Armley Mills Pom-pom Sheep Exhibition dates...

The Robin Hood Primary School Sheep made by Sarah Barton at Armley Mills has been completed.

 It is ready to go on display on Thursday 4th October.  It can be seen there until Wednesday 31st October.

 

It has been made from the pom-poms made by the pupils during a "whole of school" activity and then by the community after school, who made a lot more.

 

In total we made 300 multi-coloured pom-poms which I delivered to Armley Mills during the summer.

The sheep will be part of an exhibition to celebrate British wool and will be shown alongside other group's sheep of varying sizes.  We can't wait to see it.....

For details about Armley Mills please visit their website at www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills

Pom-Poms delivered to Armley Mills

The pom-poms made by the Robin Hood Primary School community have been safely delivered to Armley Mills.  Three hundred pom-poms in different colours were taken to the mill where Sarah Barton is going to turn them into a sheep which will be displayed alongside other pom-pom sheep made by groups in Leeds in an exhibition to celebrate British wool. 

 

 

Whilst we were there we dropped into a workshop where we discovered some Victorian games and made a splendid peg doll.

 

 

 

We wandered through the old rooms looking at the original sewing machines and looms.  We dressed in Victorian clothes and read all about how life in the mill was when it was once the largest woollen mill in the world, exporting its goods to North and South America, Europe and the Far East.

 

 

 

 

We had a lovely afternoon and cannot wait to go back to see our Robin Hood Primary School Sheep in the exhibition!  You can visit Armley Mills website at www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills. Watch this space for exhibition details.

Artclub Visit to Beechwood Dental Care, Woodlesford

On Thursday 19th July the Reception Artclub were invited to Beechwood Dental Care in Woodlesford to view their paintings they had been creating all term.

The three paintings are inspired by children's stories all about losing teeth.

The first painting as you enter is based on "Titus's Troublesome Tooth" by Linda Jennings and Gwyneth Williamson.  The children have retold the story in comic strip form, depicting all the gruesome ways Titus the Goat's farmyard friends suggest they help get his tooth out!

The second painting is inspired by "Tooth Fairy" by Audrey Wood.  The painting shows the Tooth Fairy Castle made from all the teeth she has collected (the Tooth Elves are still adding to it). The Tooth Fairy can be seen showing two children around the Hall of Perfect Teeth where perfect teeth are displayed on plinths (each pupil has their name on a plinth).  Underneath in the Tooth Dungeon the Tooth Robots are cleaning the "not so perfect teeth", making them beautiful again!

The third painting based on the book Bear's Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman depicts Bear, with a wobbly tooth and his friends, Mole, Hare, Badger, Wren and Owl trying to pull it out!

We had a lovely time showing our families and friends what we have made. To see them up in the place they were designed for added to the whole experience.

To see how we made the paintings visit http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.com

Thankyou to Mr and Mrs Reid, Practice Principals, for letting our children be artists.

Summer Reading Challenge at Rothwell Library

Robin Hood pupils were asked by Rothwell Library if they would create some art work to promote the Summer Reading Challenge that takes place throughout the summer holidays.

They asked if the pictures could have a sporty theme and could include the characters that are featured in the "Storylab", which is part of the Summer Reading Challenge.

During this half term Years 3 and 4 topic was Sport. Year 3 had an ideal opportunity to undertake this project whilst Year 4 were at Rothwell Sports Centre, improving their swimming. 

The challenge to Year 3 was to draw a character from the Storylab doing a sport they imagine they would love to do.

Caroline Higson-Blythe and one of her colleagues from Rothwell Library recently came in to talk to us about the Summer Reading Challenge during our Monday Morning Assemblies.

Pop down to Rothwell Library to see if you can spot your art work and get involved with the Summer Reading Challenge.  It sounds great fun!

New art work exhibited at the Children's Centre

The Children's Centre in Lofthouse have a new display of art work up by Robin Hood Pupils.
It has been created by our Key Stage 1 pupils and is art made during the Rainforest topic.

It is featured in the main mall at the Children's Centre and will be seen by lots of people who visit there.

In September Key Stage 1 Artclub will have the exciting opportunity to work on a real life art installation at the Children's Centre.  This is a project to design and create sculptures based on butterflies and other flying insects for the Community Room there.

We will be drawing, painting, printmaking and creating three dimensional wire structures to suspend from the ceiling.

This room opens out on to the Community Room in which our "Under the Sea" animals are displayed. 

If you are in Key Stage 1 and want to be in the Art Club to take part in this fabulous project then complete the "Clubs" letter which you will receive when we start back to school in September.

Latest displays at Artforms, the West Park Centre, Leeds

On Friday Mrs. Mistry and myself set off to Artforms - The West Park centre, Headingley, Leeds to display some of our fabulous artwork created at Robin Hood.

