Black History Month in Year 2

October is Black History Month. 

In Year 2 we read a lovely book called 'The Proudest Blue' by Ibtihaj Muhammad, a Muslim Olympic medalist and author. You can read the story here. It made us think about how we are all different and it reminded us of the importance of family connection. It was a good example of our school values of 'kindness' and 'integrity.'

In Art, we have studied Lubaina Himid as part of our Black History Month artist study.

She loved using bright colours; her mother was a textile artist. Find out more about here on the Tate Kids website here.

We noticed these things in the installation ‘Naming the Money:’

• People

• Drums

• Bags of money

• Colourful

• Standing on wood

We practised mixing colours, using primary colours to make secondary colours. Then we painted our own silhouette in the style of Lubaina Himid - bright and colourful!