EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
2007
MAPPING THE METAMORPHIC ISLES
For 'Art Week' in
June 2007 we took inspiration from the ship composed of old furniture
(sideboard doors, wooden chandeliers, etc) that was on display at the
Fabrica art gallery
('Beneath the Stride of Giants' by Brian Griffiths). You can see some of
the Nursery children visiting the gallery
here
The whole school
created stories of the ship's voyage, mapping its journey, and
constructing
islands for it to visit. These islands had inhabitants, creatures and buildings
that were
(like the ship) constructed or evolved from other objects or beings.
See the giant exhibition in our school hall
here
See work in progress on the islands
here
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to listen to some 'musical islands'. |
We looked at all
sorts of maps of voyages and real and imaginary lands - click the pictures
below to see some
interesting maps that we have
made 'zoomable' (maps open in new window).
Try making your own
'mutant scrapbook' page by clicking the butterfly-man (opens in new window):
2006
Again we have been working with
children from other schools in the Brighton 'Excellence in Cities'
cluster on an ICT project. This time involving games-programming days - using several
different programmes,
but mainly 'Mission Maker' from Immersive Education. Click picture
for more photos.
2005
This year we have been working
on a project with Brighton Museum to fill a cabinet with artefacts
and models to celebrate '200 Years of Middle Street school'. Click below
for details.
We have also been working with
children from other schools in the Brighton 'Excellence in Cities'
cluster on digital photographs of the sea-front. Click the picture to see
more examples.
A mini-cabinet
Some children have been writing
about their favourite museums in Brighton & Hove -
here
These pieces have appeared on
www.show.me.uk
which is
the children's section of the 24-hour museum web-site.
Art Week - Summer 2004
A selection of animations and
recordings made for our school Art Week
Start Magazine
An article on our our project
appeared in #5 of START primary art magazine in February 2004
Winter 2004
Animation of the 'Brave Little Camel' for Nativity Play
Autumn 2003
Children on the Brighton to Vienna 'Interactive
Walkway'
Click picture to see video.
Some of our projects are now featured on other web-sites:
The
Curiosity and Imagination site on approaches to learning that combine play with
hands-on experience of inspiring objects and environments.
The
nesta
futurelab showcase of interactive media, educational ICT and digital
technologies.
Clubs have continued on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the Spring & Summer terms (2003) with up to 50 children attending each week.
Archimboldo is an artist very much associated with cabinets of curiosities - to try our on-line 'Archimboldo Art Producer' click on the picture below to go to our school 'Fun page'
Winter 2002
Click on the church to see a clip of the video we made to be back-projected as scenery for our school nativity play.
August 2002
Click on the poster to see
details of our Summer project.
Spring 2002
See one of the kaleidoscope
movies we have been making-
and a cubic VR movie-
Winter 2001/2
Clubs have continued on Mondays
and Tuesdays throughout the Autumn term with 45 children attending.
Click on the picture for a slide show of pictures of Year 5 children with their boxes that they have filled with some of their favourite personal objects. Videos of the children talking about their boxes are displayed on the school intranet.
Summer 2001
Here is a collection of video
clips and pictures from our Summer Cabinets & Pods days.
Here are some pictures (some curious) from this event -
Activities included using the QX-3 computer microscope, building Lego Mindstorms robots, 'Robot-Wars'-style battling with remote control cars, digital photography and looking at some of the new software we will be using next term. Mr Olden brought along fossils, skulls, insects and spiders from the Booth Museum - which children examined and then drew and used as inspiration for making models. We also built some giant geometric shapes and the 'Animal Club' finally managed to make a video of their play.
Year 4 - Dreams
News Archive
17 Feb 2000 - Press release from Brighton & Hove - featured in 2 local papers
Feeding Inquisitive Minds
Middle Street Primary scoops £11,000 for 'Cabinets of Curiosities'
Release describes the project and quotes Brighton & Hove's lead councillor for school effectiveness , Pat Hawkes - "This is a wonderful example of how schools in Brighton & Hove are getting children to think creatively so that they can achieve their full potential."
18 Feb We have purchased 2 cabinets in advance of receiving our grant. These are a large 'merchant's cabinet' for Years 5 & 6 and a smaller triangular cabinet for the Nursery.
31st May - photo of our first cabinet - featured in Brighton & Hove News (June 2000)
Autumn Term 2001 - 'Cabinets & Pods' meetings every week on Mondays and Tuesdays after school.
Feb 2001- the cabinets pictured below have been added over the last few months
March 2001 - Some toys and games lent out from Cabinet collection to Year 1 'Toy Museum'
These are additional toys lent by parents
Easter Holidays 2001 - A special all-day holiday meeting attended by 20 children.
Summer Term 2001- Objects from cabinets used to inspire story-writing during school 'Book Week'.
