Children at Southborough Primary School in Bromley have raised £420 for the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
The Year 5 children produced artwork on swell paper, which is tactile and accessible for visually impaired children. The paintings were images of Victorian London using one point perspective watercolours.
The finished artwork was then framed as the school organised an exhibition of the talented young artists’ work. Their families and members of the local community were invited in to come and view, with the artwork up for sale to raise the funds.
In preparation for creating their artwork, staff at Southborough organised several visual impairment awareness sessions in partnership with Bromley Vision Team and Mrs Ilona Jones, the Qualified Teacher of the Visually Impaired (QTVI) specialist.
Southborough’s young artists also created Christmas cards which were sent to visually impaired children in various schools in the UK and to a school in Laski in Poland.
One Southborough parent said:
“They look stunning and too good not to buy”
Nina, a Year 5 pupil at Southborough Primary School, said:
“We sent the Christmas cards to an amazing special school near Warsaw in Laski, which my sister and I visited personally in April”
Nina Holden, Teacher at Southborough Primary School, said:
“We have children at Southborough who are visually impaired and so our pupils chose to raise funds for the Royal National Institute for the Blind as this charity is close to their hearts. I loved watching these talented pupils come up with such creative artwork and the final exhibition really did look stunning. We received so many compliments from the parents and other visitors, and it was fantastic to raise so much money for such a worthy cause.
“If that wasn’t enough, these incredible young artists also produced some brilliant Christmas cards for visually impaired children across the country, as well as our friends in Polish friends in Laski. This has been a really valuable relationship for both our schools, and I’m delighted that it means so much to our pupils.
“We also really valued the visual impairment awareness sessions which were organised by Bromley Vision Team and our QTVI specialist Mrs Jones. These were amazing, and we learned so much about visual impairment – they really helped our pupils prepare ahead of creating their artwork.”
