Art: Blog items
Year 3 - Christmas Nativity Art
Date: 18th Dec 2025 @ 9:21am
Year 3 have been busy creating beautiful stained glass nativity scenes as part of their Christmas art. The children explored the nativity story and looked at examples of stained glass windows, noticing the bold outlines and bright colours used.
Using black card and foil, the children designed and created their own nativity scenes, carefully choosing shapes and colours to represent the Christmas story. The foil created a striking stained glass effect, especially when light shone through the finished artwork.
The completed pieces look fantastic on display and the children were very proud of their creative work. Well done, Year 3!
Date: 18th Dec 2025 @ 9:16am
This term, Year 3 have been learning about shell structures in Design and Technology. As part of this unit, the children designed and made Christmas gift boxes using nets created from cardboard.
We began by exploring what shell structures are and how packaging is made using nets. The children looked at different box shapes and discussed how flat nets can be folded to create strong, three-dimensional structures.
Using this knowledge, the children designed their own Christmas gift boxes, thinking carefully about the shape and size they would need. They then created their own cardboard nets, accurately measuring, cutting and folding to form their boxes. This activity helped the children to develop their practical skills and understanding of how 2D shapes can be transformed into 3D structures.
Once assembled, the gift boxes were decorated with festive designs, making each one unique. The children showed great concentration and perseverance throughout the process and were very proud of their finished boxes.
Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 2:57pm
Over our two art days, we explored the work of two inspiring artists: Marela Zacarías and Vincent van Gogh. We created artist focus pages to study their unique styles and considered how different areas of art connect to each artist’s approach. We experimented with colour mixing, blending primary colours to create secondary colours, and practiced continuous line drawing. In addition, we enjoyed collage making and expressive painting using acrylics, allowing us to develop a range of creative techniques.
Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 2:52pm
Year 4 - Nativity art (repeated patterns)
Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 1:18pm
We used our computing and art skills this week to create repeated patterns with the nativity scene.
Year 4 - wrapping paper (repeated patterns)
Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 1:16pm
Last week, we finished our art journey using our Computing skills to create our repeated pattern from our designs and we created wrapping paper!
Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 7:33am
Today, we used our knowledge of Christianity to produce a picture of the key characters in the nativity. We used pastels on a dark background to make the characters stand out. Some of us drew Mary, baby Jesus, Joseph and the star shining brightly above the manger.
Date: 11th Dec 2025 @ 12:15pm
This week we have been reading the story Stick Man.
Everyone enjoyed the story about a Stick Man who becames separated from the family home and embarks on an adventure. Finally, he returns home after helping Santa deliver Christmas presents on his sleigh.
"Stick Man was a flag on a sandcastle" Dolcie- Rae
"He nearly got burnt on the fire!" Ava
"Stick Man helped Santa with all the presents" Noah
Date: 5th Dec 2025 @ 7:30am
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 2:53pm
After reading the story "There's an Alien in your Book" the childlren followed instructions to create their own Aliens. They had to select the right amount of buttons, beads, eyes and pipe cleaners and then chose how to arrange then to create their alien.
Date: 3rd Dec 2025 @ 1:01pm
As our 'Repeating Patterns' journey continues, the pupils in year 4 began to create a surface pattern tile. Next lesson, they will use this to digitally create a repeating pattern to produce some Christmas wrapping paper. We look forward to sharing our finished products with you soon.
Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 9:25am
Today, we looked at artist Rachel Parker. She specialises in surface pattern designs. It was so interesting to see her art in her sketchbooks then be used on this such as curtains, phone cases and rugs.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:51am
Over the past few weeks Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo'. As part of our learning we have been exploring using a range of different meduims and materials to create our own Gruffalos. We painted them first focusing on the use of colour ensuring we remembered his orange eyes and purple prickles. We then used a range of materials in the creative area to collage the Gruffalo adding specific details including tusks, a poisonous wart and purple prickles. During continuous provision the children also had the change to use the playdough to make their own models of the Gruffalo. Finally we explored how we could use recycled materials to make junk model Gruffalo. We explored how we could fix, join and attach the different materials and boxes using masking tape. The children worked really hard perserving even when it was tricky. When they finished their models they were encouraged to talk about what they liked best about it and how it could be further improved.
Year 1 Hazel Class Together Time
Date: 24th Nov 2025 @ 8:24am
Today, we welcomed our parents into the classroom to complete some learning together. We used our knowledge of the Christmas story from our learning in RE to create a piece of art representing the star shining over baby Jesus in his manger. We used a range of mediums including: collaging with tissue paper and pastels to create a colourful representitive piece of art. Thank you to all who joined us- we thoroughly enjoyed it!
