Finished animal sculptures on display in school office

If you have visited our school office recently you may have felt many sets of eyes looking at you. What? You may ask. There are animal sculptures positioned around the reception area – elephants in front of the fish tank, two oran-gu-tan’s either side of the door, another elephant staring at you as you speak to Mrs. Holland and Mrs. Smith.  Oh and what is that you see out of the corner of your eye under the table? A dodo peeping out watching the daily routines of people coming and going.

These are the sculptures made by the Artclub, an after-school club.  Since Christmas the children have designed and made these each week.  They were inspired by the book The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon which we read and then the pupils chose to either paint or make sculptures. You can see how they were made on the Art and Creativity blog.    http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/

The artwork has been created to be displayed in Tropical World, Leeds.

New Artwork on display at Tropical World

Tropical World in Leeds is showcasing artwork made by our pupils in Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage.  Three banners are on display which add colour and pattern to the area.  Two of the banners feature fabric prints sewn together to create a huge bright montage of rainforest animals and their habitats.  The prints were created by the children in KS1 during their Rainforest topic.  This was a printmaking topic and the children enjoyed learning how to use a roller and printing block, making monoprints and overprinting. They learnt how to repeat images and I’m sure the most memorable bit was rolling the ink onto a bed of jelly.  It smelled gorgeous!

The Nursery and Reception children created fabric prints inspired by Jungle animals. There were tiger stripes, giraffe markings, leopard spots and zebra stripes.  These prints were then sewn together to make a banner. You can see how we did this if you go to http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Printmaking

These banners have hung in our school mall and we have walked under them admiring the images, patterns and colours.  Now we would like visitors to Tropical World to do the same…

Artclub and KS 1 Art on display at Tropical World

On display at Tropical World in Leeds is Art designed and made by Robin Hood Primary School pupils.

Two large paintings and models of animals have been made by the Artclub, an after-school club of sixteen pupils at Robin Hood Primary School, Leeds. Since November, the children have been designing and making the artwork.

Alongside these are three panels of paintings made during the “Animals” topic by Key Stage 1 children.

The children learned all about animal’s habitats and why different animals are suited to different parts of the world. In addition to producing a painting depicting an animal of their choice, they also sewed their own bookmarks.

To see how the Artclub made their models and paintings visit

http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk/

Koinobori Fish on display at Tropical World, Leeds

These fish have been made by the children in Years 5 and 6 at Robin Hood Primary School during their recent topic on Japan.  The fish have been made from fabric and are hand painted. The topic took place over three afternoon sessions (five hours).

 

The fish are on display at Tropical World in Leeds.  Three fish appear to be swimming along the top of one of the walls and as you turn the corner you are greeted by ten more.

 

 

During their topic on Japan, the children first looked at Koinobori flags (carp kites) which are flown on Children’s Day which is a festival and public holiday in Japan which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month. This provided some background knowledge around the concept of Children’s Day.

This is a festival which celebrates the future success and health of Japan’s children.  Carp kites symbolize success and are believed to represent strength and determination of spirit in the same way as the koi carp swims against the current.  As the koi carp has a long life span it is considered a symbol of success whilst the bright colours are believed to drive away evil spirits.

 

 

Beautiful Koi carp swim in the pools in the butterfly enclosure at Tropical World which is why I thought of Tropical World as the obvious place to display the children’s artwork.

 

Each pupil brought in a pillowcase and working in pairs, they cut it open and drew around the koi carp template. They then stuck down the edges and let it dry for the next session.

During the next session they looked at some examples of koinobori flags and concentrated on painting the intricate pattern using fabric paint.