
The Varndean Transition Project
I joined up with a group of seven year 7 students and a great team from 'Our Future City'. We headed off to the library where we met Ellie who loves ancient artifacts and Jo who is professional artist.
After exploring the galleries we chose objects that we were drawn to which we sketched and discussed.
We then met with Ellie and Jo every Wednesday after school in one of the lovely art rooms at Varndean. Having an artist with us was handy as we learnt some specialist creative techniques and we chatted about all kinds of things.
The sunset was always fantastic and we all got to know each other pretty well.
We had a team from the university visit us with a 3D printer which we saw in action. They explained how strings of plastic would melt and via computer coding create 3D objects.
We created 'Our Lucky Talismans' or 'Our Transitional Objects' initially in clay.
For me having something special from a special experience helps me to feel attached to both a place and to a group of people.
The goats, for example, came up often as they'd helped a few of us with the challenges of transitioning to secondary school. Me included!
Our creations were then magically transformed into 3D objects with the 3D printer and were then attached to Key Rings. We're very proud of them as they've come out beautifully.
These are some pictures from our exhibition. We hope you like them. We'll miss each other for sure but my goat key ring will last forever.
Ms Offley
Congratulations to these Y7 #athletics superstars for fantastic performances in the Super 6 Athletics meeting, narrowly missing out to a great team from @PatchamHigh https://t.co/hY7xc8eegS
A superb achievement for Harvey and Georgia representing the South East of England at the inter regional finals in Wolverhampton last weekend!#tabletennis https://t.co/OPNE6W16Oq
Students enjoyed an amazing trip to the @RoyalAlbertHall on Sunday to watch the Classical Gala - thanks Mr B for giving them this opportunity #music #gcsemusic #btecmusic https://t.co/isXbLxYuSR
A selection of photos from the Summer Dance Show 2022 are now available to view on our website, featuring a variety of performances from all year groups: https://t.co/oM8qld2HX3 https://t.co/2clCmlYdHW
Thank you Mr. D for the Y11 well done packs you made for your class - each with a personalised key ring. #worldclass #theextramile #kindness https://t.co/udPBFHT8BQ