Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Year 5 and 6 went on our first school trip of the year to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park yesterday. This was to enhance our upcoming art and sculpture topic next half term and to give the children some inspiration for sculpting.
Before talking about the trip, it’s important to acknowledge how fantastic our St James pupils were. All staff (and members of the sculpture park) commented on how well the children conducted themselves and how engaged they all were at all times. They represented the school brilliantly and I’m so proud to be their teacher.
In the morning, Year 6 went out on a guided tour around the park. We made sketches of small parts of sculptures (as they had so much detail within them). Children worked calmly and safely in the park and we really enjoyed exploring lots of different work by sculptors. We visited the Family of Man by Barbara Hepworth. Here we enjoyed viewing all the various designs and having our picture taken with them. We were also fascinated by the David Nash sculptures that all link to nature.
In the afternoon, we were able to view other sculptures around the park and explore. We visited the underground exhibition where William Kentridge’s The Pull of Gravity was being displayed. We absolutely loved this exhibition – the children could even get creative and make some of their own sculptures!
What a fantastic day!
