Friday 22nd June...
The final day with St Peters' school saw the children designing and creating colourful, tactile covers for their books, and adding further layers of text, materials and imagery to the pages inside, continuing to reflect on their experiences along the river bank. Its been great to work with such an engaged, enthusiastic group of young people.
Thursday 21st June...
After braving the rain, and saving a young jackdaw from drowning, we wandered the banks of the Kennet through the town, to discuss the riverbank restoration, and for the children to document their individual interests, thoughts and feelings about the condition of the river, and its wildlife.
Each child combined photography, drawing, writing, rubbings and found objects in their books to create beautifully rich and vibrant records of their visit.
Tuesday 19th June....
A great session at St Peters today, with enthusiastic children and staff all round. Some great books have been made, ready to be filled with the children impressions and thoughts of the river, later this week.
Monday 18th June....
Tomorrow sees the start of the schools workshops with a session at St Peter's school. Designed to tie in with the schools' own curriculum and the aims of 'Reclaim the River' we will be designing and creating sketchbooks from a range of recycled materials that the children can use to document their explorations of the river later this week.
All of the projects have been designed in partnership with the individual schools and set up to enable the children to explore the river corridor and reflect on their experiences in a creative way.... with river-themed wearable sculptures at Preshute and tactile multi-sensory works from clay and found materials with St Mary's.
