Looking back at how our Year 7 artists explored the origins of Stone Age art for their very first KS3 art assessments. Under the guidance of Head of Art, Ms Westwood, they ditched the traditional brushes for "primitive" tools like twigs, sticks, and sponges to explore the raw power of prehistoric mark-making.

Ms Westwood was really impressed: "I love how the Year 7s threw themselves into this challenge! By stripping away modern tools and working only with things like their fingers, sticks and 'mud' tones, they’ve managed to capture the raw, gritty feel of real cave art. It’s been great to see them handle such a big scale and use tricky materials to tell their own stories, just like the very first artists did."

We are so proud of how they embraced the mess and the challenge to bring pre-history to life in their sketchbooks! Well done, Year 7! 👏

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