Houses from Around the World: International Day at Monkfield Primary School
By Paula Briggs and Sheila Ceccarelli
AccessArt were invited to Monkfield Park Primary School, Cambourne, to help celebrate diversity as part of the school’s vibrant International Day.
Inspired by AccessArt workshops by Susie Olczak, Rachael Causer, Jo Allen and Clair Louise Mather, Paula and Sheila created a workshop in three parts:
- Mark making
- Collage
- Line Drawing
Paula and Sheila between them worked with every class from Reception to Year Two, delivering a one and a quarter hour session to each.
Prior to the workshop Paula and Sheila created a learning resource of a collection of images printed on A4 of houses and abodes from around the world, purposefully choosing houses from all weather zones and a mixture of urban and rural buildings from every continent.
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irene p
August 14, 2025 @ 6:18 pm
Fantastic work, so many layers. love the Global Village, may i ask how many sessions did it take?
also, i don’t suppose I can find the original resource images on this website?
I’d like to try to adapt it or do something similar for my after-school club.
Rachel
August 19, 2025 @ 11:22 am
Hi Irene, The resource is desribed as being 1 hour 15 minutes long. However, you could choose to lengthen this, in order to provide lots of exploration time around the 3 areas covered: mark making, collage and line drawing. The original resource has the photos in there so there should be plenty of visuals from which to base your adaptation. Thank you!