Year 1 Beech Class Together Time
Date: 24th Nov 2025 @ 8:23am
Today, we welcomed our parents/carers into the classroom to complete some learning together. Firstly, we showed our grown ups how we complete our mini me activities. We then used our knowledge of the Christmas story from our learning in RE to create a piece of art representing the star shining over baby Jesus in his manger. We used a range of mediums including: collaging with tissue paper and pastels to create a colourful representitive piece of art. Thank you to all who joined us- we thoroughly enjoyed it!
Date: 23rd Nov 2025 @ 11:09am
This week our activity was all about slowing down and connecting with creativity through sensory drawing, inspired by artist Sol LeWitt. The children explored lines and shapes in a relaxed manner, letting their hands move freely without worrying about the outcome. Guided by touch and feeling, each mark became part of a calming rhythm that encouraged mindfulness as much as imagination. It was a joyful reminder that art can be both meditative and expressive, giving space for children to discover their own unique way of seeing and creating.
Date: 19th Nov 2025 @ 9:39pm
Nursery have been learning about Autumn and the different Autumnal objects you can find in the park, your garden and the woods. The chidlren have been using their imagination to create faces using conkers, acorns, pinecones and leaves. I think you'll agree, they did a wonderful job!
Date: 19th Nov 2025 @ 9:33pm
Nursery have been learning about Autumn and all the different autumnal objjects you can find in park, your back garden and the woods. The children have been putting their imaginations to good use by using conkers, acrorns and leaves to create a face. I think you'll agree that they did a superb job!
Date: 17th Nov 2025 @ 6:19pm
In Year 1 this week we are reading the story 'Leaf Man.' We began the week by unpicking the key vocabulary in the story, learning the meaning of any new words and retelling the key parts of the story. Throughout the week we have then printed our own leaf character and written sentences to describe where our leaf character may travel. We have also completed lots of different activities in our provision, including creading AB patterns, matching numeral to quantity and accurately counting within 10.
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 10:36am
Today, the children celebrated Children in Need. They came to school dressed in something spotty or stripy and donated money to the charity.
In the afternoon, we had a whole school assembly to celebrate this good cause.
Take a look at our photos!
Date: 11th Nov 2025 @ 4:43pm
Today, Year 3 have been learning all about Remembrance Day. We started by talking about what we already know and why we have Remembrance Day each year. We remembered that it is a special time to think about and honour the soldiers who have fought and died for our country, helping to keep us safe and free.
In art, we created some beautiful gestural drawings of poppies in our sketchbooks. We practised using different lines and shapes to show movement and detail. After that, we chose our favourite poppy design and created a final piece on black card, using chalk and oil pastels to make our poppies bright and bold. The colours really stood out, and everyone worked so carefully to add lots of detail.
This morning, we planted our poppies together and took a quiet moment to remember the fallen soldiers. It was a peaceful and thoughtful time for all of us.
Later, we joined the whole school for our Remembrance Service. We listened carefully as the Year 6 readers told us all about the meaning of Remembrance Day and why the poppy is such an important symbol.
We are very proud of how respectful and reflective everyone in Year 3 was today. Our poppies now stand proudly as a reminder of those who have given so much for us.
Date: 11th Nov 2025 @ 11:15am
Today, Tuesday 11th November, each pupil from Boundary Primary School made and planted their poppy in the school Remembrance Garden. On each poppy they had written the name of a soldier who had died in the First World War. Afterwards, the school took part in a service where the pupils remembered these soldiers and others who had sacrificed their lives in past and present conflicts. The service was led by Year 6 and Reverend Peter. The pupils also had further opportunities to reflect as they took part in a whole school art week based around the theme of poppies, using different techniques, such as collage, print and sketching.
Date: 10th Nov 2025 @ 4:37pm
To commemorate Armistice Day this year, pupils in year 4 have created a watercolour landscape of poppy flowers. Pupils used a variety of painting skills such as 'wet on wet' and 'wet on dry' to create background and foreground. They also used the end of the brush to create lines and shapes in the paint.
Date: 10th Nov 2025 @ 7:58am
In Art, Year 2 have been exploring expressive drawing linking it to our Remembrance service. We did observational drawing of poppies thinking about the shapes and shadows we could see.
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 3:53pm
Children in Year 6 have been looking at Remembrance and have learnt more about why the Poppy is a symbol of remembrance. We sketched poppies and coloured them in with pencil crayons. The children have also been busy making poppies that have the name of a soldier that they will keep in their thoughts when they plant them during our whole school act of remembrance on Tuesday 11th November.
