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         <title>Time Table Rock Stars</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Keep practising your times tables!</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Hit the Button</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Use this quick fire maths game to practise different number skills and fluency.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>A great collection of resources to support children's learning across the maths curriculum.</p>]]></description>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3200700120</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>A great website to refresh or consolidate English and writing skills across each year group.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Year 5 Spelling Resources</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>BBC bitesize has a great selection of spelling resources to support the children's learning and understanding. Please feel free to explore previous year groups to consolidate spellings too.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Grammar Explained</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3200715260</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>A great resources to refresh and practise everyone's grammar knowledge.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Linguascope </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Linguascope is an online language learning platform that provides interactive resources and materials for pupils to practice Spanish.</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <title>Reading resources</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3569448360</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>A brilliant resource that has different texts and comprehension questions you can work on at home. It also includes free Ebooks and tips for reading at home. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-09-04 19:15:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>BBC bitesize grammar games</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3569449539</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>A great resource for children to access independently to brush up on their grammar skills. </p>]]></description>
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         <title>BBC Bitesize Maths games </title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3569450926</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>A great resource to brush up on your maths skills whilst having fun. </p>]]></description>
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         <title>Revision of learning in class</title>
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         <title>Practise talking about school</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_elementToProof" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cXfbb39VQ4">Aprende los instrumentos musicales | VIENTO, CUERDA Y PERCUSIÓN | Música para niños</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_elementToProof" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf62xyc/articles/z4n8g7h">Exploring Tenerife - KS2 Spanish - BBC Bitesize</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_elementToProof" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh7wqp3/articles/zmrtjsg">Talking About School - KS2 Spanish - BBC Bitesize</a></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <title>Spanish Spelling Bee - non-native speaker word list 2026</title>
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         <title>Spanish Spelling Bee - native speaker word list 2026</title>
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         <title>MathsFrame - Maths Games</title>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-11 13:25:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>ElevenUp App :) </title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3799910330</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>For those of you who are interested in supporting your child with the 11+ preparation, this website provides helpful resources, practice materials, and guidance. It’s a quick way to explore what the 11+ involves and how you can help your child at home.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-02-24 08:58:33 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Writing</title>
         <author>fhepburn204</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Non-chronological Reports</p><p><br></p><p>Week 1 - </p><p>Wednesday: We will be looking at what non-chronological reports look like.</p><p><br></p><p>Friday: Immersing into the Windrush.</p><p>--------------------------------</p><p>Week 2 - </p><p>Monday: Using the laptops to research bout the Windrush</p><p><br></p><p>Tuesday: Focusing on alliteration and puns to create a heading.</p><p>Relative-clauses for our introduction.</p><p><br></p><p>Wednesday: Focusing on main clause + subordinate conjunctions = complex sentence whilst writing the <em>who </em>section of our non-chronological reports</p><p><br></p><p>Friday: Focusing on rhetorical questions + short sentences for effect whilst writing our <em>why </em>section.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-25 13:15:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Reading</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>We will be beginning our new class text <em>'Windrush child'. </em></p><p><br/></p><p>Week 1- We will explore the <strong>context</strong> and make <strong>predictions</strong> about the text. </p><p><br/></p><p>Week 2- <strong>Retrieval focus</strong>. </p><p><br/></p><p>You can ask questions and answer questions on your home text that link to retrieval: </p><ul><li><p>Where/when does the story take place?</p></li><li><p>What did s/he/it look like?</p></li><li><p>Where did s/he/it live?</p></li><li><p> Who are the characters in the book?</p></li><li><p>Where in the book would you find…?</p></li><li><p>What is happening at this point in the text?</p></li><li><p>What happened in the story?</p></li><li><p>Through whose eyes is the story told?</p></li><li><p>Which part of the story best describes the setting?</p></li><li><p>What part of the story do you like best? Find evidence to support your opinion.</p></li><li><p>What evidence do you have to justify your opinion?</p></li><li><p>Write down 3 things you are told about … (character/setting/subject of the text)</p></li><li><p>What was revealed at …. (beginning, middle, end, paragraph)</p></li><li><p>Which of these statements is true/false?