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Marlborough Primary School

Art

The Art Leader attended an INSET about sculpture and has since started a regular KS2 art club in which the children are making a Polar Bear scene with recycled materials. This will be displayed in the school when it is completed.

Singing

During weekly whole school singing assemblies, the children have been learning one song of One Sun One World per week. The whole school is very much part of the process of learning the songs and are growing in understanding about singing as a large group. Even the Nursery and Reception children are able to access the songs and join in. The school have also have taken part in a regular cluster rehearsals with other schools.

Creative Music

Year 1 children have been using pictures of animals to create music which represents that animal, using a variety of instruments.

Year 1 also took part in a workshop called 'Silent Pawprints' where they learnt about pandas. This was led by the English Chamber Orchestra and Royal College of Music and there was a performance to the whole school. This provided an amazing opportunity for the year 1 children which they throughly enjoyed. 

Creative Curriculum

The school used a theme week explore recycling and the environment, linked to curriculum. Pupils from year 6 will also be taking part in the 'The Writers Challenge'.

Why take part?

"I loved learning about the polar bears and performing to people. Polar bears are my favourite animal." (Year 1 child)

"My favourite learning this term was the workshops. We had to do dancing and play lots of instruments."(Year 1 child)

Teacher Sarah Raiwo says: "To support our theme on the Arctic and to support the Silent Paws workshops, we turned our home corner into the Arctic.

The school has been very involved in the project and all classes are aware that some of our children will be performing at the Royal Albert Hall. It has given the children the opportunity to perform in front of their peers on a more regular basis and to learn songs with important current messages. Even if they are not performing in the production in October, they have been made to feel as part of it through singing and art opportunities.

Sculpture was a whole school focus before this prodution. One Sun One World has enabled the children to make something that all the children  in the school can recognise and that has relevance on a wider scale. The Art Leader commented that 'this art project has made the production come alive for the children." 

I loved learning about the polar bears and performing to people. Polar bears are my favourite animal.

Year 1 child