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Gallery event to share the piece of work and supplementing messages with parents. This could be presented alongside any other GreenSpace outputs that ran alongside the art project throughout the week, with the goal of sharing the students' learning and their motivation to protect their environment.

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Year 6 leaders to be appointed to lead on projects and promote nature connectedness. Folders distributed to different year groups

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1. Class discussion to explore detail in photographs - Use of descriptive language

2. Observation: heightened attention to detail through engagement with senses in natural spaces

3. Team building: communication as this activity is happening within classes and shared across classes

4. Observational drawing skills (tone, pattern, texture)

5. Creative skill of selecting images for collage

6. Persuasive talk for writing to reflect on the values learned

7. Writing instructions

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Art:

Pupils will design a piece of art, encompassing the schools’ estate and local park to enable nature connections to enhance and support pupil wellbeing and the wellbeing of the wider school community.

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Assembly to present the work created. Student speakers discussing the steps taken and why the work is important. Speakers could share ways we can reduce consumption/littering.

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Gather students, teachers, and parents together to discuss artwork and discussions involved to improve climate education initiatives OVER TIME.

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KS2 - Pupils should explore examples of human impact (both positive and negative) on environments, for example, the positive effects of nature reserves, ecologically planned parks, or garden ponds, and the negative effects of population and development, litter or deforestation.

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Litter picking ideas which school can incorporate, when analysing our natural space.

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Promoting your litter picking activities!

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Art related Activities:

Class discussion about litter and its impact using resources (see section 6)

Looking at examples of artists work that uses litter in a creative way, eg) collage or photography (see ideas below). For each artist, how do they use litter to inspire their work? What message does it send about how we use our natural world, or how we consume.

Take inspiration and ideas from the art, using them as a model for the work we will make. Show children brief/design for the whole-school art project, and each class' section. Discuss steps we need to follow on our nature walk to achieve this.

Nature walk- Challenge children to observe their local area using simple prompts like "Find the smallest thing, the strangest thing, the most beautiful thing, the ugliest thing" or a nature scavenger hunt

Photography, recording litter we observe on the walk using iPads. Collecting litter after recording it.

Class discussion about what we saw on the walk - impact of this, what steps we can take to reduce impact on environment. Recording statements from the children to be used alongside the final art display.

Editing the class' section of artwork from pictures taken - put into a collage in the style of the artists seen earlier.

Reflection/plenary - sharing this work with the community. discussing steps for taking our learning beyond the school and positively impacting the environment in the community.

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Beautiful Bruce Grove Anti-Litter Art Installation

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Beautfiul anti-litter art installation by Bruce Grove Residents’ Network and Primary School to reduce local littering and fly tipping.

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Children become ‘re-makers’, taking inspiration from found objects and working them into something new.

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People worldwide are using their creativity to bring awareness to the problem of plastic pollution in thought-provoking and charming ways. From creating jewellery to using plastic bags for knitting or crochet, there are hundreds of different ways to reuse everyday plastic waste.

In a recent SHiFT Community Hub session, eXXpedition ambassador, artist and architect Lula Gil led a fun hands-on workshop to teach us how to create art from ocean plastic and litter and offered advice on using this type of session to engage others in the challenge of plastic pollution.

Meet Lula Gil

Lula Gil is an architect, artist, and environmental activist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She learned to love the ocean from Paddleboarding, the discipline that opened her eyes and made her conscious about the health of the ocean and the impact that our consuming habits have over it.

She founded Water Journey, a movement communicating sustainability through art and water sports. Her art consists of transforming plastic waste she finds at Rio de la Plata River, into pieces of art to raise awareness about the plastic pollution affecting the seas and inspire people to connect with Mother Nature through their habits. For her, art evokes sensitivity and helps to understand this topic from an intimate perspective.

When she is not in the City working you will find her surfing at Chapa or Uruguay or traveling to the mountains to hike and ski. Her connection to nature is what drives her life's purpose.

Creating Plastic Art

If you have never tried creating art from plastic, here is a quick and easy step-by-step guide with a few tips from Lula!

Plastics from the beach and beach clean-ups

Clean and disinfect

Let them dry in open air

Be sure there is no water in the selected pieces

Domestic plastics you can find at home

Make sure they don't have any product inside

You Will Need...

Cardboard, foam board or some repurposed material to create the base of the art piece

Regular glue or professional adhesive to stick the pieces to the base

Elements to compose the background e.g. paints, sprays, collage stuff etc.

Let's get started!

1. Firstly, compose your background using paints, sprays or collage pieces and leave to dry.

2. Then begin to arrange the plastic pieces on the base. The plastic can be used as you found it, or broken down into smaller fragments, and can be put onto the base in any order you like. Tip: Don't stick the plastic to the base at this stage. Instead, experiment with different compositions to see if you like it or not.

3. Once you're happy with the overall look, you can start gluing the plastic pieces into place. Apply a lot of glue to a large surface area to make sure it sticks! Tip: The gluing process is very messy so you may want to cover your work space with a protective sheet.

