Curious Minds

In out, in out, learning all about - Broad Green

Broadgreen Primary Liverpool –  busy, friendly with lots going on.

Celebration day 14 July 2011

Y1 and Y3 children planned alongside ICT and environmental artists Gary Cunliffe and Jon Bielstein looking at creatively changing the space directly outside their classrooms.

It's fantastic, they’re all very proud and have now developed a genuine understanding of environmental issues in and out of school. 

Jon's work also involved building and developing raised planting beds from additional funding and a Juice FM project to grow vegetables in schools.

'We made bug hotels and bird feeders out of ‘real wood with nails and hammers’

‘you can weave a fence out of sticks’  'yes a 20m fence! built by 36 children'…..Jon

Combining problem solving skills and an awareness of growth, mini beasts and planting. They recorded their planning stages using podcasts and Comiclife presentations with Audacity, Photostory and Moviemaker. 

Michael explained ‘you can use scissors to edit sounds’ 'and could choose music and features' interviewing each other developed confidence and listening skills. 

September will bring more raised beds for new planting.

Broadgreen Primary http://www.broadgreenprimary.org.uk

Gary Cunliffe gary@theyellowfactory.co.uk  http://www.theyellowfactory.co.uk

Jon Bielstein  JonBiel@hotmail.com

Written by Joan Forshaw