Arts Beyond the Classroom

A group blog for families to share experiences of culture in London.

from Dunni and Lola | Comment (2) | Mar 5, 2010 Dunni and Lola

Catholics

Catholics
are people who believe in Holy Mary and confession of sin to the priest. They go to Church and sit on a place called a Pew, they dance however they like to worship God. Some people dance in a  different of way to other people, they do communion where they riesteat br ead and drink wine. They drink wine from a place called the Chalice, the priest stands in a place called the Altar were he preaches the word of God.


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (0) | Mar 2, 2010 Dunni and Lola

I might not know what happened on the other days, but i definately new what happened on the twelfth.We went to The National Theatre to watch Twelfth Night, a play that we have already acted at the drama workshop in the school. I can see where Mr cannon was coming from when he said we have to use different voices for different characters depending on the role that the characters played.Even though we tried to act like the actors and actresses, but they outclass us by a mile.The bit that interest me most in the play was the folly made by Moalvolio by putting on the yellow stockings and cross garters, hoping that Olivia would fall in love with him.He dearly payed for his action even though he was tricked.Can somebody tell me who would like to marry Sir Andrew. His silly habits of drunkeness and laziness would put any woman away. The fool caught my attention too,  he makes me crack up lots of times. Even though he was a fool, he said some facts jokingly.Overall, i really enjoyed myself, and look forward to the next of Shakespeare plays.







                                                                          Dunni


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (0) | Feb 19, 2010 Dunni and Lola

The world is changing so fast, considering the jet age we live in today. There are giants steps been taken compared to what it used to be, and the effect will tell on the future of our children. Today, modernisation has influenced our children's life a great deal, and they seem to know too much for their age. The activities that have taken the mind of our children off the essential things that they are suppose to know at this time of their life is going to tell in the future. Our children spend more time on things like MP3 player, ipod, computer games, internet, etc, rather than doing things that will prepare them for a better life in the future. Also, in the past, the family laws of our nation was helpful because children were not exposed to today's technologies, but now that things have changed as a result of advance in technology, there is need for a tighter family law to curb our children of their excesses. If nothing is done to the rate of how modernisation is telling on our children, I can imagine what we expect in years to come. As much as I love what modernisation is doing to the world, at the same time, I think there should be moderation on the things that could ruin the future of our children.


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (0) | Feb 19, 2010 Dunni and Lola

We often go on and on about what will happen today, the next day, another month, year, etc, and I am surprised to see that not so much has been said about the end. Has anyone pondered on the fact that there will be an end to all things, sometime, and someday? We plan out events for years to come but, no preparation is made for the end. Have you ever thought of what will happen at the end of all things? Is there going to be another life after this? Peradventure we shall all emerge again in another world after death, or we have    
all concluded that  it does not matter what happened after this world? The religious book tells us about judgement after the end. We read about heaven and hell, if this is real, have you thought about where its all going to end? Eventhough it seems not to matter now, but I vividly think it is a matter to consider as we deal with the events of life.    


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (1) | Feb 19, 2010 Dunni and Lola

I love my experience in the group so far with the trips the workshops and the plays.I enjoy being in the group and what we discuss.When i joined i was shy but not to Eelyn because i already met her!I looked fine but inside i was shy because i haven't really done something like this before.I hope i continue to enjoy my experience in the group and i have met new friends like Alison.My only concern is that we do so many activities in a month and i think we should reduce it to about 2 activities so that we can have time for other private activities.Also bearly anyone is on the blog and bearly writes blog posts and i think we should incourage people to keep on blogging.I find blogging quite fun but a bit to hard to put videos on and when we learn a lot we forget some things.It was good to see teachers but they only write 1 blog posts and they bearly do any work which is unusual because teachers work harder than pupils.I also think that we should all come together to say if wev'e enjoyed the experience so far and what we have liked best in the activities and what we didn't really like so far.From Dunni.


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (0) | Feb 17, 2010 Dunni and Lola

Yesterday me my Mum and Naya went to Dalston Market and the shopping complex to take some photos.We met Maggie and Olivia doing photographs as well and we were surprised to see them.Some of the people let us take pictures of thier stores but some of them were harsh and didn't allow us to take their pictures.We really enjoyed it and i would like to do it again! We hope to go somewhere else on saturday to take more pictures.


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (2) | Feb 10, 2010 Dunni and Lola

On Wednesday 10th Febuary i went to the blogging workshop and it was quite empty.We started to talk about what we have liked so far in this blogging workshop and i said Nation in The National Theatre.We then logged on to our computer and then we went to the blog and we uploaded photos, added invitations to be friends, and to write comments. Then me and Naya started writing messages to each other and we loved it!I would love to go to the blogging workshop again with Eylen and Nic and find out more things that can happen on our blog.Remember keep blogging!


from Dunni and Lola | Comment (1) | Feb 8, 2010 Dunni and Lola

On Saturday 6th Febuary i went to The National Portrait Gallery and i really enjoyed it. I also heard from kay that she went to The National Gallery instead of The National Portrait Gallery!(I would easily get mixed up with that!)

First of all we got to wonder around the gallery, i did with my mum Naya and Samson, we were wondering all around the place.We then became hungry and started felling Ravenous
   which suprises me because i bearly eat.We went to the caffe downstairs to have our lunch and it was delicious! We were ment to go to The National Gallery afterwards but everyone was to tired so we all went home.
Some of the paintings made feel sad like  when there was a painting of a man with no eyes and it looked really sad and sorry. One other sad one was that there was a lady who had a big cut round her waste and it was masive, she burst into tears which made me fell sorry for her. There were also some discusting paintings that aren't for children and that was not that funny.

I wouldn't mind going to The National Portrait Gallery again, but maybe next time we can stay a bit longer. I also want to say love everyones work on the blog and keep blogging!






from Dunni and Lola | Comment (1) | Feb 3, 2010 Dunni and Lola

On Tuesday 26th January i went to the dance workshop, i really enjoyed it and i would like to do it again. I guess you are waiting for me to tell you what happened, then your in luck.
We first of all had to copy the teacher called cheryle and it was fun. We then learnt some salsa and we had to move our hips a lot but we only learnt the basic steps.Then we learnt some freestile one of them was called the six step which is the one when you are moveng your legs and arms on the floor. We first of all for the freestile walked forward four times on the fourth step we posed, like peace. We do that four times then we slide to the left and the right four times, then this is when it gets complicated to the end. Then, we push ourself forward on one foot and backwards on the other foot then we kick both of our legs quickly once on each foot. Afterthat we turn to show we want to fight. Next, we did something that i call pop which is when you move your body slowly but in a freestile way. Then, when you are on the floor you do something called the six step which i told you about in this paragraph then you can do a balance like head stand or frog balance any balance. If you do all of that well you are a freestile proffesional!

Now you might be wondering where this cheryle is from, well she is from sadlers wells and i know that place is great!

If you want more information give me a comment and i can send it to you.




from Dunni and Lola | Comment (1) | Feb 3, 2010 Dunni and Lola

The photography workshop at Lauriston School reminded me of the tragic death of Lady Diana. I don't personally like how photographers interfere into peoples privacy, especially when they do not get the permission of the people they photograph. Everyone should be given the freedom to choose if they want their photograph taken or not, including the celebrities. The idea of encrouching into peoples lives without their consent is not my thing. I don't know if i will do well in this task, but i will try to do my best without making anyone unhappy.


Great things i intend to go for, are ancient things that shows beauty of the old times, and traditional things that show different culture and its beauty. Though not my strong point, i look forward to come up with nice poses.       


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