Category: Schools
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Graduating with Full Honours
As part of Welbeck School’s Children’s University project we were asked to give some aspiring students the experience of woodwork. No one imagined that the wood in question would be enormous, raw trunks of willow, birch and oak tree, with bark, twigs & leaves still attached. Undaunted our charges took to splitting, chopping, drilling, shaving,…
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Weaving The World
Wishing everyone a hopeful January 1st, and a year that might begin with “a happy sound… Love!” Remembering back, 6 years ago working with amazing young people, classes 1, 2 and 4 at Greenfields Community School, working together to weave a whole world. 80 triangles sawed & stuck & woven into a geodesic wonder. Four…
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Going back to our roots!
It’s not made from a tree… although it is about a tree! As part of Year 5 & 6 pupils at Welbeck Primary School in Nottingham, got a taste of what it might be like to apply to & learn on a university degree. Pupils studied engineering, sport science, nutrition, computer science and over 5…
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Experiencing work
Monday morning didn’t feel quite right somehow. Last week we spent a wonderful 5 days in the company of Haydn who chose to do his work experience with us. So engaged and commited was he, that we almost wonder what we’ll do without him. During the week, he worked so hard, and all over the…
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Growing pride
The young folks at Newtons Walk School worked hard this summer; designing, digging, sawing, hammering, fixing, building. From a jungle of a school garden, has grown a circle of seating, a hide-away den, good friendship, teamwork, new skills, trust and pride. We’re certainly proud of them all for what they’ve done, and look forward to…