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- Gifted & Talented Day at The Castle School
Click here for more quotes from the day Click here for more photos from the day Click here to view our scrolling photostory of the day On the 15th January The Octagon Gallery at The Castle School was transformed into an artists studio filled with some of the most talented young artists in South Gloucestershire! Students who have already shown themselves to be gifted and talented in art were invited to take part in a special day at The Castle School where they had the fantastic experience of working alongside a real life artist. The Bristol based illustrator Anna Marrow is currently the Artist in Residence at the school. Anna specializes in drawing and screenprinting and her artwork has appeared in many magazines, books and galleries (www.annamarrow.com).

In the morning over 20 Key Stage 2 children from 10 different schools spent the morning drawing from a weird and wonderful collection of objects including stuffed birds, old tvs and typewriters. They created their own weird and wonderful compositions from combining the objects. The students watched carefully as Anna made an owl come to life on the paper and learned new drawing techniques before producing their own artwork, upright at an easel. In the afternoon 15 KS1 students were inspired by Anna’s love of birds which feature in nearly all her current artwork. Their imaginations went wild whilst trying to work out why there were birds in washing machines, cats on tvs and ballroom dancers dancing in the shopping isles! The artwork produced by both groups of students was just amazing, with some clear artistic talent developing in South Gloucestershire in the very near future. The students went home feeling confident in their new skills, with their self-esteem high, having been identified as having a particular artistic talent. The children went straight back to school to show their work off to their teachers and pass on their skills to their classmates. Thank you to everyone who took part in this fun and lively drawing day!
Andrea Hazlehurst (Community Art Teacher at The Castle School)
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