I love a challenge . . . and these little 'Tube Houses' are a great way of experimenting with what I call 'pure making' . . . can you create a house from just one tube, leaving no waste?
The full making video is on my YouTube channel. 😁👍
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So proud of one of our students who a struggle in art. They made this & were delighted to make new images from
It using KaleidaCam. NSEAD Anne-Louise Quinton Jessica A-B (She/her)Anti-Racist Helen Zoe Dilys 🇪🇺 🎨🐝🐕🌱🐦🍉🇵🇸🌈🎼 Terry Culkin (He/Him) #AntiRacist Jo Baker LouiseClazey Dalmain Art Susan M Coles

Some fantastic prints from our Y12 A Level Art students, taking inspiration from the local area and different wards in Cramlington.

For the last couple of days I've been working with the lovely Year 7 kids at Taunton School and for some reason, it's made me feel hungry. 🤔😂 Check out their large-scale ice cream sculptures. Each of these was created in less than 3 hours. 😮
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Just finished 4 days(20 hours) of GCSE Art and Photography exams this past week-phew! It was lovely to see students leaving the room smiling at the end of the day, having stayed silent for 10 whole hours! They said it was the only exam they were looking forward to 😊

Just finished this toys project with Year 8 and they’ve loved it! Now moving on to an endangered species project which we had great success with last year. Students really enjoyed the sgraffito, Ralph Steadman inspired illustrations and clay tiles.

Show us a perfect movie poster.

Here’s one:

Had a fantastic time with family in Denver last week, revisiting all of the places we used to go to when we lived there and catching up with old friends. Perfect weather for baseball too, watching the opening game for the Colorado Rockies 😊

Perfect weather for a trek around the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs, with great views of Pikes Peak 😊

A behaviour perspective. teacherhead.com/2024/04/02/a-b…

Such a brilliant night seeing Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. Fantastic support from Mammoth WVH too, at a perfect venue O2 City Hall Newcastle #smkc

More really lovely celebrity monoprints from my Year 9 students.

What a delightful day with PGCE trainee art teachers.I feel so confident that they will start teaching on the cusp of a change in education and carry a flag for the importance of #ARTEDUCATION . Felt quite emotional after my day with them.This is MY succession plan. Bridget Phillipson

Some really lovely celebrity monoprints from one of my Year 9 classes today. They’ll be making collaged backgrounds next and printing on top of them.

Experimenting with stencils and layers on my gelli plate.

Some fantastic photo sculptures from my Y10 GCSE Photography students this afternoon.

Year 9 options evening. When you’re in the 3rd bucket for EBACC, you have to be creative with how you market your subject for gcse!! The scroll is 263 jobs I found that desire or want an art qualification. 🤞🤞🤞 #ArtTeachers

I'm really proud of our school offer for Art and Design - and seeing a flavour of it all presented in one place is actually a little bit lovely 😍 #creativity #art

Lucy Williams FRSA MCCT NSEAD Anne-Louise Quinton Susan M Coles Jessica A-B (She/her)Anti-Racist Jo Baker LouiseClazey Absolutely vital report 🖐️ Marlene Wylie Runnymede Trust Freelands Foundation runnymedetrust.org//visualise

I’ve finished making our new GCSE Photography booklet, all ready for Year 9 options evening tomorrow, and I’m pretty pleased with how it looks 📸 🤞