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Eliot Now at Carnegie Library
Eliot Now at Carnegie Library
Eliot Now at Carnegie Library
Eliot Now at Carnegie Library
Exhibition of primary schools work for Eliot Now opens at Carnegie Library
The exhibition of some of the words and pictures produced by BLC primaries as part of the Eliot Now project is now open for viewing at the Carnegie Library, Herne Hill Road, SE24 0EG and gives a taste of some of the wonderful work produced by the year 5 classes in the BLC as part of the project, generously funded by Clore Poetry and Literature Awards. If you would like to see the exhibition, it runs until 31st March. Contact 020 7926 6050 (Carnegie Library) for opening times. Here we give a taster of some of the work.
pinhole camera making in the BLC
Last week children from 4 year 4 classes in BLC got out their rulers, pens, card and tape to transform a cardboard box into a pinhole camera, capable of taking photos. The whole process requires very careful and accurate measuring skills, which the children admirably showed. 120 pinhole cameras were made over 2 days, ready this week for taking pictures. Thankfully the sun is shining which will greatly help as the children time carefully and wait for enough light to go into the camera, onto the photographic paper at the back of their carefully sealed camera boxes. Great to see this project underway with workshop leaders from Fotosynthesis and their team of volunteers.
12 classes of year 5 children celebrate Old Possums Book of Practical Cats
On 10th February the BLC held 2 back-to-back performance presentations of just some of the poetry written by our talented year 5 children across the cluster, inspired by TS Eliot’s Old Possums Book of Practical Cats. 240 children gathered at The Ritzy cinema screen 1 in Brixton for the events, and all classes performed poems they had written together as a class, as well as some fine solo writing and performances. What was particularly striking, was the way the children brought the structure of Eliot’s poetry into their own work, as well as experimenting with vocabulary and rhyme. In many ways, the study of these Eliot poems is secondary school stuff, but clearly the year 5s had worked to a very high level and had produced fabulous work. Now some of the poetry and artwork inspired by the project is being prepared to be exhibited in Carnegie Library in Lambeth during March. Thanks again go to the poet Jared Louche for helping the children discover Eliot’s work, to all the staff who have supported the children and to Clore Poetry and Literature Awards for funding the project.
Evelyn Grace Academy year 8s on Bank Side, for Eliot Now
Over the course of a week in January, 180 year 8 students from Evelyn Grace Academy explored themes from the Wasteland through photography, working with professional photographers and young volunteers from Photofusion gallery. See the students in action through these photographs.
special Chinese lunch at SHINE for Chinese New Year
Despite the awful weather 74% of us made it into SHINE this week , with St John Angell Town, Hillmead, and St John the Divine primary schools, achieving 100% attendance. Well done!
For all those who did not attend this week you missed the return of Mr Umekwe, who use to teach at SHINE. He came back to teach us more about division and has promised to return again soon. We also performed our own Elizabethan dance and wrote a diary entry as Macbeth, letters to the King Duncan warning him about Macbeth’s intentions and letters to the 3 witches telling them our heart’s desires!
As it was Chinese New Year, we had a Chinese lunch of Sweet and Sour Chicken and vegetables, noodles, rice and spring rolls. We even had Chinese Lucky Red Candle sweets!
Next week we are off on our trip to The Globe Theatre, remember you all have to be at SHINE at 9am and wil return at 4pm, on that day. Have a great Week!
The Brixton Learning Collaborative 