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We have now come to the end of the first term of our partnership with Fotosynthesis, funded by Walcot Foundation and Awards for All, exploring Maths through Photography. 4 classes took part in activities involving precise measurement and learning about shape. The children made pinhole cameras, took photographs with them, developed their photos in a pop-up darkroom in school and discovered shapes all around them using digital cameras. The project worked with classes of year 3. The children really enjoyed the project and we are currently compiling case study and evaluation on the project to see how the work has impacted on their maths learning. From February Fotosynthesis will work with younger children (Reception) using Photography for literacy learning in some of our schools.

Last week children from 5 of our primaries continued making art work for public display, inspired by the Lost Rivers theme of London Wildlife Trust. The children have been making pieces for an exhibition at Pop Brixton on Brixton Station Road that will open on 10th December and run until the New Year. In addition, tiles made by the children will form a permanent piece of art in the Milkwood Road/Lowden Road roundabout. Thanks to Miss Littlejones and Miss Adesigbin for teaching the children and bringing out their amazing talents.

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Today saw the culmination of the Black Georgians poetry, cartoon drawing and history project that children from BLC have been taking part it this term. The project has been generously funded by Clore Duffield Foundation and the Ernest Cook Trust. Today the fabulous work that the children have produced about Black Georgian characters was on exhibition at the Black Cultural Archives for the children to see. The exhibition will remain there tomorrow, Saturday, giving the opportunity for the children to visit with their families as well as giving a chance for the children to expertly guide their families around the main BCA exhibition: The Black Georgians. It is open from 10am – 6pm on 5th December and well worth a visit. Well done to all the year 5 children that took part and many thanks to their teachers for supporting them to produce such good work.

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Yesterday 30 gifted and talented artists from KS2 in our cluster began work on a project in partnership with London Wildlife Trust and led by art teachers Hannah Littlejohn and Esther Adesigbin from Christ Church Primary and Helen Spring from the London Wildlife Trust. The project centres round the local River Effra, that was enclosed underground when the Victorian sewers were constructed, but is now occasionally seen in the area during flooding. One solution to prevent the river overflowing is to create small green spaces where the water can soak into the ground beneath. One such place is going to be at the roundabout of Milkwood and Lowden Roads, and the children’s art work will be part of decorative work within this new green space. To get the project ‘flowing’ the children experimented with paint to create a river collective piece. They then worked with printing and clay to express the wildlife theme. The children will do a further day’s making next month and their final piece will be on permanent display at the roundabout next year.

This morning Christ Church SW9 year 5 have been retelling the life of black Georgian Mary Prince in poetry. Mary Prince was sold not once but 4 times to a series of slave owners, auctioned off as a child, split up from her brothers and sisters and for a while working 17 hours at day in a salt pond in the Caribbean. She married a free man in Antigua but was taken by her owner to England where she had to choose between her marriage or living as a free woman. She became an author of the first slave account published in England and petitioned parliament on abolition. Truly and inspiring figure to write about and the children rose the challenge with powerful words. We are now starting to look forward to the presentation of all the children’s poems and drawing at the Black Cultural Archives on 4th and 5th December. Thanks as always to Adisa the Verbaliser for bringing Mary Prince to life for us in class today.