The Moving Body

We have finally kicked off for a new term at Pelham Primary School with a flourishing class.

We now have 2 full groups of Of Key Stage 1 led by Louise Pasquill and Key stage 2 children led by Veena Scialo. We began the term in glorious sunshine by working outside with some activities tested during our summer holiday courses Fleeting Images

After warming up the children worked on a large roll of paper to experiment with mark making using chalk and charcoal.

They enjoyed getting messy

We used tissue to rub into our work to keep layering the marks whilst adding shading and texture.

Hand and footprints added interesting effects.

Veena then demonstrated to the children how to draw a figure using a series of ovals.

The children then drew while the adults created poses for them to copy – a form of life drawing. We then added colour to our figures

We were very absorbed in what we were doing.

The following week we experimented with pipe cleaners to model different poses.

We then drew around the pipe cleaner figures as they moved across the page – a sequence of movements was created.

We added props to our drawings

Short stories began to emerge, which we will develop next week.