As creative practitioner for lead creative schools Ysgol Llanon with the foundation phase I enjoyed collaborating with the young learners to explore the school's woodland space and the beach in walking distance of the school. It was part of a process of re-connecting with the local area, outdoor spaces and local community after the isolation of the lockdown period. We explored what bugs and beasties were living in the woodland under logs, foraged for art materials and made our own stone paints, charcoal and ink from what we could find, working outdoors as much as possible. With a very special guest visit from Small World theatre we learnt about sea plastics from their street theatre character Zak the sea turtle and it was very inspiring to collaborate with the artist Heidi Plant to create a giant outdoor mural informed by all of the visual research we had gathered in our outdoor explorations. Of course the whole event finished with a school-wide celebration with foraged food and drinks, stone painting together and sharing some of the games and exercises we'd enjoyed during the project. It was such a delight to be part of this project and we packed a lot into those 6 days!
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