Peace Picnic

In this creative project Short Wood Primary School and their local community gathered underneath the Great Oak tree on the School field to celebrate Peace.

The Peace Picnic involved the whole school as each class had been thinking about Peace and producing creative work to share and celebrate at a special event. Singing, dancing, poetry, visual art, drumming and a rock band were just some of the entertaining activities on show.

The event also saw the Gentle Giant land art and The Nest on the lake officially opened. Both the nest and the land art were inspired by a book created with Year 4 and the Peace Picnic featured the official book launch. The community were able to attach special messages for Peace to the balloons and released them as part of the closing ceremony.

This short film presents some of the highlights of the day.