GCSE Art and Textiles Exhibition
Last Wednesday saw the staging of this year’s GCSE Art and Textiles Exhibition in the School Gym. The Art Department transformed the room into a wonderful gallery space that really showed the students’ work off to full advantage. Visitors were able to peruse the portfolio books laid out on the tables, chronicling the development of the students’ work from conception through experimentation and on to finished product. The final pieces hung around the room and gave a clear indication of the wealth of diverse and inspirational talent our Thornton pupils have.
Reception’s Good Work Assembly
The pupils in Reception thoroughly enjoyed showing their parents and other visitors on Friday morning what a vast array of learning they had been involved in this term. The highlight of their Good Work Assembly was Mrs Tulloch’s wonderful video compilation of everything the children had got up to this term.
Form 4 visit Harlow Carr
Form 4 enjoyed a lovely day at Harlow Carr Gardens last Thursday. They were incredibly lucky to see the garden in the sunshine and had timed their visit well to see the rare blue poppies in flower. (Many thanks to Mrs Kirby for her beautiful photographs of all the fabulous blooms.) The morning was spent doing some beautiful sketches, focusing on unusual shapes and detail. In the afternoon the pupils learned about the Brammall Learning Centre Building and looked at ways that the architects and designers had made it sustainable. Their findings provided much inspiration for some very simple ideas that we could all use to help make our own homes more sustainable too!