Castletown pupils hit the headlines in fun photo project
Headlines provided the basis for a Castletown Primary School fun photo project as pupils found imaginative ways to interpret some attention-grabbing newspaper stories.
Given a choice of quirky headings from published news reports, the youngsters from primaries 5/6 and 6/7 were asked to create a picture that would illustrate one of them.
The pupils rose to the challenge as they put their own twist on headlines such as "Bananaman rescued from roundabout", "Safety meeting ends in accident", "Students cook and serve grandparents" and "Ruined grass verges fury", as well as one about a cheeky seagull nabbing people's crisps and another about a hamster crawling through pipes at its owner's house and ending up safe in a neighbour's bath.
Class teachers Susan Watson and Lindsay Coghill said the feedback from the children was very positive and it had been a fun activity to do with their families as part of home learning. The teachers were delighted with the humorous images the pupils had produced.
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10 / 10The inspiration behind the activity came from Inverness-based author Barbara Henderson, who had been due to attend the John O'Groats Book Festival this year only for it to be cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Both classes have also been using Barbara’s currently unpublished book, The Dog-walking Consortium. Chapters have been read online to the children by the author, and the teachers have then set activities in the "virtual classroom" for pupils to complete.
Head teacher Rhona Moodie said: "This has been well received by the children, with more than one child saying they couldn’t wait to hear the next part.”
The author is pleased too. "I had really looked forward to visit the area for the book festival, so it’s great to have built some links with the school in this way," Barbara said. "The Dog-walking Consortium is an as yet unpublished book which meant there were no copyright issues.
"Reading daily instalments on YouTube helped me maintain a routine during the early days of lockdown and it’s lovely to think that the book now has an audience. Silver linings – but I can’t wait to visit in person once all of this is over!"