June 30, 2011
Castles
As part of the England theme the children in Mrs Dykes class were given the challenge to produce a castle to display at the English Showcase.
Our first task was to mark on the sheets of card where the battlements would be and then to cut them out. We then chose which colour we wanted our castle to be and painted all the pieces of card.
When the paint was dry we were able to draw arrow slits and stick on arched windows and doors.
Finally the pieces needed to be joined together to complete our castles. We were pleased with the end result and we had achieved the challenge.
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June 7, 2011
You are invited to our Art Exhibition at Roman Road!
Every child from Nursery to Year 6 are busy preparing works of art to be exhibited in the school hall in our very own art gallery. This exciting event will involve everyone's work being professionally framed and exhibited for all to see. You are all invited! We would love to see all parents, carers and other family and friends visiting the gallery to appreciate our masterpieces!
The exhibition will be held after school on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th June. We look forward to seeing you all there. There will also be an opportunity for you to purchase the children's work at a very reasonable price.
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June 6, 2011
Amazing artwork in Year3!
Year 3 showcased their 'BIG ART' challenge at our English Extravaganza. We created our own masterpieces and were very pleased with the feedback we had! Thanks for all your support and amazing comments!
We used our pictures and photographs from the Angel of the North to create our own paintings.
Pippa Bell from Magic Lantern helped us to explore English artists.
We worked together to create a David Hockney masterpiece.
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Year 3 at the Angel of the North
Year 3 had a fantastic time visiting the Angel of the North as part of our work exploring English art. We found out about the English sculptor Antony Gormley and learnt some amazing facts about the giant sculpture that is so close to our school! We did some drawings that we later used in our own artwork. We also enjoyed having a picnic there in the sunshine.
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June 5, 2011
Year One Visit Beamish Museum
As part of our England project, Year One took a trip back in time to see England in the past. Our visit to Beamish Museum was enthralling! The children were very excited but listened hard and learned so much. Many visitors and staff at the museum told us we were the best school they had ever had. Well done Year One and Year Two.
Check out our amazing adventure in the gallery. Click on the link below.
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May 8, 2011
What are Year 5 up to?
Year 5 are studying England this term. We have kicked things off by looking at the sculptures of English artist, Barbara Hepworth. The children researched her life and works on the internet, and liked the large clear shapes of her sculptures.
The children have started work on a large paper mache model of a sculpture in the style of Barbara Hepworth. We cannot wait to see how it turns out.
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January 28, 2011
Chinese Dragons
We have been making Chinese dragon puppets to display in our Chinese Restaurant. Intially we researched some of the colours that were traditional in Chinese dragons. Then there were lots of skills involved, such as cutting, paper folding, gluing, sticking and decision making.
Year One had great fun making them dance in the classroom to some Chinese dragon muisc
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December 14, 2010
The Big Freeze
After the huge amount of snow we had last week. Year One took the opportunity to get outside and take some photographs.
We learned which parts of the camera to use to zoom in and out and how to snap the best shot. It was also important to take a picture of something interesting. We hope you like the results - we think they are amazing!!!
Click on the link below to check out some of our photos in the gallery.
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December 4, 2010
Jonah the Moaner!
Year 2 have been learning about the story of Jonah in the bible. Rather than doing what God told him to do, he moaned, was swallowed by a big fish and spent 3 days in it's belly. Look at our Fab paper sculptures to depict the stormy sea into which Jonah was thrown.
We learned how to cut, rip, fold, twirl and roll the paper in creative ways.
We also learned that Christians should always do what God says because He knows best and has our best interests at heart. He had a plan for Jonah, who did not do as he was told! Our retelling of the jonah stories are brilliant. We used lots of WoW words and included loads of detail. come and read them on display!
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October 7, 2010
Fruity Friends and Vegemates!
Year 3 have been using food to create their own fruit and vegetable photographs for display.
We had a great time working in teams to create faces using some fruit and vegetables. We photographed them using digital cameras. Take a look and tell us what you think...
