Lyrics to the Earth
Students from The CE Academy worked with Daniel Johnson to record live drum beats, devise melodies, and write lyrics to the earth.
Alternative Provision
Alternative Monday 25 – Art in the woods
An environment of kindness and understanding has enabled students to develop skills and understanding of both art and life, without fear of failing.
Alternative Monday 24 – Pixelated Portraits
The bigger the grid the faster the drawing took to complete. But the resolution was worse, making it harder to identify each other’s pixelated portraits.
Alternative Monday 23 – Printmaking Outside
Student attention was starting to wander until Liz Lake took the printmaking outside. Reinvigorated students expressing the warmth of the summer sun.
Alternative Monday 22 – Disgusting Sounds
It’s usually assumed in schools and society in general that loud, abrasive, disgusting sounds (and the people that make them) should be quieted. However…
Alternative Monday 21 – Fairy Tales
A broomstick flying fairy queen being chased by an armadillo rat porcupine? Louise Clarke allowed students to dream their own fantastical fairy tales.
Alternative Monday 20 – Broken Windows
For many of our students who have been excluded from mainstream education the challenge is how to break the cycle rather than the windows.
Alternative Monday 19 – Photogrammetry
The basic idea behind Photogrammetry is that a number of different photographs produces a cloud of points linked together like a spiderweb.
Alternative Monday 18 – Johnny BANG Reilly
Johnny BANG Reilly identified with our students who had been excluded from mainstream education. “I know this energy very well, I was just like it”.
Alternative Monday 17 – Kinaesthetic Film Making
Martin Steed’s Horror was the outcome of a kinaesthetic approach to film making with students from The CE Academy in 2014.