Inspired by the recent Illuminate Festival at the Royal William Yard Chaddlewood Primary School recently staged their very own illumination event and hundreds of parents came along to see it.
The children at Chaddlewood Primary worked collaboratively to create lanterns of all shapes and sizes for their display. with a focus on commemorating the 400th year since the Mayflower ship’s voyage and embracing a sea theme.
400 glass jars were decorated and over 150 lanterns were carefully made by the children, including a replica Mayflower ship, a bloom of jellyfish and two larger than life octopi.
The children and staff worked extremely hard and their efforts were rewarded by the large number of parents who came to see the art display.
Among the feedback comments from the parents were remarks such as
“Wow! What an amazing light display celebrating the anniversary of the Mayflower!”
and
“We could really tell so much time and effort has been put in by both children and staff and the result was fantastic.”
Another commented:
“The effort of the jellyfish lamps, seaweed, replica ship and lights were very effective. A super magical end to my day, very well done indeed.”
(story courtesy of the Plympton Podcast)