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June 5, 2010
Ghana Coil Pots
Year One have made some fabulous clay pots made in the traditional Ghana way. In Ghana the women and girls make clay pots for cooking and cleaning. They make the pot with clay and start with the top, then adding the bottom once it has dried slightly in the sun. We had a great time and were very pleased with the results.
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May 19, 2010
WOW!!! INCREDIBLE!!! AMAZING!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!
Roman Road has just had the MOST amazing day today. This was a day that we will never forget and will remember even when we are old and wrinkly!
The Lions of Zululand were unbelievable.
What did you think? Please leave a comment.
Mdu and the Lions arrived early this morning and the hall quickly filled up with children eager to find out why all of the teachers had been so excited! - We were not disappointed.
We heard the singing and the a drum beat before the Lions suddenly burst up the stairs with their shields and knobsticks at the ready.
They began singing, dancing, entertaining and making us laugh for the next 45 minutes. Words and pictures cannot describe the amazing vibe in our school hall. We were left speechless and eager to work with the Lions of Zululand.
Throughout the day we all had the opportunity to learn how to sing and dance like the Zulus. Many of us also had the opportunity to learn about their culture and to draw some of their costumes, shields and spears. The teachers also got the opportunity to purchase African jewellery.
The day came to an end with the whole school showing what they had learned for the whole school. Even the staff demonstrated the dance we had all been taught. What a cheer they got.
Many, many thanks to Mdu and the Lions of Zululand you truly are AMAZING!
What did you think? Please leave a comment.
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March 31, 2010
Thornley Woods
Year 3 and the MSB enjoyed their visit to Thornley Woods as part of their theme 'Animal Kingdom!'
Whilst there the children went in a bird hide, did some pond dipping to explore all the different kinds of animals that live in a pond, made some art sculptures using natural materials found in the woods and went on a camoflage hunt.
It was a fantastic day out and no one fell in the pond!
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March 28, 2010
Cezanne Creations
Paul Cezanne was a very famous French artist who painted lots of still life. Year One have been creating their own still life using photography and pastels.
We were shown a range of fruit, materials, pottery, jugs and a bottle of wine (aka Ribena bottle). In our groups we had to make choices as to what we wnated to use.
Once we had chosen the objects we wanted to use in our still life, we had to arrange the objects in the same style of Cezanne. This was much trickier than we thought.
After making our arrangement we took photographs and compared them to some of Cezanne's paintings.
Next we used the still life and photographs to create our own still life picture. We chose pastels as it allowed us to blend colours much easier.
We used a white pastel first to sketch the shapes onto the paper before we started adding colour.
Our artwork is on display in our classroom and looks amazing!!
Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think.
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March 11, 2010
Hieroglyphics
Did you know the Egyptians used pictures and symbols for their alphabet? We do!
We are transforming our cloakroom into Ancient Egypt and decided that our old name cards were no use in Egypt. So we chose a famous Egyptian, artefact or building and then added our name in hieroglyphics. Aren't they amazing!!!
Would you like to try out your name? Just click on the link below.
http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm
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Mummy Art!!!
During our Egypt day we made some fantastic Egyptain scenes on sandpaper to give the texture of the desert. We have all learned how to draw a pyramid and it is much easier than we first thought. Our work will be displayed in our Egyptian cloakroom.
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Totally Terrific Tutankhamun!!!!!!
During Egyptian week we have been learning all about the boy king Tutankhamun. We were fascinated and really enjoyed learning about the discovery of his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. We decided to design and make our very own Death mask. We think King Tut would love them - do you? Please leave a comment letting us know what you think.
First we drew around our mask onto a piece of card. We had to place it well so that we left enough room for the headdress. Then we drew the headdress shape on the paper and cut it out. This was extremely tricky!
Then Mrs Inkster helped us to spray paint the masks. PHEW! what a stink - good job it was outside, we even managed to spray some of the grass.
After we had cut out the headdress we chose foil and made a repeating pattern on the headdress. There were parts that were very tricky to do, like curving the strips of paper. Our teamwork was brilliant and we kept checking to see that our pattern was repeating. Then we trimmed round our mask so there was nohing hanging over the edge.
