The Arts Showcase

We hope you enjoy our vibrant arts showcase celebrating the rich cultural capital of our local community. This showcase highlights the diverse talents of the children in our school supported by our teachers, parent artists and local creatives, offering a platform for expression and connection. Discover inspiring artwork, performance pieces, and interactive installations that reflect the creative stories of belonging and identity within our community.

This showcase features a series of hands-on workshops led by talented parent artists, inviting participants of all year groups to explore their own creativity. From painting to recycled plastic sculpture, 3D Islamic art to movement, these workshops offer an opportunity to engage with the creative process, learn new skills and build deeper connections on each child’s artistic journey. It also features whole school arts projects delivered through successful arts funding bids.

Stoneydown is a celebration of art, culture and the power of community!

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E17 Art Trail 2024

One visitor emailed the school to say: 'I was so impressed with the art trail and the art space that Stoneydown put forward this year. It looked great and it was so nice to take the children in and let them explain how they created the art they had made. Bravo to Ed and all the staff that helped make that happen. Great that the school can be part of such a brilliant community event.'

Celebrating Kindness Through Art: A Collaborative Mural at Stoneydown Park Primary School

Stoneydown Park Primary School was proud to unveil its stunning new mural in July 2024, a vibrant tribute to kindness, which was created with the participation of every student and teacher in the school. Supervised by talented artist Samir Malik, this community-driven project allowed each child to explore their own ideas and contribute to the design.

In a series of workshops with Samir, students brainstormed themes and visuals, ultimately helping shape the mural’s final design. After narrowing down the concepts, the mural’s central message, “Be Kind,” was brought to life in five different languages, symbolizing the school’s diverse and inclusive spirit.

Thanks to a generous £10,000 award from the Make It Happen funding, this incredible artwork now adorns the school, serving as a daily reminder of the importance of kindness. It’s a beautiful example of how art can bring together a community and inspire positive change.

Mural of Kindness

Year 3 Film production workshop

This Year 3 workshop involved the children taking on different roles as a film crew and understanding all the elements that go into making a short film. Some of the roles included gaffer, director and assistant director. Working in groups, the children acted out the scenes and enjoyed seeing the final film uploaded on to their Google Classroom. The workshop was delivered by Mahalia Belo and Matthias Pilz.

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Year 1 Mapping movement- A journey through colour

This Year 1 workshop was a playful exploration of what a journey can look like using coloured ribbons in space and coloured crayons on paper. Working in pairs, the children were asked to make two journeys and record their journeys by making two different drawings. Partners collaborated, with one taking a roll of ribbon for a walk, marking their journey as they went and the other observed their partner's journey and recorded it via drawing on paper, showing evidence of the journey and creating a type of map. Then they swapped.

The children created a wonderful colourful web of ribbon that represented all of their journeys, alongside some very wiggly and expressive drawings.

Workshop designed and delivered by Sarah May and Isobel Manning.

Y1 Mapping Movement

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Year 5 artist Zarah Hussain workshop

Acclaimed artist, Zahra Hussain, visited Stoneydown . Year 5 pupils benefitted from workshops exploring Islamic Art and geometric patterns. We are hugely grateful to Zahra for sharing her passion and expertise with our pupils in what was an extremely worthwhile enrichment experience.

https://www.zarahhussain.co.uk/

Zarah Hussain

Y4 Festival of Lights Artwork December

Stoneydown Capital Arts Project

As the first-ever London Borough of Culture funding was made available for local schools who applied to be part of the Capital Arts project to create permanent artworks throughout their buildings and learning spaces. Children from Stoneydown Park explored creatures of flight such as birds, butterflies and bats. They studied the shapes of these creatures made in flight; produced sketches, collages and wire drawings to create large, outdoor metal and ceramic sculpture pieces made from recycled materials. Enjoy our slideshow and video.

Stoneydown Sticks Together

We wanted to be very visible in the Walthamstow Art Trail 2019 and to make something that every child in the school could participate in - to symbolise each child’s creativity and our togetherness as a school and local community.

The windy weather in February provided lots of sticks for us to collect, whittle and paint.

We made a huge and beautiful art installation for the public to enjoy!