Foundation Magazine 2021-2022 | Mount Kelly
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PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS<br />
PERFORMING & CREATIVE ARTS<br />
ART AT THE PREP<br />
Year 3 explored the wonders of<br />
Colour learning how to mix and<br />
create their own colours and<br />
shades as well as how to use a range of<br />
different materials. In the Summer Term<br />
we focussed on the work of sculptor<br />
Anthony Gormley, experimenting with<br />
various sculptural techniques and ways<br />
of describing the human form.<br />
Year 4 started the year looking at artists<br />
and inventors whose discoveries changed<br />
the way artists work. Finding out about<br />
the inventor of the pencil, the discovery<br />
of oil paint and the development of<br />
photography. In the Summer Term they<br />
explored the artistic output of the ancient<br />
Egyptians from portraits and sculptures<br />
to patterns, fabrics and jewellery.<br />
Year 5 began explored the world of Pop<br />
Art, playing with colour and creating<br />
repeat prints. Followed by a textiles<br />
project where they made giant pieces of<br />
fast food in fabric.<br />
Year 6 explored many types of print<br />
making culminating in the production<br />
a three coloured lino print of a range of<br />
Fungi. In the Summer Term the focus was<br />
on Islamic Art. Creating and deciphering<br />
complex repeating patterns and making<br />
a traditional glazed tile.<br />
Year 7 explored the legend of the Green<br />
Man and other myths and legends of<br />
the forest. Making ceramic heads of the<br />
green man to hang in a doorway to ward<br />
off evil spirits.<br />
Year 8 explored the architecture of the<br />
local area, producing a mixed media<br />
piece based on the work of artist John<br />
Piper followed by an independent project<br />
on the theme of Concealment.<br />
Community Projects – to celebrate<br />
the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year 4<br />
joined with local schools in the Rivers of<br />
Hope Parade. Each pupil made a flag<br />
highlighting their environmental concerns,<br />
after the parade these were displayed<br />
in the church as part of Tavistock’s<br />
celebrations.<br />
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