Remote Learning Creativity!

Creativity has flowed at Milford  as pupils have adapted to  take up weekly challenges through  the Seesaw app. Some pupils are now completing these challenges in school!

Pupils were challenged to use their outdoor spaces and be inspired by flowers, leaves and minibeasts.  William Morris, Klimt and Georgia O’Keeffe  helped us see how  we could be inspired by nature. They were encouraged to create photographs, collage, sketches or models using materials they had at home. 

                     

                                               

 

 

Rainbows have been an inspiring symbol throughout this challenging time, reminding us of the NHS and giving us hope. Imaginative pupils created rainbows with a wide variety of materials at home!      

         

Food glorious food!  Pupils were challenged to create a piece of art using the food in their cupboards. Many artists have been inspired by food such as Arcimboldo, Caravaggio and Carl Warner.

Pupils also rose to the challenge of creating a piece of Art, just using paper. What amazing results!

Imagination and resourcefulness flowed as pupils were challenged to create a piece of Art from household objects or natural objects in their garden.

   

 

 

 

Pupils linked their creative talents to topics studied using items they had at home!

Art and Design at the Milford Academy

At the Milford Academy, pupils experience a wide range of  inspirational, creative  projects within the Art and Design  curriculum. Pupils learn age appropriate skills and techniques and explore a wide range of media throughout their school journey. Art and Design projects are often linked to topic work to give a context to Art and Design skills and help pupils make connections in their learning.  Pupils have the opportunity to  study  a range of Artists. Activities are planned in each phase to ensure a progression of skills, techniques and media.

Creativity is also developed through partnership projects, such as  with Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Schools Trust and  Nottingham Contemporary. Milford pupils are given the opportunity to visit Art galleries and work with professional artists (See  School Life – Nottingham Contemporary Partnership Projects and  Nottingham Trent University Art Partnership).

Art Ambassadors  across school  are inspiring other pupils  to develop art techniques and think creatively. Milford Academy is  part of the Schools of Tomorrow project and  a professional artist, Laura Eldret works regularly in school as well as with the Nottingham Contemporary.

These planned, creative, progressive activities  foster aspiration and enjoyment in the arts.

EYFS

Early Years and Foundation children develop a range of skills and techniques and use a range of media. Milford pupils begin to make marks with pencils, felts, chalks and paints. They begin to develop collage techniques, choosing colours, textures and patterns.  Pupils have a range of opportunities to explore 3D work.

Mark Making and Colour Mixing

3D Experiences

     

Collage, colour and texture work

 

Key Stage 1

Key stage 1 pupils continue to develop drawing skills, 3D work, print techniques and choices in colour, texture and pattern. 

Linking with the Science topic,’ Seasonal Change’, pupils took photographs of leaves in the school grounds. As well as developing photography skills, pupils used pastels to create the colours and textures captured in the images.

Pupils used the natural objects in the school grounds as inspiration for sketches.

As part of the ‘Marvellous Me’ topic, pupils were inspired by Matisse portraits to create their own pastel portraits.

Key Stage 1 pupils created  patterns and  clay sculptures inspired by nature.

  

During the ‘Under the Sea’ topic. pupils created 3D seascapes. Decisions were made about colour, texture, materials and orientation. Pupils enjoyed thinking imaginatively about space, depth and direction.

Lower Key Stage 2

Pupils developed shading skills and the use of different pencil grade while visualising scenes from ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes.

Creating stone tiles inspired by Roman mosaics

Lower Key Sate 2 pupils studied Roman mosaics then planned and created a stone tile of their own.

Weaving skills  and techniques in Year 3

Year 3 explored a range of techniques, resources, colours and textures  to create these beautiful  art works.

Year 3 pupils entered the wonderful world of texture and weaving. They tried weaving with a wide range of materials such as, wool, paper, straw and ribbon! Different sizes and styles of weaving looms were explored. Do you like the range of colours and textures created? 

Year 4 pupils worked in 3D to create Ancient Egyptian Death Masks

While making the masks they used a wide range of skills; sketching, cutting, paper mache, moulding, modelling and painting!  Pupils were very proud of the results!

