Celebrating daffodil day for cancer

The wonder of children's art

We are often asked why we don't provide outlines for children to colour in. We see our children as capable competent learners who are building their own concepts and theories as they connect their knowledge. These three pieces of art show how brilliant our children can capture their own ideas without the confines of our lines.

Pattern and texture

This week Elaine has continued her exploration of pattern and texture with the children and offered the children a range of options for their exploration.

Thomas extends his knowledge of texture

Fot the past few weeks Elaine has been exploring pattern and texture with the children. Thomas, always the astute student combined his knowledge of pattern and texture as he constructed this giraffe.

Exploring texture

Linked by a mutual interest

Levi and Hannah can often be found painting together. Levi gains his inspiration from Hannah's painting. "I look at Hannah's painting, then I can paint that too."