Published on 06/10/25
The Visual Arts Department started the year with visits beyond the classroom to record the world around them.
Garden Spaces Project: Year 10 Students Find Inspiration
During the first few weeks of the term Year 10 Textile students visited the Botanic Garden to record first-hand the more interesting and unusual shaped plants they observed through drawing and photography. This was to act as a starting point for their first GCSE project titled ‘Garden Spaces’.
Capturing Conservation: Year 9 Art Students Explore the Botanic Garden
As part of the Sustainability Digital Art Project students were able to photograph, explore and enjoy the beautiful plants and aquatic life of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. They learned about the important conservation practices taking place there.
Cambridge is our Campus: Year 8's Art and Architecture Project
Year 8 have enjoyed a Cambridge walk around the city centre photographing all the wonderful buildings Cambridge has to offer for their project on Art and Architecture. From Kings College Chapel to the Judge Institute Building, we are so lucky to be in amongst such a variety of interesting architectural structures.
From Greenhouses to Gallery: Year 7's Project on Natural Forms Takes Root
Year 7 have enjoyed some wonderful sunny trips to the Botanic Garden, photographing plant forms of all sorts of different shapes, sizes and varieties for their project on Natural Forms. Of particular interest were the wonderful palms within the rainforest sections of the greenhouses.