Karen Allerton arts

St Johns RC Primary School

Skelmersdale

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Working with all the classes in the school to create a bespoke outdoor classroom experience.

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The school was very keen to look for new ways of encouraging the staff and pupils to use their outdoor space for curriculum activities.

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Working in collaboration with 3 artists, we ran workshops, with a small group of pupils from each year and their class teacher, that looked at the specific curriculum needs of the different key stages.

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From this we were able to formulate ideas for a series of artworks that linked different subject areas from weather and the seasons through to orienteering and maths.

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The artist team designed and built a recycled brick and found object monster, a series of thermo plastic playground activities and some cast stone artifacts.

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One of the most important aspects of the project was engaging the teachers in creative thinking that explored new ways of conducting their lessons outdoors.