Creativity at Plymouth Grove

I went to the Out of Schools exhibition at the weekend and saw our entry hung on the wall, I was very proud!

Here’s our submission and lots of others too, if you click on the picture you can read what it’s about:

Our school isn’t very far from the Whitworth Art Gallery – based on Oxford Road a quick walk down Hathersage Road from school and you can be there in 15 mins. So why go? You may not be interested in pictures but the Whitworth has so much more to offer….

Toddlertastic!

For under fives, their families and carers.
These sessions are very popular! Please book on 0161 275 7450

DRAMA ADVENTURES

Mondays: 6 June, 4 July, 1 August
10.30 – 11.30am or
11.30am – 12.30pm
Bringing the artworks to life through storytelling, role-play and drama techniques.

ART ADVENTURES

Mondays: 30 May, 13 June, 11 July, 8 August
10.30 – 11.30am  or
11.30am – 12.30pm
Come and enjoy a story adventure while creating your own mini masterpiece to take home.

MUSIC ADVENTURES

Mondays: 20 June, 18 July, 15 August
10.30 – 11.30am or
11.30am – 12.30pm
Explore the artworks through music and movement. Enjoy singing songs and musical games.

DANCE ADVENTURES

Mondays: 27 June, 25 July, 22 August
10.30 – 11.30am or
11.30am – 12.30pm
Join us to dance like a sculpture, boogie like a textile and wiggle like a painting.

A great opportunity for little people and mums and dads to join in.

But what about for you?

Colourful Sundays

Every Sunday 1.30 – 3.30pm

Join friends, family and artists for the popular Sunday drop-in creative workshops. There are new arty activities to take part in every week, from forming your own forest to mask making!
Suitable for children of all ages and their families and carers. Free no need to book.

Arty Picnics

On Wednesdays: (summer holidays)
27 July
3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 August

All at 11am – 12.30pm

On Fridays:
29 July
5, 12, 19, 26, August

All at 11am – 12.30pm

Suitable for all ages.  No need to book

Bring your family and some food (if you fancy lunch), and meet an artist for fun creative activities. Don’t worry if it is a wet Wednesday or Friday and raining outside, we’ll have a picnic in the Gallery.

So why not make use of a fantastic resource so close to home.:)

Manchester Art Gallery has been named a better day out than Alton Towers, it’s official (and cheaper too!)

The city centre gallery beat competition from the Staffordshire theme park to win the accolade at the Enjoy England Awards For Excellence. There are always lots of events on which are family friendly and it’s free to visit the art gallery, so why not visit?

(http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1418403_manchester-art-gallery-named-better-day-out-than-alton-towers)

Recently as i’ve been hearing the most wonderful singing from about the school….our children are getting ready for the end of summer production ‘Cinderella Rockafella’ and my goodness do they sound amazing! I can’t wait to see it, can you?

Mrs S

I recently set up a link with Manchester Metropolitan University and am delighted to announce that we are taking part in their Out of Schools Exhibition – an opportunity to have work exhibited in their art gallery as part of a large project. This year’s topic was ‘collaboration’ and class 5M rose to the challenge! They created a series of windmills encompassing all their hopes and dreams on one side and a brightly multi-coloured series of school emblems on the other – representing our multicultural school and how together we can help one another to achieve our goals. The windmills were then mounted next to one another to create maximum visual impact and then surrounded by a frame. The title of the piece is ‘The Answer My Friend Is Blowing In The Wind’ inspires by the Bob Dylan Song that we used for inspiration.

Our piece along with others from schools throughout Manchester can be viewed for two weeks from  July the 2nd and is a wonderful opportunity for pupil’s work to be exhibited in a professional context and for teachers to share practice. So come along and also enjoy the family events that will be going on..make a badge, create a piece of patchwork, watch a production… All of the delights can be sampled at:

Grosvenor Building
Manchester Metropolitan University
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BR

Get down there!!

Mrs S

Hi all,

It’s been a little quiet on here lately but now i’m back from my maternity leave I can fill you in on all the wonderful creative things that we’ve been getting up and also what we’re about to embark on!

Watch this space!

Mrs Simpson

Well done to the whole school for all their artistic efforts, in music, dance, drama, art, design technology. Our efforts in making our school an outstanding arts school has been recognised by the arts council and we have been given  the highest award Artsmark Gold!

We all love getting crafty and after being asked by one of my class where I get all the fab links to making things from I thought i’d share them with you, if you have any good websites or books that you use at home to be creative then share them here!

We’ve been experimenting with Origami this week if you fancy a go then you can find instructions here:

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/origami_for_kids.htm

and here are some other ones!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/

http://www.things2make.com/default.htm 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/mistermaker

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/smart/

For all of you filmclub members i’ve added a new page (just look to the right of the screen) which will be uploaded with a trailer or links to a trailer for the next film we’ll be watching

It’s no secret that I love all aspects of art and design and I’m really passionate about it’s benefits.

Whether you think you’re good at art or not all of us can create something amazing with a little bit of encouragement

Here are some examples of work going on in our school, some of it was created in an art lesson, some of it during other lessons like history or literacy. Art is a great way of enhancing any curriculum subject!

Mrs Simpson