Springfield Junior School in Ipswich wanted four murals based on life in Sierra Leone. So after some consultation with the Head Teacher, and clear instructions to include a barracuda at any cost (he was a little obsessed!), I spent a weekend sketching these four mockups:
The school is twinned with a school in Sierra Leone. They are raising money for a well, and wanted something to reflect four aspects of life in the country: a shanty town, the school, a jungle replete with Sierra Leonean animals, and a tropical beach.
We worked with groups of four at a time. Slowly building up the background, midground, and foreground layers...
...before carefully working in the details.
In the end we worked with almost all of Y4, 5, and 6 over the five days. And I have to say that they did brilliantly.
The murals had a designated place in the Y6 corridor, so I got out the power tools and we stuck them up:
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