Terrific Tudor House Trip!

Last week, the Rocking Robins class enjoyed a trip out to the Tudor House in Southampton. It linked in well with their topic which is all about childhood and the past. 

First, they began their trip with a tour of the Tudor House and Gardens where a tour guide told them lots of interesting facts. They looked around different parts of the House and had fun exploring. 

Next, the Rocking Robins eagerly took part in a 'Toys' workshop where they looked at toys from the past. They held them, played with them and closely looked at the way that they had been made. They could pick their favourite one from the different boxes available and draw it on their sheet provided. It was a lovely blast from the past seeing some of the toys for the grown ups for sure! 

Once the workshop ended, it was time for lunch (something that the whole class were very excited about) After this, the class split off into their groups and ventured off to see the house in detail. The interactive show was a big hit for some of them!

Here's a snippet of what the class got up to... 

Super Swifts become artists

 Last week Swifts had a special visit from a local artist! We were lucky enough to learn how to draw two different birds ... an owl and a swift!

This children loved learning how to draw these birds, trying their very best with the shapes and details to include!

They were also able to then take the sketch book home with them and a pencil to put their new skills into practice!

Well done SUPER Swifts!

Rocking Robin, tweet, tweet...

Local artist Joanna Rose Tidey has been helping with a project that our School has been involved in, 'Nature all around us.' She has created six beautiful murals about local wildlife which are displayed around our local area. Have you seen them? 👀 

Joanna will be visiting all the classes at BMPS to teach children various art techniques including drawing and the use of water colours. She will guide children to produce a final drawing of their chosen wildlife preferred animal later next year which will become part of small exhibition hosted at our school! 

Yesterday, she spent her first day with the Robins class. She taught them how to draw a Robin and a Fox in their very own sketchbook. They loved it! Each child has been given a sketchbook and a pencil to take home and are encouraged to draw nature or animals around them. They'll be asked to bring these back in at some point and share what they have drawn ✎ I can't wait to see them!

Here's a sneak peek of what the Robins class did...

How fabulous right?

Stay tuned for more awesome artwork😊