Sara Cooper - Artist in Residence, Green TV

Working as artist in residence with Tees Valley Arts on year two of the Green TV natural heritage project with Golden Flatts Primary School, Seaton Carew

School Workshops and Assembly - July 2011

Work with Yr 5 & 6 class teachers to develop project links to geography, science, history and arts curricula. Children continue to make notes for ‘Captain’s Blog’ - the school’s own Green TV project blog.

Pupils have extended and developed their research and fieldwork skills through navigation of the Nature Reserve. They have identified and recorded evidence of wildlife and documented their own journeys around the site.

Year 6 pupils help to prepare all of the work for a celebration exhibition in the school hall. We make labels and organise the display - field books, prints, wax resist drawings and photographs. We also include some of the found objects the pupils have collected and the maps and ship prints made in response to the Tees-mouth.

During a special assembly, the Year 5 & 6 pupils give a Green TV project presentation to the lower school and invited parents. Class teacher Mrs Heaton supports all pupils to present their work and their thoughts on the project.

One group of pupils gives a printmaking demonstration to the audience, with some parents even having a go at drawing and making block prints! Parents and staff are invited to look over the exhibition and ask questions about the project.

The children have worked very hard during all of the class workshops and site visits, and are really proud of all the work they have produced. Photographs of the project will stay in school to be displayed and to inspire lots of pupils, teachers and parents to visit the Tees-mouth Field Centre and Nature Reserve themselves.