4. Once you've finished, leave the artwork overnight to make sure the glue is completely dry.

5. Your plastic artwork is now complete!

If you're looking for some inspiration, check out some of Lula's pieces below!

More about SHiFT Hub Events

eXXpedition runs regular events for our community and beyond. Keep an eye on our social channels for updates on upcoming public events, and browse our blog to find out the highlights of our community events and keep up with eXXpedition news.

Thank you to 11th Hour Racing who are supporting this work.

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How to Create Art From Ocean Plastic and Litter - eXXpedition

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People worldwide are using their creativity to bring awareness to the problem of plastic pollution in thought-provoking and charming ways. From creating jewellery to using plastic bags for knitting or crochet, there are hundreds of different ways to reuse everyday plastic waste. In a recent SHiFT Community Hub session, eXXpedition ambassador, artist and architect Lula Gil [...]

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BERA - Nature Connectedness through the arts

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BERA - Nature Connectedness through the arts

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Nasreen Majid, Dr

Lecturer in Education at University College London

Nasreen Majid is a Lecturer in Education and teaches on the MA in Education programme at UCL. She is an Associate Fellow of UCL's Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCCSE).

Lucy Taylor

Teacher & Art Leader at West Lodge Primary School

Lucy Taylor is a teacher and art leader at West Lodge Primary School.

Jim Dees, Mr

Headteacher at West Lodge Primary School

Jim Dees is the headteacher of West Lodge Primary School.

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Co-creating a curriculum to support pupil wellbeing in primary schools

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt3k96f/articles/zffdkty#zcypg2p

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How can we make a positive impact on our environment? - BBC Bitesize

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Find out about the ways in which we can make a positive impact on our local and global environments. BBC Bitesize Scotland Learning for Sustainability article for Second Level CfE.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9w26sg#:~:text=People%20and%20animals%20can%20be,before%20throwing%20their%20rubbish%20away.

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What should I do with my rubbish? Rubbish. Eurgh. It's not very nice. Usually it's smelly and sticky and can be dangerous too. No wonder we throw it away.

But have you ever thought about what happens to rubbish when you throw it in the wrong place? Throwing it away without thinking can mean someone else is harmed by it...or something else.

People and animals can be trapped or injured by litter. It's not just animals who are affected by litter. Their habitats can also suffer. All because people don't think before throwing their rubbish away.

Putting your rubbish in a bin is easy. It's so much better for people, animals and the environment. And lots of litter, like plastic, paper, glass, metals, even food and garden waste can be recycled. To be used again and again and again.

So the next time you need to get rid of some rubbish, think about what you're doing. Because if we want a healthy world, we need to work together to protect it.

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What should I do with my rubbish? - BBC Bitesize

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What should you do with your rubbish? Learn how about recycling and its effect on the environment in this BBC Bitesize KS1 Science guide.

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Classroom discussions

Hands on learning - nature walk

Project-based learning - creating art piece from items found on walk

Peer - peer learning - discussions

Collaborative work - working in groups to find things on walk and take photos

Whole school collaboration - collaboration across KS2

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Protecting local wildlife

Community responsibility for local area

Citizenship

Sustainability

Finding solutions for littering

Reducing over-consumption, reusing

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Impact of litter on ecosystems, animals and habitats

Where litter comes from

Where our rubbish or recycling goes if disposed of correctly

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This resource provides a series of four lessons in which children work in teams to design a sustainable city. They explore examples of sustainability in existing cities around the world and consider the needs of citizens and the challenges of supporting a growing urban population.

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https://www.actingonclimate.co.uk/downloads/ActingOnClimate_TeacherResource.pdf

https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/17-partnerships-for-the-goals/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlZixBhCoARIsAIC745Bq1-aiqEARDG37sxEM9S3JLq8aSFlyZXk-NGT2jwXUWUGlhdvN4MgaApe3EALw_wcB

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KS2 students in a 2 form Primary in Coventry City, urban setting. Mixed age, ability and heritage.

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Children could incorporate photos of litter they have found into their artwork. Show how litter effects the planet and animals in the local area. This example shows a polar bear but children could link it to local wildlife such as birds, foxes, hedgehogs ect...

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Learning about how litter effects animals in our area

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Learning about how litter effects animals in our area

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Children could use editing or collage from their pictures of litter to create artwork - style of Tatsuya Tanaka

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Names: Katie, Daisy, Dawn, Cindy, Louise, Romily

Whole School Eco Campaign Day with KS2

LO: Use an art project to engage the school community with protecting the environment and inspire learners to create small changes for big impact in and outside of school.

Outcome - Each class creates a section of a piece of art that represents the school and uses litter as a medium.

Could be across a week supplementing other activities happening in individual classes. Could also be delivered in one day.

Subject: Art

NATURE CONNECTEDNESS THROUGH THE ARTS.

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