He drew things in Manchester” – Christopher

We looked at lots of examples of his paintings and were able to give responses to these, discussing our thoughts and feelings. 

“This picture makes me feel happy. I like the background because it looks misty.” – Ivy

“this picture makes me feel shocked. I like the colour on the buildings. I don’t like that it doesn’t have much detail. ” – Ava

“I like the buildings because of the colours” – Lyle

“This picture makes me feel excited. I like the buildings because they look realistic” – Archie

“I like the detail in the buildings. I don’t like the people because they don’t have a nose or mouth” – Iona

We discussed Lowry’s use of line, colour and shape.

We noticed that he used rectangles and triangles and lots of straight lines. We spoke about how most of his colours are dull and he uses lots of black, white, grey and brown.

Inspired by one of Lowry’s paintings, we used LINE and SHAPE to draw factories, mills and chimneys.

We then painted our buildings inspired by the types of colours Lowry used.

We chose a partner and took it in turns to give positive feedback to them about their work. 

 

We then drew round our buildings in black pen and added our own little matchstick people.

Didn’t we do a fantastic job!?

 

We have had a very busy start to 2017 and have all been working super hard!

We have been learning how to total coins and also how to select coins for an amount.

Our class shop

We came in to find our classroom had a new area – a supermarket! We were allowed to choose items we wanted to buy and then had to select the correct coins for the price.

We took turns to fill our baskets and waited in line to get to the check out.

Toyshop bingo

We took turns to uncover a money card. We had to add up the coins on the card and try to find a toy with the matching price on our bingo board.

Add the coins

We were able to choose any 3 coins we wanted and try to add them up. We tried to challenge ourselves to have £ and p.

Make the amount

Here we had to make the amount at the top of our board by selecting the correct coins.

Next steps

Next we will learn to choose the least amount of coins to show an amount and we are even going to learn to calculate change!

“We were learning about pence and pounds” – Nathan

“Paper money is called notes and you get ten pounds, fifty pound, twenty and five pounds” – Lily D

“We were trying to sort out the coins” – Archie

“We had to write down brown coins, round ones, silver ones and the ones with pointy bits” – Ava

“We were rubbing the coins under the paper with the same colour as the coins. ” – Iona

    

“We had to press the number that the coin is” – Jessica.

“When we were at the board game you had to press the £1 if there was a picture of a £1, you could make it faster and it made a noise if you won” – Christopher.