During summer 2005, artist Gordon MacLellan worked with young people and adults in Hyndburn Park Community Space to develop an outdoor activity area for Hyndburn Park Primary School and members of the local community. The space is now available as an outdoor classroom for activities such as creative writing and performing.
At the school, Gordon developed a ‘Resource Book’ with children and teachers to encourage best use of the new space. Through the art of story-telling, the Resource Book leads children through a series of activities which take them on a journey round the outdoor classroom, encouraging the creation of new stories for telling and writing. The journey takes them across the worlds of literacy, science and geography.
Speaking of the project, one of the teachers described it as “a wonderful inspiration for children to grow in self-confidence, to develop their own ideas and freedom of expression.”
