Past, Present, Future And Shape The Future

The school held a drawing festival in the first half of the autumn term.

Children and teachers had illustrated their summer holidays on postcards, prompting discussion and larger drawings.

Families contributed pictures of their homes for a collage of architecture from many periods, and for an afternoon each week the pupils created historically-themed artworks.

Illustrator Petr Horácek ran an after-school art club for children and parents to make concertina picture books.

After an inspiring visit by Tony de Saulles, renowned Horrible Science illustrator, the children developed sustainable designs for the St. George’s Centre (the new school hall).

This was part of a Shape the Future competition, supported by the Pump House Environment Centre and the school’s Imagineering Club. Brownies, Guides and the Mothers’ Union took part in related workshops.

An afternoon of teacher/parent meetings celebrated the Creative Learning programme: parents toured the extensive exhibition while children continued exploring drawing indoors and out.

The festival provided evidence of drawing’s value as an inclusive tool for cross-curricular learning, and established a new art club.