St Thomas' Primary School Heritage Activities
Since September 2016 pupils from St Thomas' Primary have been taking in a number of digital media and heritage based activities this has included a spoken word workshop with Akala. They have also created a digital media art installation with local artist Michael Speechley, from the Dissenters' Gallery, and been on a number of trips to the Tate Britain and Kensal Green Cemetery.
Waking the Dead - St Thomas' Film
Year 6 pupils from St Thomas' CE Primary School share their thoughts on life, death and Kensal Green Cemetery.
Akala Workshop
Year 6 pupils work through a series of workshops, activities and games followed by a presentation on the musical history of Kensal Green Cemetery and as a way of introducing young people to sound system culture.
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Art Installation at the Dissenters' Chapel
By taking inspiration from sound systems, Year 6 created a series of small working cardboard speakers, which the film was then projected on to and the sound from the film played out of each speaker. Nine papier-mâché planets were created to orbit the sound system, taking inspiration from the The Sonar System, a children’s picture book by singer and MC Ras Mykha, which was part of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign.
If you want to make your own cardboard speaker you can download the template below.
If you want to make your own cardboard speaker you can download the template below.
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