PUPILS from Larkmead School received a golden ticket to create their own art exhibition as part of a Literacy through the Arts event.
The exhibition at Abingdon Library has been launched in the hope of improving pupils’ literacy and has the theme of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Following a £2,000 grant from the Ernest Cook Trust, the school has been able to offer a wider selection of projects, workshops and talks for children with artists and writers.
Marilyn Pearce, the fundraising, communication and marketing manager at the school said: “Taking part in Literacy through the Arts events has helped to increase students’ chances of success at school across the whole curriculum through learning new skills to improve visual and verbal literacy.
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“It empowers them by promoting active engagement with their subjects and gives them the confidence to see themselves as learners with a growth mindset, the ability to achieve goals and share their knowledge with their peers.”
As part of the project, pupils created golden ticket bookmarks and learned about onomatopoeic words – words such as honk, formed by imitation of a sound made by the subject.
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