March 2012 - The Woodroffe School

Year 7 Self Portrait ProjectYear 7 has been busy this half termworking on a self portrait project. Theyhave looked at the work of other artistsfor inspiration and explored a variety ofmaterials and techniques to create theirown self portrait.Their results will be photographed andsubmitted to ‘Face Britain’, a nationalproject that invites all young people inthe UK to submit a self portrait to theironline gallery. All the art work will be partof a world record breaking attempt tocreate the biggest online gallery of selfportraits in the world!To see Woodroffe’s submission visit thewebsite, www.facebritain.org.uk after31st March.A BowskillEgg Cosy Crafts in the SheltersLearning the art of leadership is all in aday’s work for the 18 Year 8 studentscurrently studying for their Silver ArtsAward. The students have all beentasked with organising their very ownworkshop or activity for others andthe range of ideas has been fantasticwith the students working with a localBrownie Pack, running lunchtime artclubs and Christmas Craft workshops.In the most recent activity Year 8students Issy Helston and Frieda HallHickman put together an Easter craftworkshop for twelve 7-10 year olds inthe shelters on Marine Parade in LymeRegis.The girls had planned a range ofactivities from egg painting to sewingand decorating egg cosies and baskets.“We really enjoyed the fact that we wereable to put our ideas forward about whatwe thought would be fun for them todo during the workshop,” said Issy andFrieda. “The children all enjoyed theactivities they did especially sewing theegg cosies! This was the hardest taskto teach as the children needed quitea lot of help but the results were great.The preparation was hard work and wehad to be really organised but it all feltworth it in the end when the childrenleft with something special that theyhad made themselves and a sense ofachievement. Overall it was a tiring day,but it was definitely worth it to see somany happy faces around!!”Mrs A Bowskill.