As the meeting rooms there have such vast walls we are delighted to be able to display the "Year 5/6 Classroom Painting" that was painted by KS2 Artclub for the Year 6 summer production in 2011.

It could not be in a more appropriate place! 

In one of the meeting rooms we have displayed the set of 12 Easter paintings Years 3/4 designed and made for the Easter celebration Assembly.

Our huge thanks to West Park for letting us use this space.  As their meeting rooms are so big, we are able to display all these pieces together which allows the visual story to be told without a break.  It would not have the same impact if it was in two different locations.

This space is perfect for the "Ransom Art" which Year 5/6 produced after their visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

I hope many people enjoy looking at this art...

The Robin Hood Primary School Sheep.

Were you wondering if the pom-poms were ever going to transform themselves into a sheep as I said they would?

Here is the photostory of how the sheep has been made.

If the weather is fine, the sheep will come to school tomorrow where she will be exhibited.

I do hope you like it. 

In case you are wondering, there are approximately 350 pom-poms.

We have approximately 300 pom-poms to give to Armley Mills to make the sheep for their exhibition to celebrate British wool.

Thankyou to everybody in the Robin Hood community who has made a pom-pom.

Pom Pom Sheep

Moving on from Pom -pom day on the 30th April I have been deliberating how I am going to make our Robin Hood sheep!

During last half term all the pom-poms that were started on the day and were unfinished have been completed!  The Year 5/6 computer club at lunchtimes co-existed as a pom-pom "doctor clinic" where rather poorly pom-poms were rebuilt by our enthusiastic pupils.  At our last count we had just over 500!!!

This has been helped along by the Grandmas and Mums who came to the Community afternoon and took wool away with them to make at home.  A HUGE thankyou to you all.  We would not have as nearly as many without your contributions.

I contacted Temple Newsam Farm to see if I could study their sheep. They were really supportive and let me take photos.

As our sheep is going to be displayed on the high display shelf in the Red Zone I have to ensure it has a solid base so it can stand sturdily.

Can I thank Ben and Anil at B&Q, Beeston for cutting my wood base as they were so enthusiastic about the whole project.  They said they are off to see the exhibition at Armley mills when it opens.

On to this base I have since attached a wire mesh which is the shell of the body.  Into this I am stuffing wire netting strips wound into spheres.  This is giving sturdy support with virtually no weight.

Once I have created the volume I will make the shape of the sheep.

Beechwood Dental Care, Woodlesford

This term the Artclub has been commissioned to make some artwork to be displayed in the entrance hallway at Beechwood Dental Care in Woodlesford.

It is Reception's Artclub and we were delighted to accept this exciting challenge from Mr and Mrs Reid to create some lovely big paintings to brighten up this fabulous plain long wall.  

We will be producing three collaborative paintings all inspired by children's stories about losing teeth.

"Bear's Loose Tooth", "Tooth Fairy" and "Titus's Troublesome Tooth" are the books which are our inspiration for the artwork.

We have already painted all the parts for our first painting "Titus's Troublesome Tooth", in which Titus the goat gets a poorly tooth and all his farmyard friends suggest some interesting, but rather peculiar ways to help him get his tooth out!

 Next week we will enjoy reading "Tooth Fairy" and drawing our favourite part of the story.

To see what we do each week you can follow us on the art and creativity blog.
http://artandcreativityrobinhood.blogspot.com

Pom Pom Day - Monday 30th April

The day started with an assembly given by Sarah Barton, Educational Officer from Armley Mills / Leeds Industrial Museum.  She talked to the children about the Museum, where wool comes from  and it's manufacture.  She explained that the Industrial Museum wanted to show how important British wool is and that they are over the year going to fill their museum full of sheep.  These are not real sheep, but sheep made from pom poms!

We then went back to our classes where we all set out to make a pom - pom each. 

The whole school worked on this project at the same time from Nursery to Year 6.  We are fortunate at Robin Hood to have had enough wool for all pupils to take part.  This was kindly donated by the school community and Edward Hill & Co, a textile mill who produces yarns and wool, based in Bradford.

As it was a sunny afternoon, some enthusiastic Reception children took advantage of the warm sunshine and wound their pom-poms in the sun.





After school the hall doors were opened for our community afternoon where  children came with their families and carers to make even more pom - poms.  It was a lovely afternoon!

Refreshments were served as it's very thirsty work and the Rothwell Record came down to see what was going on.

Many people took wool away to make even more pom-poms at home and I've already started having them back in.  Thankyou Amber and Jacob.



Friendly Faces were winding pom - poms out in the late afternoon sun. 

It was a truly great day.  We finished up with 237 completed pom - poms and if you add to that at least another 100 at least that need to be finished, I think you will agree we will have probably made the most pom - poms out of all the groups taking part in the exhibition. 

Watch this space for news on the making of the sheep!