Marking the Path

Well the next step in our project was to plan a pathway around the edge of Tree Island and the surrounding grassy area. Although the snow fell and the outside temperature was well below 0 degrees C, we set to work!!

At first we decided the path should be very wiggly and have many smaller islands in between, however after lots of discussions with many people, we realised that would be too much work.

Wearing some very warm clothes and our wellies, A group of six children and Sean used some wooden stakes and red tape to mark out where the path should go. Mr Dixon has to speak with some very important people and decide what to make the path out of, but once it has been decided and built, we will be able to start designing some structures to build along our route!

The Project Begins...

Welcome to the first post on Class 3's Island Project Blog!

Our project is in full swing now and began last week when we met Sean Creagh, a specialist outdoor artist who is working with us to redesign our outdoor spaces around school!

Sean was good fun to work with and he began by talking to us about the grassy area surrounding 'Tree Island'. We talked about the activities and games we would like to play there and jotted down some ideas of what we'd like to see around our grounds.

Whilst thinking about how we felt, Sean asked us to listen to three pieces of music and use crayons on long pieces of card to 'take a walk' and draw to the music. We all enjoyed the first track...The Simpsons theme tune, although most of us nearly fell asleep to the last one!!

Our next activity was to explore a range of materials Sean had brought in. There were tons of interesting artefacts made from wood, plastic, fabric and metal. We had great fun creating minature outdoor play areas and modelling dens. We thought about quiet, creative and active spaces we could create before explaining them to each other.