Jonathan Korejko 12 Church Lane, Timberland, Lincoln LN4 3SB T: 01526 378222 E: [email protected]W:www.jonathankorejko.co.uk 1 The Bluecoat School, Stamford, Lincolnshire A Family Learning Project working in The Bluecoat Primary School with 20 children in Years Reception, 1, 2 and 3, and their parents/carers. "FOOD FOR THOUGHT" The theme of food was the starting point for our papermaking activities. To this, we added the notion that plants growing on the school grounds could add colour, texture and aroma to our papers. We set out to explore all of the various combinations we might invent. Alongside the obvious things like flowers and leaves which we collected, we also used 1) peel from apples, cucumbers, bananas, oranges, potatoes 2) onion skins 3) garden herbs 4) cooked kidney beans 5) feathers and yarns 6) coloured recycled papers. Parents/carers worked together with their children in all stages of the activities not just as adult helpers, but to share and enjoy the process of learning with the children.
Papermaking and Home furnishings The Bluecoat School, Stamford.
The youngest children in the school worked with parents/guardians during this project, making paper which had fruit, vegetables, and flowers in it. They then discovered how to use their papers to make all sorts of 3 dimensional objects and lanterns. June 2009
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Jonathan Korejko 12 Church Lane, Timberland, Lincoln LN4 3SB T: 01526 378222 E: [email protected] W:www.jonathankorejko.co.uk 1
The Bluecoat School, Stamford, Lincolnshire
A Family Learning Project working in The Bluecoat Primary School
with 20 children in Years Reception, 1, 2 and 3, and their parents/carers.
"FOOD FOR THOUGHT"
The theme of food was the starting point for our papermaking activities. To this, we added the
notion that plants growing on the school grounds could add colour, texture and aroma to our
papers. We set out to explore all of the various combinations we might invent. Alongside the
obvious things like flowers and leaves which we collected, we also used 1) peel from apples,