Senior School Prize winners
A group of Year 8 pupils were delighted to be awarded third prize in the senior section at this year’s Chislehurst Environmental Awards, held at Coopers School, Chislehurst on May 3rd.
The theme this year was Imperial Chislehurst and the Guest Speaker was Robert Finlay – Captain of the Chislehurst Golf Club who represented the epicentre of Imperial Chislehurst – Camden Place, the grade 2 listed house where the last Emperor of the French was exiled in 1871.
Year 8 pupils looked at the impact of Napolean III and the French Royal family on Chislehurst and they found the imperial influence on architecture and street signage, in telephone codes and in visual imagery too. They then designed a series of postage stamps using mixed media, depicting violets; monuments and churches.
The following girls also received a Highly Commended certificate for their ; Amelie Willars, Amelia Mallors, Hannah Bekman, Niamh Egan, Catherine Nguyen, Harriet Doyle and Eliana Shaw-Lothian.
Pictured below is Amelia Willars with the Guest Speaker Robert Finlay
Mrs Upton Art
Department
Junior School representatives from Y3 attended the ‘Chislehurst Society Environmental Awards’ presentation evening held at Coopers School. The awards were established in 1991 in the memory of two people who had worked to keep Chislehurst special for many years; Alun and Joy Jones. Local schools were invited to submit entries based on the given theme ‘Imperial Chislehurst.
Year 2 girls submitted two entries:
2B’s entry named ‘Imperial Bees’, used a variety of media including oil pastels, felt tip pens, colouring pencils plus collage materials. This collaborative piece focused on Napoleon III and his fondness for honeybees. Napoleon was not a bee-keeper. However, he often wore bees, or rather images of them embroidered on some of his regal garments. This entry was highly commended.
Below are Year 2 winning entries
2H’s entry named ‘The First Chislehurst Bus’ is a model of the first public transport bus that transported passengers to and from Chislehurst. This collaborative class 3D model was made out of recycled boxes and card and was decorated with children’s copies of advertisements of the time. The passengers were made out of recycled newspaper bound with masking tape which was then covered with mod roc and finally painted. The children looked at the fashion of the 1920’s and made clothes for the model passengers. 2H had great fun making this 3D piece of collaborative art!
Year 3 girls submitted an entry entitled, ‘Lighting Up Imperial Chislehurst’. The girls made lanterns, representing the lamps taken from Camden Place during the war, decorated with hand drawn scenes of places associated with Imperial Chislehurst e.g St Mary’s Church and the Price Imperial Monument. These were hung from a lashed willow frame, representing the willow cutting Napoleon III planted in Chislehurst which was taken from his grandfather’s grave. With a click of a button, the lanterns lit up in the tricolours of France. We were very proud to have been awarded the 2nd prize for this junior category entry.
Year 3 art club’s entry named ‘The Many Faces of Napoleon III’ showcased portraits of Napoleon using a range of media and artistic techniques. Some pieces were inspired by the artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Eric Carle. This entry was awarded 3rd prize in the Y3/Y4 category.
Year 6 girls submitted a collaborative landscape of violets and bees, using crochet, pastels, watercolours, buttons, embroidery and paper folding. Each pupil had different ideas about how to create their violets and bees, and one pupil even designed a beehive using French knitting
Miss Bennett