The Story of The First Christmas and Beyond using
Illustrations from the Artists of the Middle Ages

Year 6 undertake two major painting projects, one during the autumn term and one during the spring term.

The autumn term project is to complete a series of large large paintings for display in St. Martin's Church.

The designs are direct copies of Illustrations from the Middle Ages which are  projected on OHP's for drawing.

The children work in groups of two to paint the illustrations using bright colours. They experience choosing and mixing colours, and developing a strategy to complete the painting, starting with the largest areas down to the finest detail.

This experience in collaborating to produce paintings on a large scale is good  preparation for the second project next term. This is to design and produce their own Stations of the Cross in a Pre-Raphaelite style for display in the church at Easter. In preparation for this the children study St. Saviours Church  Stations of the Cross through  website photos (viewable on this site), and visit St. Martin's Church to study Pre-Raphaelite art.

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