Pieces of Eight

Earlier this year I worked with Linden Primary School in Leicester to take over their timetable for a few days in order to create an immersive experience to develop Y3 pupils’ scientific vocabulary around the theme of light and shadows.

An under-informed Agent N appeared on the Monday, having received information to do as much research as possible at the school because something amazing was going to happen (we just didn’t know what). By Thursday, the pupils had successfully scanned the school grounds for signs of activity; been inducted as secret agents; used humming paths to guide a travelling minstrel called Skatz across from another dimension; investigated light and shadow to find some good wow words; used the wow words to compose a song for Skatz to use to return sunlight to his home planet; and performed a farewell ceremony to send Skatz safely back home. (see below for photos)

A day or so ago I had an email telling me that this and other Creative Partnership projects in the region are presenting their work at the City Gallery in Leicester.

…there will be an exhibition sharing the Creative Partnerships work of the eight schools that the City Gallery has been working with.

The exhibition is entitled ‘Pieces of Eight’ is at The City Gallery and runs from 7th – 11th July 2009.

There is a drinks reception on Thursday 9th July from 6.00 – 8.00pm and a celebration event for pupils and parents on Saturday 11th July 1.00 – 5.00pm.

I’ve not been able to find out any more details, but I’m going to try and get across to Leicester tomorrow night for the reception. I’m looking forward to seeing what happened in the other schools and it would be great to see you there too. Hopefully it’ll also be an opportunity to get some feedback from the schools on the success of these sorts of projects.

In the meantime, here’s a song that’ll get stuck in your head, stuck in your head, stuck in your head

[audio:http://www.npugh.co.uk/media/WOW.mp3]

The Anticipator

feed the spiders

one of the humming paths

Skatz

farewell