Future in the Kid's Hands

FUTURE IN THE KIDS’ HANDS

Imaginate Immerse Residency January - March 2020 | St Ninian’s RC Primary School Restalrig, Edinburgh | Brian Hartley [Lead Artist] + Anna Noonan [Associate Artist]

Hello! When Anna and I left St Ninians on 11th March we didn’t know that would be the last of our visits to St Ninians R.C. Primary School, we had just finished week eight, of a ten week Immerse Residency, commissioned by Imaginate. We were making plans to make an exhibition in the gym featuring work created by the children; large map drawings, models of future cities, photographs and some short films. We were very sad not to be able to say thank you to everyone at St Ninians R.C. P.S. for being so welcoming. We thoroughly enjoyed working the children in both classes and teachers, Mrs Healy and Miss Gilhooley, and the support from the head teachers Mr McCann and Mrs Brack. We would like to say a huge thank you to Imaginate for making it all possible, and to Kirsty who joined us in school one day and joined in with the model making activities. This magazine shares some ideas from our research, with some ideas for activities to try at home and links to some films made during the residency. In planning the final exhibition we needed a title, and class P6b came up with a great suggestion which felt very relevant for the work and themes we had created.

FUTURE IN THE KIDS’ HANDS

**Creative movement session at St Ninian's RC PS**
photo: Brian Hartley

In 1784 a hot air balloon landed in Restalrig, this story inspired some of our ideas around the themes of place and location for the residency,

**map making drawing session at St Ninian's RC PS**
photo: Brian Hartley

**Future in the Kids' Hands illustration**
illustration: Brian Hartley

Moving together. We spent a lot of time at the beginning of the residency learning to move together. We copied, mirrored, watched and observed. We moved together in lines with our eyes open and closed.We moved together like a flock of birds. We grew our awareness of ourselves, each other and the space around us. We worked together, shared ideas, found solutions and built trust as a group.

How do you think we can move together, when we need to stay apart?

What message could we send to the world by moving together?

What do you think is important to say, and how could we show this in movement?

We would love to hear your ideas!

Calton Hill walking trip and film. On Wednesday 5th February we walked from St Ninian’s R.C P.S. to Calton Hill, safe in the capable hands of Mrs Healy and Miss Gilhooley. Along the walk we passed several interesting sights and opportunities to learn more about Edinburgh. Both P6 classes worked together with Brian and Anna and our film crew, Lucas, Marta and Delia, to make a short film based on the movement exercices we had been exploring in school in the previous weeks. We looked at the views across Edinburgh, looking north to Fife and east to Restalrig. As a group we made a large compass shape on top of the hill, braving the cold wind, and then kept warm by moving like a flock of birds, walking, running and jumping on the grass behind the National Monument. We then had a brisk walk back to school in time lunch. Click on the image on the next page to see the film on the Imaginate YouTube channel.

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Future in the Kid's Hands