The Seder Plate

Over the past few weeks, in RE, Birch class have been learning the story of Passover. The evening before Passover, Jews have a special meal called a Seder. The children made their own Seder plate, and tried some items, such as grape juice to represent wine, bread to represent matzah and lettuce leaves to represent…

Observational drawings

In Birch class we are looking at drawing in Art. We have started to look at how artists use shading to bring their work to life. We practised different shading techniques such as hatching and cross hatching. We also looked at applying different amounts of pressure to show different gradients of darkness. We then drew…