Today Alice did a photography lesson looking at light, aperture, and how we can completely alter the perception of the time of day by changing the focal length.
Photography: Light Study
Making a Pot Holder
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Setting intentions
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year 
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Today we have been thinking about changes that we would like to make and what we would like to ‘let go’ of in the coming year. How can we make ourselves feel a little lighter? How would we like to feel by the end of this year? What sort of person would we like to be?
Our students wrote in chalk on rocks what they were leaving behind in 2022, and then we threw them into the sea. It was very cathartic. It feels even better when you do a big roar as you do it, like a professional tennis player.
Then we wrote a message to ourselves to keep for 2023. What would you throw into the sea? What would your message be, to your future self?
Haikus with the John Muir Award
Writing haikus outdoors, immersed in nature, offers students a meditative experience. By observing natural phenomena and crafting poetic responses, they connect with the environment. Linked to the John Muir Award, this practice becomes a pathway to deepening appreciation for wild places.
A Road Trip To Tidal Arts
We’ve been off on a road trip this week, exploring Tidal Arts in Kingsbridge with our Arts Award students.
Portraits in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo
We explore the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, an Italian Renaissance painter, was famous for his imaginative and surreal portraits (most famously, Vertumnus). His works were composed of various objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other natural elements.
Halloween Skull String Art
Our students make some reusable decorations for Halloween.
National Poetry Day: Inchcape Bell
To celebrate #NationalPoetryDay, we have a poem of wrongs and retribution, read by our very own storyteller and balladeer, Kev Johns. The poem is ‘Inchcape Rock’; a ballad originally written by Robert Southey in 1802.
The poem tells the story of a warning bell that was placed on Inchcape, a notorious hidden rock that posed a great danger to sailors in Scottish waters. The bell would ring to warn sailors of danger but was removed by a sea pirate. The bell removed, the not-so-savvy sea pirate later perished upon the rock, with his ship and his goods to boot 
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Making Collections
When we prompt students
to focus on one part of
nature, a world opens up.
Students build a
relationship with nature as a
whole as they spend quality
time with the parts.
Taleblazers Rocks
Inspired by the #KindnessRocks project, we encouraged our students to think about a message they might have needed when they were feeling low. We spoke about how one message, at just the right moment, can change someone’s entire day, outlook, or life.