st oswalds primary school initial workshops- classes 1 & 2

Nicki and the community volunteers were given a very warm welcome at St Oswalds Primary School by the enthusiastic staff and children and she was able to work with all the children in the school, studying the effect of the river Kent on the village and its community and local environment.

First Class 2 talked about their walk to the river and the children were particularly keen to share how they’d seen elderberries and then drawn them back at school. Following discussions about the river when it flooded, the children then energetically painted the river in flood.

Then it was time to wipe off the paint from the childrens’ hands and faces, the tables, the floor and even the chairs!

Class 1 had also been studying their local river and looked at photographs taken in Burneside during the flooding. The children were most interested in how the Kendal Mountain Search and Rescue team helped the community and how their vehicles, other vans and cars tried to drive through the rising water levels. The children then drew the river, the mountain rescue vehicles, themselves and their families.