</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-25 13:17:33 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Maths</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>We will be starting our new unit on Shape</p><p><br></p><p>Week 1: </p><p><strong>Step 1</strong>&nbsp;Understand and use degrees</p><p><strong>Step 2</strong>&nbsp;Classify angles</p><p><strong>Step 3</strong>&nbsp;Estimate angles</p><p><br></p><p>Week 2: </p><p><strong>Step 4</strong>&nbsp;Measure angles up to 180°</p><p><strong>Step 5</strong>&nbsp;Draw lines and angles accurately</p><p><strong>Step 6</strong>&nbsp;Calculate angles around a point</p><p><strong>Step 7</strong>&nbsp;Calculate angles on a straight line</p><p><em>Arithmetic</em></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-03-25 13:21:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>History - Windrush</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 1:</p><p><br/></p><p>Wednesday: What is migration and why do people move?</p><p>Thursday: Migration through time - is it new?</p><p>Friday: The Windrush Story - who were they?</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-04-13 12:17:12 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Spelling </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Week 1:</strong></p><p>Rule: –tial&nbsp;is another common adjective ending pronounced with a /sh/ sound. It usually follows a consonant.</p><p><br/></p><p>essential, potential, substantial, influential, confidential, residential, initial, preferential, consequential, partial</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Week 2:</strong></p><p><strong>Common Exception Word (CEWs)</strong></p><p>amateur, ancient, category, communicate, community, competition, critic, curiosity, dictionary, explanation</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <title>Writing </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Writing over the next two weeks will be finishing our reports</p><p><br></p><p>Week 3:</p><ul><li><p>Why did they come?</p></li><li><p>What happened? </p></li><li><p>How did they feel? </p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Week 4: </p><p>We will publish our work. </p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>We will be continuing to read our class text ‘Windrush Child’ </p><p><br></p><p>Week 3- inference </p><p>Week 4- clarifying </p><p><br></p><p>You can practise these skills at home with your own text. You can use bbc bite size to consolidate your understanding of the skills. </p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 3 we will be ending our unit on <strong>shape</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>We will<strong> </strong>be learning how to…</p><ul><li><p>Find lengths and angles in a shape</p></li><li><p>Recognise regular and irregular polygons</p></li><li><p>Sorting 3D shapes</p></li><li><p>End of unit assessment</p></li></ul><p><br/></p><p>Week 4 we will be starting our topic on <strong>position and direction. </strong></p><p><br/></p><p>We will be learning how to…</p><ul><li><p>Read and plot coordinates</p></li><li><p>Problem solve with coordinates</p></li><li><p>Translation </p></li><li><p>Translation with coordinates</p></li><li><p>Weekly arithmetic </p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <title>History </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 3 is our final week on learning about the Windrush. </p><p><br></p><p>We will look at..</p><ul><li><p>The Windrush Scandal</p></li><li><p>How we know about the Windrush today</p></li><li><p>End of unit assessment </p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 4 we will begin our Science topic on <strong>Forces</strong>. </p><p><br/></p><p>We will be enquiring…</p><ul><li><p>Does a change of size or shape in an object effect how it falls? </p></li><li><p>What features of a parachute help it fall slower? </p></li><li><p>How can we design an effective parachute? </p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Spellings Rule​</p><p>Prefix dis- means “not” or “opposite of.” It negates the meaning of the root word.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Spelling</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Spellings Rule​</p><p>​</p><p>Prefix auto- means “self” or “own.” From Greek, it is common in scientific and technical words</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Week 5- Diary entries</strong></p><p>Week 5 we will be writing diary entries as Leonard from our class text ‘Windrush Child’. We will be using, adverbials, prepositions, oxymorons, similes within our writing. </p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Week 6-Writing assessment</strong></p><p>Children will be Writing another diary entry from a different perspective. They will be encouraged to use the skills taught in the prior week, independently.</p><p><br></p><p><br/></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 5- position and direction </p><p>This week we will be concluding our position and direction unit </p><ul><li><p><strong>Step 4</strong> Translation with coordinates</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 5</strong> Lines of symmetry</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 6</strong> Reflection in horizontal and vertical lines</p></li><li><p>End of unit assessment</p></li><li><p>Weekly arithmetic </p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Week 6- negative numbers</p><ul><li><p><strong>Step 1</strong> Understand negative numbers</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 2</strong> Count through zero in 1s And in multiples </p></li><li><p><strong>Step 3 </strong>Compare and order negative numbers</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 4 </strong>Find the difference</p></li><li><p>End of unit assessment</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 5- Evaluating </p><p>In this week we will be evaluating authors choice of words and phrases, asking questions such as…</p><ul><li><p><em>What does the word 'x' tell you about 'y'?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Find two or three ways that the writer tells you 'x'.</em></p></li><li><p><em> What does this… word/phrase/sentence… tell you about…character/setting/mood etc?</em></p></li><li><p><em> Highlight a key phrase or line. By writing a line in this way what effect has the author created?</em></p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Week 6: comparing </p><p>In this week we will be making comparisons within and with other texts. We will answer questions such as…</p><ul><li><p><em>Describe different characters' reactions to the same event in a story.</em></p></li><li><p><em> How is it similar to …?</em></p></li><li><p><em>How is it different to …?</em></p></li><li><p><em> Is it as good as …?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Which is better and why?