Art

To enrich our art curriculum, all pupils are invited to attend a lunchtime art club during the year, where they can practise their skills and experiment with new techniques. We also offer an after-school art club, run by local artist Sally Wetherall, which pupils can choose to join. Each year, we celebrate Art Week — a dedicated time for pupils to explore art in greater depth and broaden their cultural horizons. During the week, we welcome local artists into school to work with the children and organise visits to nearby art galleries. The week concludes with our very own art exhibition, planned and curated by the pupils, where they proudly showcase their work to families.

December 2025

Our Year 1 and Reception pupils have been exploring texture and printmaking, using a range of objects to create different patterns and effects. Through this work, they are developing their ability to use a variety of materials and techniques creatively, as well as expressing their ideas through creative play.

November 2025

Sally's art club on a Thursday afternoon made beautiful porcelain clay Christmas decorations which will be fired and ready to decorate during advent.

November 2025

Bishop's Palace, in Wells, invited us to take part in their Eco Art Christmas competition this year. The theme was 'Christmas Carols'. After much discussion, and many ideas, we decided to create a scene that was made up of 3D structures. Each sculpture would be a character from a well-known Christmas Carol, and each character would be singing their own carol... but together!

Buzzard class designed and made shepherds and sheep from 'While shepherds watched their flocks'. Woodpecker class created three kings, from 'We Three Kings'. Owl class produced angels from 'Hark the herald angels sing'. Robin class made a donkey, from 'Little donkey', and we invited Red Room pre-school to join us, and they created a Christmas tree, from 'Oh Christmas Tree'.

All the materials needed to be recycled or eco and be strong enough to stand for one month in the Bishop's Palace Conference Room. After lots of experimenting, structural tweaks and plenty of embellishments, our entry was ready, and we were all feeling rather proud!

Whilst the pleasure was in taking part and collaborating between the classes, we were excited to find out we won the 'Creative Interpretation of the Theme' category and will receive £50 as a prize! Well done to our whole school for all their efforts!

Here is the video made by Bishop's Palace of this year's entries, including ours: https://youtu.be/SnSDV_KV9UQ

Here is how we made them...

September 2025

We challenged our pupils to create portraits of the school staff to use as our website profile pictures and they didn't disappoint! The winning portraits can be seen on our staff page: https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/whos-who

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Robin class practised their sewing techniques each morning for 15 minutes as they arrived at school. They refined their stitches and created patterns before turning them into bookmarks for their Mother's Day gifts.

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Sally Wetherall runs our art club after school on a Thursday. Pupils worked together in pairs to map, artistically, a journey on large paper using mixed-media. The children presented their creations to the rest of the classes the following day.