Black History Month
For Black History Month Year 1 children have learnt about an amazing British painter and writer called Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. The figures in her portraits are all fictions, conjured from a scrapbook of memories.
The Year 1 children have been focusing on Lynette’s portraits of animals and humans. The animals are the significant features in her portraits, as she puts it: ‘The powerful ones, who see the weaknesses in humans’. Her beautiful work has inspired the children to create their own collages of powerful animals.
Our lucky Year 1’s also had a visit from an amazing author Jasmine Springer-Best. She shared her brilliant new book ‘I am’ with the class and they used it as a basis for some wonderful work!
If you are interested, Jasmine book can be purchased on Amazon UK.
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