james elliman primary
slough, 2009
Commissioned by Creative Partnerships to collaborate with teachers and children to explore the school's cultural diversity through themes of sand, sea and sky.
Workshop 1: Sand art using cooking spices
Children created "sand art" from the tradition of Buddhism using fragrant spices used in Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan African and British recipes.
Workshop 2: Sailing the high seas
The children worked in teams to draw giant chalk ships on the playground and then played a game called "Ships and Sharks"
Workshop 3: Sea creatures from plastic bags
Children melted plastic bags to create colourful sea creatures and made themselves seaweed costumes from scraps of plastic bags.
Workshop 4: Making kites from recycled materials
The children made their own kites from simple materials such as supermarket bags and bamboo sticks.