We chose a colour we had not used to be the centre piece of the mask. They look amazing. Everyone who has visited our class this week are amazed Year 1 produced such skilful masks. Please pop along and have a look - they are now on display in our Egyptian cloakroom.
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March 7, 2010
Roman Road's Talented Artists
As part of our 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Mrs McKeown wanted a mural on the school site. It was to be placed on the side of the boiler house. Last year, Miss Allen asked a few talented artists to design the mural.
This week, they were invited back to use special paints to create the mural. It will be placed on the wall shortly!
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February 16, 2010
Snails a la Francais
Year 2 were amazed that French people actually EAT snails! We read a book called 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia Donaldson (the person who wrote 'The Gruffalo'). It was a rhyming story and was about a snail who wants to see the world. She hitches a ride on the tail of a whale!
We used clay to mould and shape the form of a snail. Do you like them? They are super! We decided that we prefer making clay snails to eating real snails!
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French Printing
We have thoroughly enjoyed using polystyrene tiles to design and make our own printing blocks. We used the colours of the French flag to create our finished artwork.
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February 4, 2010
A Touch of Art
Year One are learning all about their senses this week. We have learned lots of fascinating facts. But today, we decided to use our sense of touch to create a work of art.
We will display our art work on the wall in our classroom. Do you like it? Please leave us a comment and let us know what you think.
When we put our hands in the paint we thought of lots of words to describe how it felt. How would you have described it?
Our brains will remember how it felt and if we do it again it will recognise it as paint.
I am uniquely clever!
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December 27, 2009
Golden Anniversary Celebrations in Year 2
We have been celebrating our Golden Anniversary this term. Roman Road is 50!
We had a competition to design a 50th anniverary plate. One person from every class won!
We also used ceramic pens to design our own tile and cups contining our memories of Roman Road.
Last year, we wrote to soldiers in Afganistan. They sent letters back to each of us and then they came to visit and took part in our 50th Anniversary celebrations! Wow!
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May 5, 2009
African Gumboot Dancing and Drumming in Year 5
Year 5 had a great day working with an African artist performing Gumboot dancing and drumming.
As part of a project with The Linking Network, Year 5 have been working with the children at Oakfield Junior School. They have visited The Shipley Art Gallery and worked with their link partners to produce joint pieces of art work to be displayed in both schools. Oakfield Year 5 children then visited Roman Road to work with their partners here in a fun filled day of African Arts. We worked with an artist to practise and perform some gumboot dancing and drumming workshops. They also made African mask designs to display in school. We will be visiting Oakfield Junior School soon to continue our link project.
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Space - The Final Frontier
Come and see our space display.
We started with a box and added on cardboard wings and tail. We used small bottles for engines and plastic cups for the nose. We then used paper mache to cover the whole model. When it was dry we chose which colours we wanted to paint our models. For the background of our display we used pastels on black paper and we coloured some circles to look like planets. The background was then pinned to the ceiling. The jet fighters were hung from the ceiling to look like they were flying. We think it looks amazing.
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April 30, 2009
School Art Displays
There are lot of wonderful art displays around school. Click on the link to go straight to the right gallery page.
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March 19, 2009
Design and Technology
We have been making lighthouses and castles in design and technology. Using ideas from the TV series Art Attack we constructed a frame using newspaper and cardboard strips and tubes. After the frame was secured with masking tape it was covered with paper mache. We allowed it to dry, then it was ready to paint. We added steps and boats to our lighthouses and painted windows on the castles.
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March 15, 2009
Year 3 - The Romans
In Year 3 this term we have been learning all about the Romans.
We learnt how Rome was created and re-enacted the Romulus and Remus story. We all enjoyed getting into character as you can see from the photos. We have also designed and made Roman catapults in Technology then had a competition of whose catapult would fire the furthest, which we all enjoyed. We are making Roman Helmets in Art but need a few more lessons before they are finished. We have loved learning new things for this topic. Miss Stubbs
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March 12, 2009
The Great Fire of London
We have been learning about The Great Fire of London in history. To show what we have found out we made a display in our classroom.
