Getting to know Churchfields School

I was working with Churchfields Infant School in Redbridge, NE London, on Monday and Tuesday this week, as the first of 5 two-day blocks of sessions there on a Creative Partnerships project.

The focus on the project is to allow the children’s voices to be heard through a creative and child-led way of working, and to make the most that the local outdoor environment has to offer.

I am working with Reception and Year 2 children and their teaching staff on this project, and this week made books with the year 2 children, to record their experiences of the project using  drawing/painting/rubbings and found objects.

With the staff I led an Inset session exploring creativity and child-led learning, and a hands-on session similar to the reception children’s; using clay as a base for marks, shapes, patterns and constructions, from materials found around the school grounds.

Next month we’re going to be walking up into Epping Forest to explore, play and create. We’ve asked the children what they think we should do in the Forest, and the teaching staff are going to keep me updated with what happens between now and then, so that the ‘brief’ that we give the children can be as responsive as possible to their continuing individual learning journeys.

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