The first workshop is next week!

Here are some practical details about the first workshop led by Sara Haq:

Monday 4th Feb, all day, St Stephens Primary

Tuesday 5th Feb, all day, Wendell Park Primary

Wednesday 6th Feb, all day, Wormholt Park Primary

Sara will use a range of strategies to get children asking questions and finding out about questions.

Sara is coming with an archive of images from the White City exhibition, the Olympics and London at the time.

Sara is bringing her laptop. She needs a power socket for it. 

Ideally she would like to connect to a projector/whiteboard, and needs a cable that goes to a laptop from projector

Ideally, she would like an internet access point for her laptop, or wifi

Ideally, she would like the children to be able to do some internet research at some point in the day

If possible, can the children take some photos – will there be two or three digital cameras? She can bring one small one. They will have other tasks to get on with so they don’t need to have lots.  

Access to photocopier and to be able to print out digital images.

Can there be a range of card/paper that can be cut to make index cards. Sara will also bring some purchased index cards.  

If there are any scrap fabrics in the school, that would be useful. Sara will also bring a bag of fabric.

Each child will have a manila envelope to keep their materials in at first. (They will make a foldaway concertina pouch using their ‘index cards’, working with Dimitri later in the project.)

The local walk will be in the second week. On this walk, at least 3 digital cameras will be needed. However, children will gather information by doing drawings, making rubbings, writing notes, collecting things as well as taking photos. We will confirm soon if this will be in the morning or afternoon. It will not range very far from the schools. The key aim will be to develop their observational and research skills, thinking about their area 100 years ago.