Our Lowry inspired mural.

Lesson: Art and design

Class: Y1 Year: 2018 - 2019

Over the past few weeks, Y1 have been learning about the history of our town. Inspired by our focus artist L.S. Lowry, children looked at significant buildings and structures, past and present, around our town. We learned that Newton le Willows had a significant train manufacturing factory at the Vulcan works and that George Stephenson built the Sankey Viaduct because our town used to be very boggy. Y1 then chose their favourite thing about Newton le Willows past or present and drafted their idea onto card tiles. Today children chose their favourite idea and made their clay tile by etching and carving their idea onto it. We then made a mural from our tiles which will soon be on display in our classroom. Well done Y1, marvellous mural making.