Our Trip to the Art Gallery

 

Hi, I’m Nicole and I am a member of our School Council Team.  I am here to welcome you to our school blog and keep you up to date with the latest news at Springhill Catholic Primary School!

Recently, year 6 went on an exhilarating school trip to our local Art Gallery in Southampton. Firstly, our literacy groups were guided towards the Art Department and sat down at a table. We were told that we were each going to make the mythical creature Medusa’s head out of fresh clay. To start us all off, the instructor, Jo, taught us to cut three quarters off of our large block of clay and place the smallest section into our plastic bags. Next, we shaped the block into an oval and then we flattened the bottom half down and turned it into shoulders. After that, we created eyes, a nose and a snarling mouth. Lastly, we made a set of hissing, textured snakes which we then placed onto our beast’s head. We used a special cloth to create the scales on our fabulous snakes. Eventually after a lot of hard work and effort, our masterpieces were complete!

 

 

 

    

 

 

 To add to the amazing day, Jo gave us a tour of the unique art gallery upstairs. She showed us paintings of the Medusa story and spoke to us about how Medusa became cursed. She then said goodbye and that was the end of our astounding school trip!

Until our next blog written by me or the other year 6 students, Goodbye!

TenTen Theatre Group Visit

As year 6 are now at the top of the school, they received an educational visit from a talented theatre group, TenTen Theatre. The play they performed showed what could happen if their minds got carried away too much with being the most experienced of the pupils in the school. The general message was to remember other people’s feelings and keep in mind that they are humans too! The acting was both sensational and touching, not to mention dramatic and humorous.

One child quoted:

“Both emotional but funny at the same time! I thoroughly enjoyed the experience!”

 Another said:

“I loved the acting and how the characters used the space in the hall.  They didn’t have that much props but they still amazed me!”

 

Overall, the talent of the participants was inspiring for them, and they all have in mind the information shown by the actors!