For the second year running our Bridge Project has been entered into the E17 Art Trail which runs from 6th September to 14th September 2008. Click here to view the organisers official website.
Saturday April 27th 2008 - Stoneydown pupils pictured with Lizo from BBC TV's Newsround at City Hall (London Assembly) after receiving SN4P certificates and a goody bag which included a digital camera on a key ring.
The children attending to represent the school were:-
- YEAR 1 James, Sohrab & Charlie.
- YEAR 2 Olivier & Mustafa.
- YEAR 3 Ray, Marianne, Brandon, Thamim & Faheem.
- YEAR 4 Saskia, Emily & Ismail.
- YEAR 5 Calum L. , Salmaan, Maira & Sarah.
- YEAR 6 Savanagh, Shawwal, Raheem & Matthew.
From Wednesday April 2nd to Sunday April 27th 2008 photos of the bridges taken by professional photographer Chi Chan and some of the children's original art work were displayed at City Hall (the new London Assembly building) overlooking the Thames. The school took part in the London wide Met Police Safer Neighbourhoods SN4P photo project for children and young people seeking to improve their local areas. Some children went down to the GLA on Saturday 26th April from 11am to 3pm to receive certificates and a small gift for participating in SN4P. The party represented the whole of Waltham Forest Safer Neighbourhoods teams at this event which was set up to showcase what young people have achieved across the capital.
Our project was featured in the 7th April 2008 edition of wfm published by the local authority under the headline "Local Picassos Spruce Up Their Neighbourhood".
Some of the children were pictured next to one of the Stoneydown Ave panels (above) with the following storyline. "More than 200 Waltham Forest schoolchildren took up their paintbrushes and gave four graffiti-daubed railway bridges in Walthamstow a much-needed makeover. The brightly coloured artwork, created by youngsters from Stoneydown Park Primary School, ranges from a vivid underwater mural to a design inspired by the famous Walthamstow-born artist William Morris. A delegation which included Metropolitan Police officers and members of the Scarman Trust, who help people improve their communities, paid the school a visit to admire the pupil's handiwork. A partnership between the Council and the police funded the project. Photographs of the bridges will now be displayed at City Hall on the south bank of the Thames until April 27th."
On Friday 14th March 2008 a party from the GLA Peer Youth Outreach team, Scarman Trust, Met Police and local LBWF councillors visited the school to view the bridges. A group of lucky children attended the special meeting in the school hall and told the guests about their art work and how they feel it improved their area. The Waltham Forest Guardian and wfm local colour sheet issued by the council sent along a photo journalist to cover the proceedings. We all had a very informative and enjoyable time talking to each other. Many good ideas for the future were discussed. The children are now eagerly anticipating seeing themselves in the local paper.
Photos of the Bridge Project and original art work by the children were displayed at Walthamstow central library in the Town Square between Monday January 7th and Thursday January 17th 2008.
Our Bridge Project was entered into the 2007 E17 Art Trail which ran from 1st September to 9th September 2007.
