The children in Key Stage One have just enjoyed a wonderful workshop run by renowned junk modelling sculpture Antony James from Creaturama. Antony has appeared on many high profile children's craft shows including Blue Peter and CBeebies 'Junk Rescue' to name just a few.

Antony brought some of his amazing structures to school, made from junk, so that the children could see what can be achieved quite simply from rubbish!! He even made a huge turtle specially for our workshop.

We were then given a masterclass in junk creativity where we were shown how to model squid, sharks and turtles using a plastic bottle, a cereal box, two kitchen rolls, some newspaper and of course masking tape. Nothing more. The children then designed their models, assembled them using lots of new techniques and skills (if you squash newspaper it makes it easier to work with and if you make a picture frame from a sheet of newspaper and masking tape you can easily cover a water bottle), and finally they gave their sculpture a good coat of paint.

A super-fun day was enjoyed by all and the final products were amazing.