   

Year 3  pupils developed 3D modelling techniques using clay in partnership with Nottingham Trent University. 

   

Year 3 pupils were then able to glaze their clay work and see the  beautiful results after they were fired in the kiln at Nottingham Trent University. 

 

As part of the ‘Healthy Lifestyles’ topic, Lower Key Stage 2 pupils used fruit and vegetables to develop a wide range of skills including pencil sketches, charcoal drawings, oil pastels, printing and painting. They also discussed a range of artists using fruit and vegetables as their subject.

  

Upper Key Stage 2 

Year 5 were inspired by South and central American artists to create print work of their own.

Year 5 and 6 have been inspired during the ‘Fairgrounds’ topic and their visit to Goose Fair to create images of rides using chalk, paint dots and special paper.

Year 5 pupils linked their Science work  and  Art techniques to create these art pieces. They printed onto fabric using  flowers and leaves with the help of a hammer!

Upper Key stage 2 pupils worked in 3D to create  Viking longboat models.

Upper Key stage 2  developed Observational sketch techniques.

Pupils helped each other explore different pencil grades, shading techniques and shadow.

Year 6 pupils also explores water colour techniques and used then to create faded landscapes.

 

Art Club   –   For more details of Art Club work see – School Life – Art Club

  

Partnership Projects

Schools of Tomorrow Project with the Nottingham Contemporary 2019- 2020

As part of this very exciting project with the Nottingham Contemporary and professional artist, Laura Eldret, Year 3 pupils visited the gallery. During the visit they viewed exhibitions by Denzil Forrester and Diane Simpson and took part in workshops around this Art. Pupils made wonderful insights about the exhibitions and were inspired to be creative!

Nottingham Schools Trust

Milford pupils worked with professional artists, Elaine Winter and other schools in the trust to create a collaborative print panel called, ‘Under One Sky’. Milford pupils visited Lakeside Arts Centre to see the work exhibited.

Individual artists also felt proud to view their own work in the exhibition.

Nottingham Contemporary

Year 4 exhibit  at the Nottingham Contemporary  2018-2019

Year 4 exhibited their work as part of the Start project in partnership with the Nottingham Contemporary. Year 4 pupils exhibited a variety of art forms including a dance performance on screen, 3D wire sculptures and free drawings.

For more details of this project see School Life – Nottingham Contemporary Partnership Project 2018 -2019.

 

Year 4 pupils also explored the exhibition by Daniel Steegmann Mangrane linking with their rainforest topic.

 

Hoodwinked BookBench Project  (Sponsored by East Midlands Airport)

Congratulations to the talented artists at the Milford Academy who designed, drew and painted an amazing BookBench. Pupils created a design that represented a reading journey through the Milford Academy showing the diverse genres and interesting authors children meet along the way!

Pupils sketched out ideas on paper, planned the areas faintly on the unpainted bench then created the design using acrylic paints and posca pens for outline detail. Finally, the BookBench was varnished.

    

Can you spot your favourite book, author or character on the BookBench?

Previous Art Projects

French Artist Studies on Culture Day

During Culture Day this year, the Milford Academy studied famous French artists. EYFS discovered the bold colours and collage techniques of Mattisse, KS1 explored the magic of Monet,  Lower Key Stage 2 studied the pointilism movement through the artist Georges Seurat and Upper Key Stage 2 explored the still life compositions of Cezanne.

Which famous French artist is your favourite?

 

 

Milford Pupils Exhibit their work at the Nottingham Contemporary  2017 -2018

 

Nottingham Contemporary Partnership Project 2017  Initial Gallery Visit

Year 4 pupils were fascinated and inspired by the ‘States of America’ exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary Gallery. Reflecting on the photographs, discussing images, creating poses and imagining emotions gave pupis plenty of creative ideas.  Images at the gallery inspired  Milford art work including masks, poetry, portrait thoughts  and drawing with words!

For more images, see School Life – The Nottingham Contemporary Partnership Project 2017.

Congratulations to all the talented, creative pupils of Milford!