Larch Class

Draw the shadow of a tree using some large paper and colouring pencils or crayons. Let us know how you get on!

Show the children 

Give your child a colour swatch – this could be a piece of material, a paint sample or a crayon for example. Encourage them to go outside and collect as many things as they can that are a similar colour. Discuss why some colours may be easier to find than others. Email Mrs Aston with […]

We’ve been having a great time in Little Larch today (and some photos from Friday too).

Make a self portrait using natural materials (e.g. sticks, leaves, flowers). You could make a frame out of sticks too. Idea from http://www.ltl.org.uk/free-resources You could email Mrs Aston or comment on the blog to let us know how you got on!

Do you like the paintings and pictures that we have done for the RDA competition?

We had a great time exploring the ice and seeing if we could make it crack! Alex said it was his favourite activity! We discussed how ice is formed and predicted how long the water would take to freeze. We also enjoyed making some jellyfish and Mrs Myers played hide and seek with us – […]

Learn about primary colours: place two primary paint colours into a zip locked bag (these can be washed out and reused). Make sure the top of the bag is well sealed! Make a prediction about what colour you think it will make, then squish together to find out! Explore different colours and then extend to […]

Well done Lois, what a brilliant rainbow!

This half-term the pupils have been studying the work of Georgia O’Keefe in art and Miss Hawkins helped us to set up an art exhibition with our work! We invited some visitors and some of them even bought some of our art work! We were very proud of the art work we produced, thank you […]