EXAMPLES
OF PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
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CLASSIFYING THE CABINETS
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--------------2013--------------
DRAGON IN THE PLAYGROUND
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--------------2012--------------
A MAGIC LANTERN SHOW
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ARCHIMBOLDO IN 3D
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--------------2011--------------
5400 PHOTOS IN 3 MINUTES
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ROBOT ANIMATIONS
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BUILDING WITH STRAWS
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more pictures
BATTLE FOR THE GOLDEN BIRD
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PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE POSTER
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--------------2010--------------
BALLOONS
Click for
video of balloons bursting in slow-motion.
SPEAKER-FLOWERS
Click for pictures of children visiting Brian Eno's Speaker-Flowers installation.
NEVER-ENDING STORIES
Click the
picture for a new story from Emilia, who left us last year to go
on to Secondary school, and is continuing to write her excellent stories.
CABINET DREAMLINES
Click the picture to see the video and find out how to create your own 'dreamlines'.
--------------2009--------------
SHADOW PUPPET THEATRE
Click to play with the online shadow puppet theatre
DEXTER'S STICK-FIGURE ANIMATION
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WWII -
ENTERTAINMENT
Click each of the 3 pictures to join in with some 1940s entertainment
SNOWMAN PHOTO COMPETITION
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see photographs
--------------2008--------------
SINGING CHRISTMAS CARD & ANIMATED ADVENT CALENDAR
Click the pictures to see the animations
MERRY MONSTERS & CHRISTMAS COMPETITION
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TINY ECO-ASSISTANTS IN THE PLAYGROUND
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picture for details and photos
CHARLES THE LION READS YOUR STORIES ALOUD
Charles the Lion, who reads
the news on our school web-site, also now reads out
stories
written by some of our children. Click on Charles to choose a story.
BUILDING WITH STRAWS - TOWERS & BRIDGES
Family Challenge - Investigations
Week. Click the picture for more photos.
--------------2007--------------
ANIMATED ADVENT CALENDAR
Click to see more than 100 animated characters from children in Years 3-6.
VIRTUAL ART GALLERIES
Year 6 - Paintings of Brighton
Y5 - Self Portraits
Click
pictures to see children's artwork displayed in 'Virtual
Art Galleries'
MAPPING THE METAMORPHIC ISLES
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For 'Art Week' in
June 2007 we took inspiration from the ship composed of old
furniture
(sideboard doors,wooden chandeliers, etc) that was on display at
the
Fabrica
art gallery
('Beneath the Stride of Giants'
by Brian Griffiths).
You can see some of
the Nursery children visiting the gallery
here
The whole school
created stories of the ship's voyage, mapping its journey,
and
constructing islands
for it to visit.
These islands had inhabitants,
creatures and buildings
that were (like the ship)
constructed or
evolved from other objects or beings.
See the giant exhibition in our school hall
here
See work creating the islands
here
Click the Play button to listen to some 'musical islands'.
We looked at all
sorts of maps of voyages and real and imaginary lands
- click the pictures
below to see some interesting maps that have
been made
'zoomable' (maps open in new window).
Make your
own 'mutant scrapbook' pages by clicking above (opens in new window).
--------------2006--------------
GAMES PROGRAMMING
Again we have been working with
children from other schools in the Brighton
Excellence in Cities' cluster on an ICT project. This time involving games-
programming days - using several
different
programmes, but mainly
'Mission Maker' from Immersive Education. Click picture
for more photos.
--------------2005--------------
200 YEARS OF
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL
This year we have been working
on a project with Brighton Museum to fill a cabinet
with artefacts and models to celebrate '200 Years of Middle Street school'.
Click the picture
for details.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE SEAFRONT
We have also been working with
children from other schools in the Brighton
'Excellence in Cities' cluster on
digital photographs of the sea-front.
Click picture for
more examples.
