Workshops at Starcross Primary School

 

Carousel horse with his new mane and tail
in the playground at Starcross Primary School

Lorralorra Mermaid's Braids
in the Starcross Primary School
playground

There's little downtime for schoolchildren at the end of this summer term. The Covid19 lockdowns, with home education, has meant that some children have done well, but others haven't. There's lots of catch-up to do, with no extra time to do it.

The Starcross History Society, and Starcross Primary School, believe that children need to be aware of history, particularly of of the place where they live. To understand about the past in Starcross gives the children identity. That's why the children have been involved with the Starcross History Society's entries on the Teignmouth Recycled Art in the Landscape Sculpture Trail

This year's entry, "The Starcross Mermaid", combines 2 pieces of Starcross history, and the elements are pulled together with a poem about plastic pollution, titled The Plastic Carousel. The poem, written on 'slate',  will be displayed amongst the plastic carousel horses. You can read tales of The Starcross Mermaid HERE. When a fairground used to come to Starcross, there was a carousel with gallopers. 

This year, there has been no classroom time at all available to give our workshops for the children to make parts of the sculpture. Nevertheless, the school still found a way to accommodate us. We went into the playground during the lunch break. (We all took lateral flow tests every morning) The children have their lunch breaks within their bubbles, and are not allowed to mix with the other bubbles. A rope across the playground separated the bubbles, and we gave workshops either side. 

Of course, it wasn't lesson time so the children didn't have to take part. BUT THEY DID. We made a lorralorra plaits for The Starcross Mermaid, 3 manes and 3 tails for the carousel horses.

Well done Starcross Primary School