Refurbishing the Art Department
I started working at BMS in 2014 and have seen nearly all the departments in the school get refurbished over the years. The end of the last term and over the summer was the turn...
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I started working at BMS in 2014 and have seen nearly all the departments in the school get refurbished over the years. The end of the last term and over the summer was the turn...
Posted by Morag Waring
On Tuesday the art department put on an after school workshop of ‘Action Painting’, inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock. Staff were excited to exert some energy...
Posted by Sam Cole
As a teacher who has been teaching for the best part of two decades, I can quite confidently say the current year has been the toughest for me. I’m pretty sure I’m not...
Posted by Greg Knowles
Our year 12 art students have been producing some wonderful work on the theme of Structures. Gabriela has produced a triptych of portraits using a variety of materials such as oil...
Posted by Kate Hoskins
Mrs Hoskins was teaching year 11 who were completing pieces on the theme of ‘Reflections’. Each students with a different idea. Ella Cannon felt that the theme reminded her of the...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
Aspiring to achieve our year 11 students completed their PPE in Art this week. Having been given the topic of ‘identity’ for their theme students showed transferable...
Posted by Claire Till
With the Year 11 Pre Public Exams or PPEs in full flow, it was inspiring to see how well these important exams at this time of year started last week. The two day art exams gave...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The art department was very excited to welcome our year 10 students back into the classrooms. Whilst they had been producing some lovely artwork at home it was great to be able to...
Posted by Kate Hoskins
Our new year 12 Photography students experimented with slow shutter speeds in the dark space of the drama studio. All students really enjoyed creating beautiful visual light...
Posted by Sam Cole
Our newly refurbished Main School Reception now proudly exhibits some stunning GCSE and A level art work. Four pieces by talented BMS artists T-Ala Marsh and Abirami Jalajan were...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
I started working at BMS in 2014 and have seen nearly all the departments in the school get refurbished over the years. The end of the last term and over the summer was the turn of the Art department.
We were so excited! Despite the difficulties and logistics of moving classes and equipment from room to room the finished effect is fantastic. We have new floors and white walls throughout.
New furniture and surfaces. It makes our fantastic student artwork really stand out and makes the rooms feel bigger and brighter. We have four dedicated Art rooms, a Sixth form study space (with overflow), a Mac room with arts and media-related software, and our fantastic Gallery to showcase the best that BMS Art has to offer.
As you enter the school you cannot fail to notice a really smart new plinth on the right hand side of our main entrance. Stepping through the pedestrian gate you are reminded of...
Year 9 students in Miss Cole’s class immersed themselves in creating are inspired by Black History Month. Students studied the works of Kehinde Wiley, a Nigerian-American...