Autumn leaves and abstract images in Photography Club

Photo by Oliver Green (Year 9)

Each term, Leckford Place students take part in a variety of clubs and extracurricular activities – and every so often we'll give an insight into what the children have been up to by profiling a particular activity. So today we have a report from the Photography Club, which meets on a Wednesday afternoon each week.

This term we have considered more subjects than ever before and some truly wonderful shots have been taken by our group – a couple of which are featured in this post. We have looked at the landscape, macro, portraits, movement and creating abstract images. We have spent a lot of time looking at trees, particularly because the autumn colours have been so special this year.

A few of our keener students have even upgraded their gear, having developed a very healthy interest. I do hope they will continue to observe the world around them during the holidays.

— Report by Oliver Stone (Club leader & Head of Spanish)

Photo by Tom Leavey (Year 9)

Prize-winning Steampunk artist

Year 7 pupil Hovnan Eayrs has won the runner-up prize in an art and design competition run by the History of Science Museum -- a superb achievement. The theme of the contest was 'Steampunk', and it was open to secondary school pupils throughout Oxford.

Here's a photo of Hovnan alongside his winning project, 'The Time Traveller's Toolbox'.


Leckford Place pupils Harry Bridge, Laura Bossom, Joseph Anderson and James Lambert all received certificates for their entries to the competition. Congratulations to them all!

Pupil art to brighten hospital walls

Year 9 pupils at Leckford Place have been hard at work painting canvases for display at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Drawing inspiration from Action painting, the Colourists and the American Expressionists – principally, artists such as Joan Miro, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Basquiat – each student has created a piece. Photographed reproductions of the finished work will soon be on permanent display at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in conjunction with the Occupational Health Unit.

The students have had the chance to experiment with various media – ink, paint, tissue paper collage, pastels and chalks – and with creating different moods within their work. In the knowledge that the canvases would be exhibited together, the students felt that their work should share common themes and use similar colouring. The finished canvases bear out this approach.

Click the following link to view an interactive gallery of the canvases (click on each image to zoom in and out)

... or browse the work on Flickr