Art & Design

This week all classes from Nursery to Year 6 have been busy baking and adapting recipes during our Design

On Friday 27th September, we will be celebrating a Global Theme Day, serving delicious Spanish delights at

Next week Mrs Marie Kelly-Roberts has organised some fantastic Design and Technology activities for the

Throughout this term, children from all year groups have been creating some fantastic pieces of art based on themes and topics related to each

This week we celebrated Spanish Day with lots of Spanish, art, dance and food tasting! Children from Reception to Year 6 participated in a Mexican

This week, Rowan Class have been reading Zoo By Anthony Browne. One of several books based on Anthony Browne’s childhood memories,

This week, a group of very talented year 10 pupils from Alleyns’ School visited DKH Primary and worked with Rowan Class on a design to create a

This term, Beech class have been studying Ancient Egypt as part of their History topic. They have been looking at how the Ancient Egyptians were so

Our Art lead Mrs Marie Kelly Roberts has started a brand new after school art club aimed at both parents and children called “The Family Art Club“.

We have had a wonderful week of art this week at DKH Primary. This week we visited New York as we recreated the fantastic art from the book

The new Summer term has already filled our children with creativity and artistic flare as they create the most incredible Roman Villas as part of their

For History, Rowan class have been looking at Roman Britain and the Warrior Queen Boudica.

This term for English, Rowan class have been reading the much loved illustrated novel, The Ironman by Ted Hughes. 

Throughout March, the children have been taking a close look at some of the many authors who have touched

On 12th March 2024, we were very fortunate to welcome Gita Ralleigh to our school. Gita is a poet, writer and doctor and she shared how her

Shackleton’s search for the South Pole This term, Year 4 have been looking at the perilous expedition to the Antarctica led by Ernest Shackleton in the early 1900s. In 1907, Ernest Shackleton embarked on an expedition to the South Pole aboard

We were joined by the amazing team of young educators from Alleyn’s School this week for some drama sessions with our Year four children. The team based their lesson on what the children are currently studying; in this case, The Antarctic.

As a school we are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion, understanding and appreciation for diversity. We pride ourselves in delivering a rich and diverse curriculum throughout the year.

We are delighted to inform you that DKH Primary School has been awarded an Artsmark Gold Award! Our Statement of Commitment and Statement of Impact was assessed and we’re pleased to share the feedback

In our first lesson, we experimented with making 3D structures from flat cardboard. We used rolling, folding, and slit joining to do this. We focused on trying out ideas and experimenting. We took some pictures of our learning,

On Thursday 21st September, Year 4 class will be setting off for a day at the theatre. In this case, the Unicorn Theatre where they will enjoy the magical play “The Tempest” written by William Shakespeare.

Throughout this term, children from all year groups have been creating some fantastic pieces of art based on our theme “All things Asian and Egyptian”.

Our 3rd Annual Big Draw was a fantastic way to launch Arts Week. The theme this year was FOOD and children, teachers, parents and carers all had a great time taking part.

DKH Primary School were very lucky in having local Artist Tanya Harris join us again this week for more amazing art workshops with the children. This week, Tanya worked with both Year 6

You may recall that last week Beech class and their very special visitor. Tanya Harris, local artist and art educator started creating some

Beech class had a very special visitor this week. Tanya Harris, local artist and art educator popped in to speak to the class about the amazing masks found in the tomb of Tutankhamun.

During art and design, children were tasked with designing a coin that would be a fitting piece for the Coronation of our new King, Charles III, which took place on Saturday 6th

The DKH Primary children and staff love art and being creative. We are always organising lots of exciting art projects and exhibitions for our parents and visitors to the school to

In art this term, Beech and Eucalyptus class have been looking at ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt,

This week, Beech Class have been looking at a fabulous illustrated book entitled “The Lost Words”, written by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris.

Press Play to hear a little mood music while you browse through our gallery below… At DKH Primary School we pride ourselves on the creativity that

Year 2 have been designing and making healthy wraps as part of their DT topic ‘FOOD – a balanced diet’. We thought about our favourite foods

As part of a cross curricular activity for English and art, Beech Class have been reading the classic novel “Treasure Island” by Scottish author Robert Louis

Year 6 are taking part in a Royal Air Force Virtual STEM Day Glider Challenge this morning. Pupils will design, build and tested three gliders,

It’s Design Technology Week this week and amongst the many activities taking place during this exciting week of learning, the children have been learning about Bread Baking.

As part of their project on The Stone Age, Year 3 have been looking at the amazing and mysterious British landmark “Stonehenge”. Stonehenge is perhaps the world’s most famous

This week we had the amazing, perfumed scent of Lavendar filling our classrooms and corridors at DKH Primary as the children designed and crafted their very own Lavender sachets for our Christmas Fair.

Look out for an amazing new “Flags of the world” display, which will take pride of place in the main entrance of the school. Inspired by the work of artist Yinka Shoniba who was

National Poetry Day is on Thursday 6th October. Children will be reading and performing poetry within their classes on this day. The theme this year is the environment. Poems are great to share at home.

During their time in the allotment tending their crops, the Edible Rotherhithe gardening team were tasked with looking around the allotment at the other plots beyond the DKH plot to see what everybody

The DKH Arts exhibition focused on Recycle – Reduce – Reuse and Create! Children explored items which would normally go into the recycling bin and used them to create masterpieces of art!

This year the theme for our Big Draw was happiness. We were delighted to see so many parents and carers join in drawing what makes them happy! We took some pictures on the day, which can be seen in the gallery below. Please click on the thumbnails

Here are some photos from our Community Celebration of the Arts Parade. The theme was reuse, reduce and recycle. Pupils made their own musical instruments from a variety of recycled materials.

It’s Art Week this week and the school has been buzzing with creativity as we relish the challenge of creating masterpieces of art from recycled materials. In this class, children have been creating three dimensional art from recycled paper.

Art Week beings on Monday and we can’t wait! There are many fantastic activities planned including our Arts Celebration Parade, which will take place on Tuesday 28th June, starting at 1:45. Children will play instruments they designed themselves, following our theme of Reduce –

Continuing on with our topic on “Tar Beach” and the work of  Faith Ringgold, the children created some beautiful fabric quilt patches of their favourite things as described by the

We have had a wonderful week of art this week at DKH Primary. This week we visited New York as we recreated the fantastic art from the book “Tar

A big well done and thank you to all the children for working so hard on their entries to the allotment sign competition.

Calling all budding artists, designers and anyone who’s excited about our upcoming brand new allotment space in Lettsom Gardens.

It’s Spanish Week this week at DKH Primary School and all of the children have been studying famous artists from a specific Spanish

This term, Year 3 children have been studying the work of American 20th Century artist Jacob Lawrence. Jacob Armstead Lawrence was an American

Eucalyptus class have been writing fantastic descriptions of settings and characters; emotive, descriptive diary entries and this week have written

We joined Year 3 in the art room today as they created some wonderful peg dolls using traditional African fabrics.

What a fantastic day of learning we had at DKH on Tuesday! The children were taught by four different teachers

Did you know 1 in 12 older people are chronically lonely? DKH have been busy making Easter cards for our local

We joined in with The Great Art Exhibition project that has been organised by renowned artist Anthony