A MINI-CABINET
FAVOURITE MUSEUMS & PLACES IN BRIGHTON
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Some children have been writing
about their favourite museums in Brighton & Hove
for
www.show.me.uk
in
the children's section of the 24-hour museum.
--------------2004--------------
ART WEEK -
ANIMATIONS & RECORDINGS
Click to see a selection of animations and
recordings made for our school Art Week.
START MAGAZINE
Click for an article on our our project
that appeared in START primary art magazine in February 2004.
NATIVITY ANIMATION
Animation of the 'Brave Little Camel' for Nativity Play.
Click to see the video.
--------------2003--------------
INTERACTIVE WALKWAY
Children on the Brighton to Vienna 'Interactive Walkway'. Click picture to see video.
Some of our projects are now featured on other web-sites:
The
Curiosity and Imagination
site on approaches to learning that combine play
with
hands-on
experience of inspiring
objects and environments.
The
nesta
futurelab showcase of interactive media, educational ICT and digital
technologies.
Clubs
continued through the Spring & Summer with up to 50 children
each week.
ARCHIMBOLDO
ART-CREATOR
Archimboldo is an artist very much
associated with cabinets of curiosities.
Click on the picture to try our on-line 'Archimboldo Art Creator'.
--------------2002--------------
NATIVITY BACKGROUND VIDEO
Click to
see the video we made to be back-projected at our school
nativity play.
ALIEN ARCHAEOLOGY
Click on the poster to see
details of our Summer project.
Click here
for video.
CABINET OBJECTS
Click for
video of children talking about objects from our cabinets.
KALEIDOSCOPES
-
Click to see some kaleidoscope movies Click for a cubic VR movie
SCREEN SAVER
Click the
picture to download a 'Cabinets & Pods' screensaver for your PC.
--------------2001--------------
Clubs have continued on Mondays and Tuesdays with 45 children attending.
BOXES
Click the
picture for videos of Year 5 children opening boxes that they have
packed with some of their favourite personal objects.
SUMMER CABINETS & PODS DAYS
Click for a video of some of the activities from our Summer Cabinets & Pods days.
Here are some pictures (some curious) from this event -
Activities included using the QX-3
computer microscope, building Lego Mindstorms
robots,
'Robot-Wars'-style
battling with remote control cars, digital photography
and looking at some of
the new software we will be using next term.
Mr Olden brought along
fossils, skulls, insects and spiders from the Booth Museum
- which children examined and
then
drew and used as inspiration for
making models.
We also built some giant
geometric shapes and the 'Animal Club' finally managed to
make a video of their
play.
OUR SCHOOL IN 3D
Click the
picture to see our 3D model of the school playground.
THE DREAMS OF YEAR 4
Click
to see Year 4's
dream photographs
GETTING THE PROJECT STARTED
Easter Holidays 2001 - A special all-day holiday meeting attended by 20 children.
Summer 2001- objects
from cabinets used to inspire story-writing during school 'Book Week'.
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March 2001 - toys and games lent out from Cabinet collection to Y1 'Toy Museum'.
Feb 2001- the cabinets pictured above have been
added over the last few months.
Autumn 2000 - 'Cabinets & Pods' meetings every week on Mondays and Tuesdays after school.
June 2000 - photo of our first cabinet - featured
in Brighton & Hove News.
February 2000
- We have purchased 2 cabinets in advance of
receiving our grant.
These are a large
'merchant's cabinet' for
Years 5 & 6 and a smaller triangular
cabinet for the Nursery.
February 2000 - Press release from Brighton & Hove LEA - featured in 2 local papers:
Feeding
Inquisitive Minds
Middle Street
Primary scoops £11,000 for 'Cabinets of Curiosities'
Press release featured in local papers describes the project and quotes
Brighton & Hove's lead
councillor for
school effectiveness , Pat Hawkes -
"This is
a wonderful
example
of how schools in
Brighton & Hove are
getting
children to think creatively so that they can achieve
their full potential."
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