We all took part and made something to add to the display. In literacy we imagined that we were children in 1666 at the time of the fire and wrote about what it was like and what we saw.
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March 8, 2009
Year 3 - The Romans
In Year 3 this term we have been learning all about the Romans.
We learnt how Rome was created and re-enacted the Romulus and Remus story. We all enjoyed getting into character as you can see from the photos. We have also designed and made Roman catapults in Technology then had a competition of whose catapult would fire the furthest, which we all enjoyed. We are making Roman Helmets in Art but need a few more lessons before they are finished. We have loved learning new things for this topic. Photos to follow. Miss Stubbs
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February 3, 2009
Welcome to Year One
Come and have a look around our classroom and see what we have on display.
This is our toy shop and museum. We love playing in here, but what do we learn? We have made silhouettes of our favourite toys, used chalk to paint the other half of an old toy. We have set up our own toy museum and are learning how to use money in the shop. In ICt we took photographs of different toys close up. We have made a guessing game of what they toys are by lifting the flap. Finally, not forgetting science we are discovering how things move.
This is a photograph of our cloakroom. We turned it into a Winter Wonderland. Some of the work displayed includes adjectives that describe the cold, instructions how to make a snowman, glitter icicle spirals, and some great photos of us in the snow.
When we were learning all about time, we used the story What Time Is It Mr. Wolf and this was the focus of our display. We each made a clock by putting the numbers in the correct place and then adding an hour hand and minute hand. We also included some examples of the clocks we had completed in the lesson.
Our Winnie the Witch display shows us some examples of our writing. We had to write a sentence about Winnie the Witch. We were very proud of our work but can't believe how much we have improved since then.
This is our art area. It shows the work we did on colour mixing. We mixed the primary colours on a wheel and then added white to one colour to see what happened. We also thought of words that described colour.
We hope you have enjoyed having a little look around our classroom. We love it!
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October 21, 2008
X Factor Move Over!!!!
Christmas is fast approaching and at Roman Road we have a fantastic, exciting, incredible event coming to our school. Read on to find out more.
On December 2nd all of the children in Roman Raod will be participating in a huge singing event. Oh no, we're not, oh yes we are! But even better than that, we are making our own Christmas CD!!!!!!!
We will be recording a variety of Christmas songs and hymns that you will all know and love. We hope the project will be an enjoyable and rewarding experience for pupils and teachers. (Yes, even Mr. Allsop will have to join in and sing!) The whole school will be involved in the recording and will get to be stars for the day. A professional company will be coming into school to make all of the recordings and will then produce the CD's.
Children will also participate in a class project to design artwork for the front cover. The lucky winner will have their artwork produced by a professional graphics team and will feature on the front cover of the CD.
A letter will be coming out with children soon offerring you the chance to pre-order you CD's. Just think they will make fantastic Christmas presents for relatives as well as being a timeless keepsake. The cost of a CD will be £10.
So don't delay. Children get practising and parents get ready to be amazed.
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October 9, 2008
It's A Jungle in Key Stage One
We are really lucky to have a freelance artist working in our school on a Thursday.
Lynda Nelson an artist and book illustrator came into school a few weeks ago to talk to Key Stage One about brightening up their building. We looked at lots of different photos and themes and eventually decided on a jungle.
Over the next few weeks Lynda will be working in our school. We will try and update the website regularly so you can see how it progresses.
Check out our artists websitehttp://www.lynda-nelson.co.uk/
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July 4, 2008
North East Artsmark Celebration 2008
Yestrday, July 3rd 2008, two children from Key Stage 1 were proud to accept Roman Road's Silver Artsmark Award.
The celebration of Artsmark took place at Northern Stage in Newcastle and was attended by two Key Stage One children, Mrs Barnes and Mrs Inkster. The event was hosted by a comedian (who was very funny), presentations from schools who had achieved Gold and Silver Artsmark last year and finally over 80 schools who were there to collect their prestigious award.
