The Children's University™ and Me: Creative in Cornwall

 

 

“Children's University™ has allowed us to enrich the experience we offer students at Penryn College allowing an experience in previously never offered activities. Students of all ages have been able to work outside of their normal school day work extending their knowledge, passion and enthusiasm for a host of Creative Arts activities. It has also given students an insight into the learning pathways for their future whilst working alongside ambassadors from the neighbouring university ”. 

                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                Sarah Childs, Head of Creative Arts Penryn College

 

 

                                                                            

                                       A days activities creating bugs and butterflies from                              A day holiday activity involving watching the film 'Ratatouille'

                                                 withy structures with 10-14 year olds                                          on a cinema size screen, and then making hand puppets of

                                                                                                                                                         Reme, leading to a puppet show performance at

                                                                                                                                                                   the end of the day with 7-11 year olds

 

 

                                 

                         

                                        A weekly illustration club where 11-14 year olds learn different styles of illustration using different media             

 

 

                        

 

All 1000 pupils in Penryn College made an origami paper crane, which strung together to create a Senbazuru

 

Near the end of World War II, Britain, the U.S. and China issued Japan an ultimatum to either surrender unconditionally, or to suffer ‘prompt and utter destruction.’ Japan ignored this declaration. Consequently, Hiroshima, Japan became the first city to have ever suffered a nuclear attack. A girl of 2 years old called Sadako was 2 miles from ground zero when the bomb hit. She survived, but 10 years later purple spots had started to form on her legs, she was diagonosed with leukemia, "an atom bomb disease.“ She was given, at the most, a year to live.

 

The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy beasts and is said to live for a thousand years. An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. Inspired by the crane, Sadako started folding them herself, spurred on by the Japanese saying that one who folded 1,000 cranes was granted a wish. Sadako wished to get well so that she could run again. However, Sadako died in October 1955, at the age of 12.

 

We each folded a crane in Penryn CU, making 1,000 paper cranes to send to the Children’s Peace Memorial in Hiroshima with our wish for world peace for the anniversary of the atomic bomb on 6th August.