Year Three Volcanos Project
By Gary Evans on Friday, February 17, 2017 in Art and Design. No Comments
By Gary Evans on Friday, February 17, 2017 in Art and Design. No Comments
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, February 3, 2017 in Art and Design, Computing, English, eSafety, Maths, PSHE. 1 Comment
Over the past few weeks, we have been creating our own websites using only a scripting language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Great resilience, patience and attention to detail was required as the slightest error in our code would create a bug and our webpages wouldn’t display. Where we were stuck, we could go online […]
By Mr. Setchell on Monday, December 12, 2016 in Art and Design, Geography, Learning Adventure, Maths, Year 6. 4 Comments
The final project for our Vikings learning adventure has been to create 3D models of Viking settlements. We’ve been considering the key aspects of the human and physical geography of a settlement. Can you spot how and why the land is being used, any economic activity and the role water plays?
By A Carter on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 in Art and Design, Learning Adventure, Year 5. 14 Comments
5E finished their learning adventure projects this week. We have been looking at the history of film and entertainment. For our projects we designed, animated and built either zoetropes or flip books. Some also managed to use motors to turn their zoetropes. Well done for the hard work and perseverance 5E!
By Mr. Setchell on Saturday, June 25, 2016 in Art and Design, English, Learning Adventure, Year 6. No Comments
For our World War 2 Learning Adventure, we have been studying the work of British artist Henry Moore. We analysed and emulated his drawings, leading to the creation of sculptures that aimed to express the emotions of Blitz victims. This has linked closely with our WW2 diary work in English where we have been using […]
By Gary Evans on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 in Art and Design, English, Learning Adventure. 3 Comments
A Note From Jess Dear Bournville Junior, Thank you for inviting me to your school to work with you on your bench. I have enjoyed meeting all of you – teachers and pupils. You made me feel very welcome and the thing I like most about your school is that there is always lots of […]
By Mr. Setchell on Thursday, May 19, 2016 in Art and Design, Maths, Year 6. No Comments
Geometry? Algebra? Art? That’d be geogebraic art! Inspired by Fibonacci . . .
By Gary Evans on Monday, April 25, 2016 in Art and Design, English. 2 Comments
Please find below our long awaited Nick Sharrat interview. Nick was interviewed by some of our news team when he visited our school. Read carefully as there is an exclusive “scoop!” What was your favourite subject at school? My favourite subject was art. Did you go to university? No, I went to art college. What […]
By Miss Edwards on Saturday, March 19, 2016 in Art and Design, English, Year 3, Year 4. 5 Comments
Year 3 and 4 have had a fantastic week, as have the rest of the school. On Thursday we had the privilege of having the book ‘Two brothers and a Chocolate Factory,’ written by local author Juliet Clare Bell, read to us by members of Bournville Village Trust. The children were also presented with a […]
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, March 18, 2016 in Art and Design, English, Year 5, Year 6. 1 Comment
You don’t often get a world-famous author and illustrator taking your lessons, but that’s exactly what happened today. Nick Sharratt talked through some of his most popular work and showed us how to draw characters such as Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracey Beaker and Timothy Pope’s dad from Nick’s own book ‘Shark in the Park’ . . […]