The arts council have been busy transforming two, existing benches into colourful, friendship benches to help children feel less lonely at break and lunchtimes. They discussed ideas for the friendship benches and how they will be used by the children at Clapgate. The council knew they wanted the benches to stand out in the playground
Year 1 recently visited The Hepworth art gallery in Wakefield to see sculpture made by local artist Dame Barbara Hepworth. The children looked at small and large sculptures inside the art gallery and outside in the Hepworth garden. They saw sculptures made from wood, stone, metal, plaster and wire. Year 1 took their sketchbooks with
Our school arts council organised the annual Easter egg decorating competition. Every child from EYFS to year 6 were invited to get creative and have a go at designing and making an egg entry. Children across school brought in their entries and were judged by our arts council who had a difficult job of selecting
To celebrate Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day, Clapgate held our very own version of The Masked Singer. Children each paid £1 to attend the show and enjoyed singing along to the undercover stars. At the end of the performances, we chanted ‘take it off’ and the staff behind the masks were revealed. Look North even
5MB had a fabulous time recently at Leeds Art Gallery being art detectives and looking at portraits created by artist, Curtis Holder who works in graphite and coloured pencils to create large scale portraits and figurative work. Year 5 got to see the drawings close up and zoom in on them before creating their own
Clapgate Primary School
10 Cranmore Drive
Belle Isle
Leeds
LS10 4AW
Headteacher: Miss Taylor
Deputy Headteacher: Miss Procter
SENDCO: Mrs Lawton
Office: Mrs Austin,
Miss Johnson,
Mrs Belt and Miss Stamp
Chair of Governors: Mr Bache
Tel: 0113 271 6700
Email: clapgate@clapgateprimaryschool.org
