How Does Your Garden Grow? - Summerbank Primary School, Stoke on Trent. [< back to Schools >]
On entering the new School building she leapt from rock to rock and over the waves counting the fish as she went.
A summer’s day upon the banks of a river, or a day out at the beach. On entering Summerbank you enter a world that is magical. Education becomes not just about sitting in a classroom, but directly about the world around you.
Maths becomes counting ladybirds, Nature Lessons in the schools Entrance Hall; learning becomes about looking it starts as you walk through the front door and continues in your own back yard.
‘How does Your Garden Grow?’ Visualises two stories, ‘Archie and the Fairies’ and ‘The Call of the Sea’.
Working with Story Teller Maria Whatton, the pupils enacted scenes from the two stories. These were then photographed from above and incorporated into the image. The Entrance Hall also leads to the library; this magical world seeks to encourage the world of the imaginary, show that the imagined does not have to remain in books, but can fill the space around you.




