Arts Week

This week we will be looking at the work of the artist Mary Fleeson who specialises in an original style of inspirational calligraphy, illumination and writing.

Mary was born in 1969 and grew up in a small market town in Shropshire, she has lived on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne since 1997.
Mary studied Foundation Art at Stafford College, specialising in textiles, and then gained an honours degree in Three-Dimensional Design from the University of Central England in Birmingham in 1992.
In 1999, with her husband Mark, she founded Lindisfarne Scriptorium which showcases her original style of inspirational calligraphy, illumination and writing. Here is some of her work.

 



We will be learning about how manuscripts were created before printing was invented and we will design our own illuminated letters and inspirational texts.

Diamond Jubilee Sports Day

This year our sports day was very special. All the events had a 'Royal' theme including 'Changing of the Guard', 'Stacking the Tower of London', 'The Royal Tea Party' and the 'Queens Coronation Race'

Making the right connections

As part of our Science topic we learnt about electricity, using circuits, batteries, switches and light bulbs. To demonstrate some of the circuits we built them into models that lit up in various ways. The results are amazing!!!

ROBOT

ROBOT

ROBOT

ROBOT

ROBOT

LIGHTHOUSE

LIGHTHOUSE

FLOWER

FLOWER

SUNSHINE

SUNSHINE

CLOCK

CLOCK

CLOCK

Network Olympic Festival

We had a chance to practise our sports skills and develop our Olympic values of respect, friendship and excellence... and it was great fun too!

Being switched on!!

Today we learnt all about using switches in electric circuits, what materials act as conductors of electricity and what materials act as insulators.
We used home-made switches with paper clips, screws, safety pins and aluminium foil. We also tested to see if rubber, coins, paper, wood, plastic and keys would conduct or insulate.

This switch was made using a folded peice of card, covered top and bottom, with aluminium foil!

IT WORKED!!! (can you see the bulb is lit?)

This switch was made using safety pins to complete the circuit across two screws that the crocodile clips were attached to. This also worked as a conductor. We tried replacing the safety pin with rubber, wood, paper or plastic and the bulb did not light up. They were insulators.


Our results were:
Conductors                                                    Insulators
Coins                                                               Rubber
Keys                                                                Wood
Safety pins                                                      Plastic
                                                                        Paper

                                                                      

Making connections!

Here we are at work using a selection of electrical components to tackle the challenge

 "Can you make the bulb light up?"

When the connections were all made and the circuits complete the bulbs lit up.