To mark the 50th anniversary of West Park Primary school being located in Devon Road, pupils in Years 5 and 6 are doing an exciting project exploring the history of the school in the Autumn term of 2017.

 

So far the children have:

 

• conducted research at the City Archives into the history of the school and the history of Whitmore Reans

• designed this website to which information will be added as the project progresses

• conducted recorded interviews with ex pupils and ex staff

• heard the stories of refugees and asylum seekers who have come to live in our community

• learned about what ‘Sanctuary’ means and begun the process of becoming a School of Sanctuary

• learned about the wider historical contexts which have shaped the school’s community over the years

 

After half term they will:

 

• devise a performance all about the school’s history, based on the stories they gather, to perform to the wider school community

• work with performance artists, learning new skills in puppetry, music, theatre

• work with a film-maker, learning skills in film-making techniques

• document their learning about the school’s history

• celebrate through a performance event the current school community as well as those preceding it out of which it was born  

• deposit the recorded oral histories and digital documentation produced during the project at Wolverhampton City Archives

 

This cross-generational project will ultimately be a celebration of the diverse neighbourhood of Whitmore Reans which has nourished the school for over half a century and continues to provide abundant and valued learning opportunities for the whole school community.

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