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On this page you will find details of conferences, events and seminars where In The Picture has taken part.
There is also have a page on the website dedicated to up and coming events - click here to view that page.
Oxford Literary Festival
Left to right - Susan Clow, Dr Tom Shakespeare, Mark Haddon and Lois Keith take part in a panel discussion
In The Picture Project Manager Susan Clow took part in a panel discussion about disability in writing with Mark Haddon and Lois Keith and chaired by Dr Tom Shakespeare. One of the audience blogged the event. Click here to read it.
Writing Week at Barnburgh Primary School
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Barnburgh Primary School recently held a writing week throughout the school. They decided to make the focus of their stories and creative work images from the In The Picture image bank. All the children from nursery to year 6 took part in the weeks events and this culminated in a "whole school story" where each year group contributed a section. |
The children of Barnburgh Primary School have been nominated as In The Picture Champions for their previous support of the project. Click here to read more about their's and other In The Picture Champions nominations.
In The Picture goes to Lincolnshire
A group of 12 children aged 6 - 7 from Horncastle County Primary School in Lincolnshire took part in an In The Picture focused story and art session. The children were initially read Michael Foreman's "Seal Surfer" and Jeanne Willis's "Susan Laughs".
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Facilitator, Rachael Burnett [picture left] who is studying illustration and researching for her dissertation said "The children were very observant as I read "Seal Surfer". They noticed the wheelchair on the first page |
almost immediately [incredible when you consider it's only about a centimetre high!]. After I read the books I asked if they thought it was important that disabled children are in picture books and they all said yes. When I asked why one little girl said, "because disabled children might get upset if they never see themselves in books". How perceptive!
After that we did some paintings and I asked the children to create their own disabled picture book character. Most grasped the concept fairly well and managed to produce some good work. Invariably most of the characters were either in a wheelchair or wore glasses. The fact that children only seem aware of these disabilities further supports your campaign.
The children went away with In The Picture bookmarks and the school had a poster."
Big Draw Activities 2007
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Swadlincote Family Learning Centre in Derbyshire took part in The Big Draw this year by running an art session that involved crayons, paint and collage. Widely marketed locally as a |
session to put children "in the picture" it involved groups of children aged 6 - 14 and their parents and grandparents working on small squares of one of illustrator Di Lorriman's pictures from the website - the hilarious canteen scene. Each person drew an enlarged image and it was added jigsaw style to a final picture at the end to much amusement and satisfaction.
Paralympic champion Jayant Mistry allowed the group to undertake the same process with paints using a photograph he provided. Another group added cut out pictures they had created to a montage inspired by Di's inclusive playground picture.
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The original Picture of Jayant and the finished picture
Exploding Children's Literature Conference
In The Picture attended this Children's Laureate launched, London Metropolitan University conference in July and addressed the audience. There was also an information stand at the event to promote the work of the project. For more information click here.
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