Armistice Day Poppies 2018
In preparation for the Armistice day celebrations on November the 11th, the Symondsbury Estate asked a number of schools throughout Dorset to create a river of poppies that would run down the …[Read More]
Category: Art Trips, Events & News
Pages in the Sand
This year for the centenary memorial of the 1918 armistice, we were contacted by the town council to put together a team of students to work with local artist Sarah Butterworth and …[Read More]
Amsterdam Trip 2018
Over Half term, the Art department took a group of Year 12 and 13 students to Amsterdam to visit several exhibitions at art galleries including the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the …[Read More]
Alumni – Tom Paterson
Tom Paterson, who left us just over three years ago to study illustration at Falmouth University, has already carved out numerous opportunities for himself as a freelance illustrator. He was given the …[Read More]
Alumni – Scarlett Down
Scarlett Down, who left Woodroffe just over four years ago with an A* in Art and studied anthropology at university, has continued to develop her very accomplished painting skills and now works …[Read More]
London Art Trip 2018
Just before the end of term, the Year 10 Graphic students travelled to London to visit a number of prestigious art galleries and exhibitions, so that they could see first-hand some contemporary …[Read More]
Annual Art Exhibition 2018
The Art department have their annual exhibition at the Town Mill galleries currently underway which includes work from KS3 to the upper sixth in various disciplines including graphics, ceramics …[Read More]
Graphics & Poetry
The C level corridor has had an injection of new life thanks to a cross curricular department initiative. Mr Vine took poems inspired by the 2017 National Poetry Day theme of freedom …[Read More]
Darrell Wakelam Update
In January students continued with their 3D project inspired by myths and legends of the ridgeway and working with artists Darrell Wakelam and Sarah Butterworth. The outcomes can be seen …[Read More]
Seaton Jurassic 2017
On the 12th December the BTEC Art group visited Seaton Jurassic to get an understanding of the principles involved in designing an exhibition space. The students are themselves constructing…[Read More]