African Art Day 12 Feb 2014
What an extraordinary day we had on our African art day on Monday 10th February. The whole school was buzzing all day with energy and excitement as children created African inspired artwork. The atmosphere at the end of the day was described as ‘vibrant’ by one enthusiastic parent.
We had so many extra adults in school to help; at one time, we counted 42 different adults in school! That’s amazing! A huge thank you to all those parents who led workshops or gave up their time to help the children and staff. We would not have had such a successful day without your support.
So what did we do? Read on to find out and to view a selection of images. You can look at a larger gallery of images by clicking here.
Reception class made decorated purses with Mrs Savage, and string bowls and peg animals with Mr Anjari.
Year 1 painted beautiful African sunsets with silhouetted animals with Mrs Newton and made spectacular African masks with local portrait artist Charlotte Massey and Lizzie Watson.
Year 2 made circular patterns using dried pasta with Mrs Gilbert and mixed media masks with Amber Keetch.
Year 3 painted camouflaged African animal skins with local artist and ex-governor, George Willoughby and created a fantastic collaborative collage and mixed media piece with local artist and parent Maxine Hart.
Year 4 made African shields and spears with Mr Hitchens and Adire Eleko resist prints with Mrs Carroll.
Year 5 did T-Shirt printing with Mrs Gregory, clay masks with Penryn College teacher Ross Marhall and Silk painting with local artist Sally Spens.
Year 6 made clay masks with Mrs Page, did silk screen printing with Mr Wild and made clay masks with professional ceramic artist, Linda Styles.
Some of the children’s artwork will be on display at the Save the Children coffee morning at Constantine Church hall on Saturday 15th February. After half term it should all be on display around our school, so please do take some time then to come and have a look around our school.
