Art week has been so much fun! The children have explored lots of different mediums and gone through the process of exploring, designing, practising and producing some incredible pieces. We took a twist on the school theme of “birds” and focused on mythical and legendary birds.

Since we have been learning about Anglo Saxons in our topic, we took a closer look at the flag of Sussex. This is based on a design recorded in 1611 in a book called “Kingdom of the South Saxons”. It has 6 yellow Martlett birds on a blue background. The Martlett is a mythical bird which actually has no feet and therefore never stops flying. The children created polystyrene templates of a martlett which they then printed onto flags using fabric paint.

We also looked at Legendary birds from Pokemon and learnt about Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno. Another mythical bird in popular culture is the Phoenix, particularly Fawkes from Harry Potter. We did marbling to make a colourful background then traced outlines onto it and cut it out.

We can’t wait to show you all our flags pictures and more in the gallery next week on Friday.