We are extremely proud of our schools achievements and couldn't wait to collect our award and goody bag. This award shows that Roman Road is commited to providing our pupils with a range of creative experiences.
Many thanks to the two children who were extremely well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon out of school. Congratulations to all pupils and staff who have worked extremely hard to achieve this award.
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February 3, 2008
Weaving
Look at our weaving! We have been learning all about different materials and how they can be used in art.
We started by looking very carefully at pieces of fabric with a magnifying glass. We could see that the material had lines going down as well as across. We experimented with the techniques of weaving using sugar paper.
Mrs Inkster told us this was called the weft and the warp. We got a weaving board and made the warp with wool.
We were then given lots of different pieces of fabric to use in our weaving. We had to carefully measue our lengths so that they were longer than the board. Then we got going with our designs. It was tricky to remember if we had to go over and under, or under and over. But we got there in the end with lots of help from our partners.
We will hopefully be showing our work around school. Come and have a look.
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January 31, 2008
Computer Art in Year 4
Year 4 have been very busy using Fresco to draw pictures of houses. They have used stamps, airbrush tools and symmetry to create their pictures.
All the pictures can be found in the Key Stage 2 section of the Gallery from the link at the top of the home page or in Mr A's classroom.
There were some really good examples of pictures that used the stamp tool to create texture for trees, bricks, the sky and grass.
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November 8, 2007
Fireworks!
In Foundation Stage we have been learning about why we celebrate Bonfire Night and what Fireworks represent! It is from an event long ago.
Most of us saw some fireworks this year. In class, we made pretty pictures using soft pastels and black sugar paper.
Whizz! Bang! Pop! Screech! Zoom! Whee! Spin! Explode!
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November 2, 2007
Displays
We love to share and celebrate our work at Roman Road
Sharing and celebrating our work is very important to us at Roman Road. We take pride in our work and love to show others our skills by displaying our work around school. Our displays show fantastic quality work and good progression across the whole school.
More photos to follow
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Foundation Stage
In a dark dark town there was a dark dark house. In the dark dark house there was a dark dark cellar. In the dark dark cellar some skeletons lived. . .
We have been doing lots of activities based on the story 'Funny Bones' by Janet and Alan Albergh. In our gluing area we fastened bones together to make some scary skeletons!
We painted the big skeleton in our art area and in ICT we made pictures on 'Fresco' of the characters. In the Reception classroom we are making a big 'Funny Bones' display. Come and have a look! If you dare to, you could come inside our 'Dark dark cellar' too! Don't be scared!
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Art presentation
Today Year 5 have enjoyed an Art Presentation by Pippa Bell from the Magic Lantern.
Year 5 learnt all about animals in paintings. They looked at a variety of slides and discussed what they could see. The children were very enthusiastic and asked lots of questions. Pippa was very impressed. As the class topic is Jungles, the children will be using what they have learnt, in creating their own Jungle picture this half term.
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Art Presentation
Presentation on pattern
On Thursday 1st November the children listenend to an art presentation by Pippa Bell from the National Gallery. The presentation was all about pattern. She showed the children different paintings and asked them to look for the patterns within the painting. She couldn't believe how enthusiastic the children were and how many great ideas they had. The presentation lasted just over an hour and the children gained many good ideas for future art work.
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October 3, 2007
Making Christmas Cards
I enjoyed drawing a picture of a snowman that is going to be sent away to the printers to be made into Christmas cards.
by Danny Cairns
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September 25, 2007
Year 4 Experience Pottery
Year 4 are currently learning how to make clay bowls and plates. They have concentrated hard on making sure the finsihed product will be as smooth as possible and ready for painting.
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May 8, 2007
Talented Artists at Roman Road
The school have recently completed a drawing task involving every child from Nursery up to Year 6. We all produced an observational drawing of a Cello. The results are very pleasing and show good progression from Foundation Stage to upper Key Stage 2. Look out for the wonderful display when you visit Roman Road.
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