This is an interactive playground tree decorated by every child and teacher in the school. It has a flower planter at the base and the children will hang loose leaves with playground games’ instructions on them.
This is our second visit to Thomas Buxton School to do wall murals. The theme this time was ‘Traditional Tales’ and all of the work was carried out by the infant school for their playground.
Work in progress. The mums at this children’s centre are having a textile project that will be hung at the centre, working with batik and stitching.
Mums at work, batiking the bunting.
Following on from the Batik and Memories Art Project in 2008, Mile End school is finally about to close and move to their new building. They said farewell with a beautiful exhibition of the school through the years and displayed their batik work – over 500 pieces from staff and children.
Oldfleet Primary School in Hull worked with us for a second time during their Spanish Week. They looked at one of Picasso’s pieces and recreated it in 3D for their display.
We have worked on some great projects over the last ten years and it seems a shame to confine the pictures and talents to the archives. Instead, we will regularly show some of our own ‘Old Favourites’.
This was an enormous project across all ages and abilities, including Special Needs children. The project was to make a hanging that would be on the wall for a year and could be dismantled to give the children their own work back at the end of the display.
We have worked with this school on many occasions and all of the work has been stunning. This was a silk painting project that lined the staircase. Every child had an individual silk painting stitched onto a banner. Beautiful work and fond memories.
This was huge and messy and utterly creative. we worked with the five and six year olds to make large cardboard boats – lots of tape and mess and imagination. You’d be amazed at what the smallest children can do.
Over six mornings the class printed and cut and stitched. They attached bits and buttons and then we quilted their work for them – it looked just stunning. We worked with these children for three years and this is one of their many beautiful works.
Last but not least this was an enormous project. 330 children and staff all had their own panel built into this mosaic wall to celebrate 50 years of the school. It was a labour of love on all sides with a fine result to show for it all.
Continuing Professional Development, working alongside an art specialist teacher for six days to give her lots of ideas for working with her classes. We spent the time specialising in printmaking, on paper, on fabric and using a variety of techniques.
Geoffrey Field Infant School completed a three day workshop with children from 3 to 7 junk modelling, paper mosaicking and printing with natural materials.
Judy and Lydia had a day with all of the children in the school to do some printmaking based on ‘Materials and ‘Houses and Homes’ where the children made two communal streets, one each for KS1 and KS2. A lovely child-centred and friendly piece of work. The children did a great job and were really pleased with themselves.
We worked alongside two Primary School Art Specialists in their classrooms in the Meldrum Network of schools to advise on and demonstrate printing techniques that could be rolled out over a number of weeks with the children. In total 12 schools were visited and the work was specifically geared to how the specialists timetables were organised – a tailor-made project.
