PRIMARY NEWS
Dame Bradbury’s Year 6 pupils to see work exhibited in National Gallery
interpretation depicting a tiger rolling through the undergrowth playing with the sun, moon and stars as if they were balls of yarn.
Amira Mitchell-Karam, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths (STEAM) Lead at Dame Bradbury’s Junior School said: “It is incredible to see the creativity and the different interpretations that our pupils have come up with from viewing just one picture. Stop-motion animation is a notoriously difficult art form to master, and we are very proud of the videos that our pupils have produced and the hard work that they put into making them. To have their work selected to be exhibited in the National Gallery is a massive achievement and the pupils are wonderful representatives of themselves and the school.”
Take One Picture is a national programme for primary schools, which encourages students to develop an artistic response to a chosen painting, aiming to inspire a lifelong love of art and learning. A selection of clips from the project will be exhibited via a digital display at the National Gallery’s exhibition from 1 August – 1 September 2024.
Artwork from pupils at Dame Bradbury’s Junior School in Saffron Walden is to be displayed at the National Gallery this summer, as part of the gallery’s Take One Picture competition.
Year 6 pupils aged 10 - 11 were tasked with creating a stop-motion animated short video inspired by Henri Rousseau’s 1891 painting ‘Surprised!’, which depicts a tiger lurking in the jungle undergrowth and currently hangs in the National Gallery in London.
Pupils used their creativity to develop a work of art that imagined the scene before or after the painting’s setting. Scenes ranged from dramatic action sequences of a tiger fighting hunters in the jungle, to a playful
Dame Bradbury’s pupil Florence B., says of her short film, ‘Day and Night’: “The Tiger shadow leapt into my mind as soon as I saw the sheets of paper on the classroom table. I wanted to tell a story about the Tiger’s shadow playing with the Sun, Moon and Stars. My Tiger is strong, playful and inquisitive. He is constantly challenging himself and doesn’t take no for an answer.”
Dame Bradbury’s offers academic excellence alongside a comprehensive range of enriched learning opportunities, spanning art and design, performing arts, extracurricular trips, and sports.
Marshland Primary Academy makes move to renewable heating
Marshland Primary Academy in Moorends, Doncaster, is preparing for the future by switching its heating and hot water system from gas boilers to highly efficient, low-carbon Ground Source Heat Pumps.
Kensa Contracting is delivering the retrofit project, with representatives having recently visited the school to show pupils how freely available, renewable heat energy from the ground will be used to keep their classrooms warm for the next 100 years.
Switching from gas to electrically powered ground source heat pumps will decarbonise the school’s heating and hot water system, reducing the CO2 emissions it produces from heat by as much as 77%.
The decarbonisation project, which started in May and is expected to be completed in October, has been part-funded by the Government’s Condition Improvement Fund and will see 18 boreholes drilled deep beneath the school’s playing field to access the renewable energy source.
Once installed, six new ground source heat pumps will convert this energy into usable heat for the school’s upgraded heating and hot water system. The heat pumps will also be housed indoors, shielded from the elements, with some located where the school’s current gas boilers are.
Along with the heat pumps and ground source infrastructure installation, the school’s green heating renovations also include new radiators and
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solar PVT being fitted. These measures will help the primary academy achieve the highest possible energy efficiencies while also providing greater energy security.
Penny Marshall, Deputy Headteacher at Marshland Primary Academy, said: “We are very excited by the new innovative heating system. It is wonderful for Marshland to be at the forefront of new technology. At the same time, hopefully, it will save us money on our heating bills and, most importantly, support our quest to help combat climate change.”
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