Project: Printmaking – Bird Hunt Participants: Year 4 pupils Partnering with: Warwick Road JI&N Artist: Shelley Burgoyne Science topic: Which Wild Plants and Animals Live in our Locality We are focussing on the habitat of our own local area, Fieldhead, and the birds that live there. We will look at the variety of trees and […]
We are looking at the changing habitat of the locality at Fieldhead and the birds that live there. We have started to make drawings of birds in our area. Today we used these to make small printed pictures and we also printed postcards. We discussed how birds adapt to the seasons and survive all the […]
We had a very busy session! We made some small drawings and writing about the foods that birds eat in the different seasons. We discussed how birds adapt to the seasons and survive all the different environmental changes. We made more prints of birds as well and the colours are really interesting and fun. We […]
Today we made some drawings of birds and where they live in our locality. The forest school area has a lot of activity. We also finished our little bird prints and added more colours. T he results were really exciting. Mixing and layering the colours was new to us! The bird pictures are really lovely […]
Pupils found the whole experience extremely engaging and thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the project. This was evidenced in the fact that they were opting to complete homework tasks related to finding facts and information about birds. They have a much keener interest in the natural world around them as a result of this project. […]
Thanks to the Heads of all the schools who are members of BBEST (Batley & Birstall Excellence in Schools Together) for their enthusiastic support of The Change Project.
