Banners in the Mall at Robin Hood Primary School

Yesterday Mr. Reynolds and Mrs. Mistry helped me (Mrs.Chin) take down the spacemen/robots that had adorned the mall for a while now and in their place three banners have been put up.

The banners have been made with fabric prints created by the children of Key Stage 1 and the Children in Reception and Nursery (Foundation Stage). There are prints on both sides so whichever direction you are walking down the mall you can see them.

During their topic “The Rainforest” the KS1 children learnt about printmaking and produced these fabulous prints by block printing. See if you can spot some animals hiding in the trees and the rain falling on to the forest.

The Foundation Stage children used some experimental techniques to create these monoprints.  As part of the “Animals” topic we looked at the patterns on some jungle animals and recreated them by ripping up paper, laying down wool on to a block and many children overprinted one colour on to a background.

It was great fun making the banners, choosing which prints looked good next to eachother.  Hopefully each time you walk under them you will spot something you haven’t seen before.

To see the prints being made go to http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.co.uk and click on the label Printing.