Brilliant Sunshine for Pick Up Your Poo!

Thanks to Turning Tides for putting up with all of Year 4, plus our community volunteers working together on Monday.  We had a lovely day putting up posters, gardening in our new flower bed (thanks to Steve Taylor and his team) hearing stories from relatives and ancestry experts (thanks to Fred and Heather Feather, Shelley Bridge and Clare Harvey) and a very successful rubbish hunt. 

All the photographs were taken by our Year 4 camera crew assisted by our very own Alastair Deacon.  

This was a very special day so there were cakes to celebrate all the hard work that has been involved by Year 4 and their Teachers and Teaching Assistants that were polished off at a remarkable rate.

We look forward to seeing everyone soon after the Easter Holiday!

Memories, Feathers and Glitter...

 Year 4 created works of art inspired by their memories both happy and sad.  We're going to be hanging them on the Memory Tree and North Road Burial Ground next week.  There were some beautiful creations with lots of thoughtful descriptions.
 
Looking forward to seeing you all on Monday -- please remember to wear your comfortable and waterproof shoes and warm coats in case it's a bit chilly!

The Great Poo Hunt!

Results to be posted soon but it is official there are too many dog owners in North Road Burial Ground who don't pick up their dog's poo.  The Shared Spaces Club is aiming to try and do something about this with a major poster campaign, free poo bags and writing to the local media.  Anyone who wants to join in please get in touch at sharedspaces@blade-education.org.uk !

Year 4 worked hard to find the evidence that we need to change the way people think about this cemetery, finding, photographing and marking on grids so we can start removal.  Anyone needs a photograph of some poo -- we have far too many!

Photographers, Portrait Takers and Party People!

Had a great session this week with Year 4 where everyone learned to take photographs of each other.  We learned about lighting, how to use the zoom and why it's easy to take a snap but not so easy to take a portrait!

Our first ever Shared Spaces Club started with us brainstorming the Summer Event and thinking about Fantasy Parties. There were some brilliant ideas from 32 metre marshmallow towers, to designer dresses (Amber Designs) and candyfloss hats...watch this space, we'll be talking more about how we can make our Special Event stand out from the crowd.

 See you on Monday!