The Adventures of Odysseus...

Inspired by our new text: The Adventures of Odysseus, where we have already encountered a whole new world of gods, goddesses and mythical creatures, this week we also looked at the work of illustrator, Sara Fanelli.

Eye eye!

Her individual approach: using collage to create a whole host of creatures that are truly out of this world, enabled us to take a closer look at the Cyclops- a one-eyed, fearsome creature who is a son of Poseidon.

Our artwork will serve to inspire our writing in the coming week so check back to see some of the finished articles!


In the meantime, we hope you enjoy seeing what we created!

Thanks,


6SB










Carefully selecting the details for Cyclops...



Something's different but I can't quite put my finger on it...



Out of this World- Launch Day!

Hi all,


As I'm sure you are no doubt aware, last week we held our launch day for our new topic: Out of this World!


In Key Stage 2 (KS2) we travelled around the globe, stopping off at points along the way: Iceland, Brazil, Greece and the U.S.A.


We tried our hand at all sorts- from exploring and depicting the wildlife of the Amazon rainforest, to taking inspiration from the likes of Jackson Pollock with some explosive volcano art in Iceland, dancing and cheering our way through the U.S. of A and recreating mosaic tiles of the Ancient Greek alphabet. It was non-stop but we had a blast!


Here are a few highlights from the day:

Cheering in the USA

Explosive Icelandic Pollock Art!

Going wild in Brazil!

We look forward to updating you as we continue on our journey!


Miss Barrell

The Polar Collection: Coat Project

A huge well done to 6SB and all of team 5/6- I have been so proud of the enthusiasm and hard-work that has gone in to the designing, making and showcasing your coats. Here are a few 'sneak peaks' from behind the scenes, preparing for our showcase with images of the finished products to follow soon.

It came right down to the wire on the morning of the fashion show as we secured stitches etc. but it was worth it to see such a fabulous bunch strut their stuff down the Sutton Park catwalk!

What a fantastic way to end a hugely enjoyable 'Winter Wonderland' topic. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Miss Barrell x

Olive elf still at large...

Oh my goodness- what a Christmas catastrophe! Olive elf has been up to no good again.

Striking the 6SB classroom, presumably in the early hours of Tuesday morning, class and teacher came in, ready to learn, to find this:

"We couldn't believe our eyes," stated one shocked child when he saw the mess she had made.

Tissues were strewn everywhere and Olive, presumably exhausted from her festive antics, was laid amidst the carnage sleeping peacefully! Unable to wake the sleeping elf, the class let her be for the remainder of the day.

Upon returning the next day, Olive was gone.

Please be vigilant for these renegade elves over the Christmas period- who knows when one might strike next!

Merry Christmas 6SB x

The Ice Bear art work

Following the launch of our Winter Wonderland topic, we started looking at our new book:

The Ice Bear

We have only read a snippet so far, and there's plenty more to come, but already we have been inspired by the words in the book to create some beautiful works of art- take a look at some of the examples below!


"Into this world they were born, in the dark months, when the cold and the wind turned water to stone. So small. She held them close to keep them warm in the blue ice cave that was their world".

Anti-bullying week...

As you may or may not be aware, last week (13th- 17th November) it was Anti bullying week. As a class we took the opportunity to consider what bullying is and possible reasons people may bully one another.
We watched a video called 'Andy and the odd socks' and decided that the message it was giving was that we should all feel proud of who we are as individuals and celebrate our differences rather than looking at them as being a negative.


We compared ourselves to socks- all different but all equal.


You can see some of our responses below:

Beth, Mia, Jamie W:

We designed our sock to show our different personalities because we are all human but unique at the same time. We thought that this would be a good idea because we know we like different things so why not embrace it?!

Megan, Jamie D.:

We designed our sock to show that each individual is unique although they should be respected the same. We believe that bullies shouldn’t make other people into bullies. Everyone should be respected the same. We know everybody likes different things so they should be respected for what they like.  

 

Codi, Josh, Reece:

We designed our sock to show were all unique and that we're all different and that even though you stand out, you should celebrate being different.

Picasso portraits...

This is just a small selection of the work that has been produced so far for the art project we have been doing this half term. Inspired by Picasso’s work, children have used photographs to cut up and rearrange to make a more abstract composition before recreating it.

Leave us a comment below if you spot your work or tell us what you think and keep your eyes peeled for the full gallery going up around school very soon!

Miss Barrell x