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Compare and contrast different character/settings/themes in the text</em></p></li><li><p><em> What do you think about the way information is organised in different parts of the text? Is there a reason for why this has been done</em></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Over the next two weeks we will be writing <strong>poems</strong> inspired by the poem<em> ‘Malfeasance by Alan Bold’</em> </p><p><br></p><p>Week 1:</p><ul><li><p>Look at the poem and find the shape of our own poem</p></li><li><p>Find the pattern and rhythm of the poem</p></li><li><p>Create our own ‘Malfeasance’ </p></li></ul><p>Week 2:</p><ul><li><p>We will begin to write our poems using a range of devices, such as: repetition, alliteration, metaphors, similes, personification, emotive language, adverbials. </p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Our next unit in maths will be on <strong><em>decimals</em></strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>Over the next two weeks we will…</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 1</strong>:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Step 1</strong> Use known facts to add and subtract decimals within 1</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 2</strong> Complements to 1</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 3</strong> Add and subtract decimals across 1</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 4</strong> Add decimals with the same number of decimal places</p></li><li><p>Weekly arithmetic lesson</p></li></ul><p><strong>Week 2</strong>:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Step 5</strong> Subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 6</strong> Add decimals with different numbers of decimal places</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 7</strong> Subtract decimals with different numbers of decimal places</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 8</strong> Efficient strategies for adding and subtracting decimals</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>This half term we will be reading for the first 3 weeks, <strong><em>Michael Rosen's A-Z: The Best Children's Poetry from Agard to Zephaniah</em></strong>. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 1:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Explore the context of the text- looking at what poetry is, how it is structured, different types of poems, how we read poetry. </p></li><li><p>Make predictions about the text</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 2:</strong></p><p>We will focus on making <strong>inferences</strong> about the poems. </p><p>We will ask questions like…</p><ul><li><p>Who is the speaker? </p></li><li><p>How does the speaker feel? </p></li><li><p>What is the poet's attitude? </p></li><li><p>What is the deeper message?  </p></li><li><p>Why did the poet choose this word?</p></li><li><p>What do the symbols represent?</p></li><li><p>What is the time or setting?</p></li><li><p>What happened before or after</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p> </p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>This term the whole school’s art focus is painting inspired by a decade.</p><p>Year 5 will be exploring <strong>art from the 1960s.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 1:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Immerse ourselves into the 1960s</p></li><li><p>Investigate and analyse art from 1960s</p></li><li><p>Research an artist from the 1960s</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 2:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Continue research by going on a trip to Tate modern. </p></li><li><p>Explore a specific artist from that decade and analyse their work</p></li><li><p>Begin to design our own piece, taking on inspiration from the artists we have looked at. </p></li><li><p>Begin to create, starting with the background. </p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-01 06:22:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Spelling</title>
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         <link>https://padlet.com/LauristonSchool/LauristonYear5/wish/3936541574</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Week 1:</p><p>Week 2: </p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Week 3</strong></p><p>We will be finishing off our poems, writing about how kindness can fight off the monster. The children will then perform their poems to each other. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 4</strong></p><p>Week 4 will be the start of a new unit. We will be writing explanation texts. </p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Week 3</strong></p><p>Part of this week will be our final assessments of this year. Children will sit an arithmetic and reasoning paper based on their learning throughout the whole year. </p><p>The rest of the week will be finishing off our decimals unit. </p><ul><li><p><strong>Step 10</strong> Multiply by 10, 100 and 1,000</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 11</strong> Divide by 10, 100 and 1,000</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 12</strong> Multiply and divide decimals - missing values</p></li><li><p><br></p></li></ul><p><strong>Week 4</strong></p><p>We will begin a new unit on converting units of measure. </p><ul><li><p><strong>Step 1</strong> Kilograms and kilometres</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 2</strong> Millimetres and millilitres</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 3</strong> Convert units of length</p></li><li><p><strong>Step 4</strong> Convert between metric and imperial units</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2026-06-11 06:21:10 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Week 3</strong></p><p>This will also be a reading assessment week.</p><p>Children will sit a paper that is 1hr long including 3 different texts. We will however break this test up in to 3, 20 minute tests for the children to complete across the week. The test will be testing their fluency (being able to read the text in time allocated) and comprehension (answering questions on the text). Attached is some practise tests. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 4</strong></p><p>We will begin a new class text that we will read for the rest of the term.</p><p><em>‘The Wolf wilder by Katherine Rundell’ </em>will be the text we are reading.</p><p>Week 4 we will explore the context of the book, make predictions and begin to retrieve information.</p>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Week 3</strong></p><p>Will begin to explore our focus artist <em>Sister Mary Corita Kent. </em>We will analyse her work and who she was. Then we will break down the skills in order to recreate a piece inspired by hers. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Week 4</strong></p><p>We will be finishing off our own pieces and then displaying them in a mini class gallery session.  </p>]]></description>
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