INSPIRATION AFRICA!
Project 3
New Woodlands (EBD) School
POETRY/STORY-TELLING
The project started with a brainstorming session, looking for keywords around respect, power and authority and referring back to the frame poem the pupils had written with Sola at the Horniman Museum visit. First of all the boys wrote acrostic poems using their names and indicating special interests they may have.
Likes Maths and English
Underneath his tough skin he's lovely
Keeps playing football
Even when I am sleepy I still play football
Activities
Swimming
He likes to go over to the park
Loves beefburgers, he
Even went to the farm
Yesterday
THERE ARE THEN LINKS TO TWO MORE ACROSTIC POEM PAGES FEATURING THE FOLLOWING POEMS:
R obert is running
O ver a man who is
B atting a ball
E verybody is laughing
R unning away
T here's no-one left watching the cricket
A nton likes flowers on a summer's day, flowers in his mind
N ow he thinks he's going wild
T o and fro he sniffs the rose
O nly on his birthday
N ow he must go home
B en likes to ride his BMX
E verybody watches him do his tricks
N ow I have to say goodbye - I think I might just fly, Bye!
C olin likes football and colouring in
O ranges, apples, cherries, bananas
L ooking to pass the football -
I n the goal
N early missed
There was then a further brainstorm for ideas and words around respect and power which were used in group and individual acrostic poems.
R espect makes people feel nice and loved. Respectful people listen and pay attention
E ducation is fun. I like Maths and making my own choices
S illy people do not gain respect. Sensible people do not butt in on a conversation
P ower to the people!! Affection to the people!! Kindness to the people!!
E nergy gives you life and adds strength to your body - body power
C alm voices, command and control, showing our brain education, showing our leadership to the world
T aking turns, giving everyone the ability to move, we don't make anyone feel worse because it is disrespectful.
Miss Byrom's class
29/03/00
R unning power, power for running. Showing respect for education
E nergy, body power to move
S uccessful in attention: brain - education - answers
P ossession in leadership
E veryone has respect inside themselves, affection, being kind and listening
C ommanding attention, New Woodlands boys controlling
T hemselves and learning they have control
Mr Devlin's class
29/03/00
Pupils were asked what power and respect meant to them and how you gain respect ....
"Power is what makes you strong"
"Respect is what you give and do"
"Respect is sharing"
"Power gives you ENERGY"
"Respect is when you help people"
"Respect is not making someone feel worse about something. Feelings. Respect makes people feel NICE AND LOVED"
"Power means leadership, body power and BRAIN POWER"
"You get respect by being nice."
Based on their responses two phrases were discussed and completed individually. One pupils wrote:
I command respect by:
being good
helping someone
being kind
saying please and thankyou
my inner feelings
I demand respect because:
I helped you
I listened to you
I did as you wished
I helped you when you were sick
I took you out
I made you food
Finally
patterns were made out of the phrases and words chosen to be worked on in the school's BANNERMANIA computer programme. These designs were then printed onto one of the artworks - a huge umbrella (called a kyinie) representing those used in some West African state ceremonies. Apart from those words or phrases shown below (NICE AND LOVED, FEELINGS, INTERRUPTING and CONVERSATION) others included: RESPECT, PEACE, SPIRIT POWER, POWER RUN, AFFECTION, ENERGY, BRAIN, POWER & LOVE and SHARING.
STORY-TELLING REPORT
Three stories were told over the residency. The story-telling took place in the classrooms, sometimes in conjunction with the artwork sessions and using whatever the boys were involved in at the time, incorporating diverse actions into the scenario.
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