Continuing Focus Week

On Wednesday the children looked at Pakistan. They discovered some of it's history and produced textile designs using a wax resist method. After all their hard work, unfortunately there are no photographs to show you.
The last country to be studied was Italy. The children became experts on pasta, recognising different types. They also made masks for a masquerade ball - anyone care to dance?

During the shared assembly on Friday, each country was portrayed by the children displaying their works of art, knowledge and dances. A good time was had by all, as well as a valuable experience of each of these countries.
On Friday, the country they studied was Italy

Focus week

Tuesday was spent studying Spain. The children made Spanish flags after an introduction to Spain. This was followed by singing songs, one about colours, in Spanish.
The girls then tried their hand at Flamenco dancing, whilst the boys pretended to be matadors.
After lunch, the children were told the story of Picasso, and then made their own Picasso style portraits.


Each day this week the children will study a different country. On Monday Year 3 started with India. They were given an introduction to India, and learned about the festival of Diwali. They made Diva lamps and designed Mendhi patterns to decorate hands. They also made Diwali sweets, which some enjoyed more than others!

George Chapman painting

We looked at the painting, 'The motorway', by Welsh artist, George Chapman. The children then tried mixing colours to match those in the painting. Next, they chose a small section of the picture which they thought looked interesting and traced it. From this they made a print using a polystyrene tile to etch the image onto. We were all very pleased with their results.