from nickcan | Comment (0) | Jul 9, 2010

EVERYBODY...LOOK AT THE PHOTOS!
You are all BRILLIANT! Thank you SO much Madeleine...like an advert...it just makes me smile! They are all incredible but...Who took the amazing one pink one of the woman and the meat!? SUPERB!
Thank you Nic and everybody!
n

from nickcan | Comment (0) | Jul 7, 2010

LOVE the new look...thank you Nic and Eelyn. Its been a mad term and we haven't been in touch or blogged for ages. Sorry, Sorry, Sorry!
The photography exhibtion will be at Sutton House and we can all go together on Friday 16th July from 12 - 1; but you can go when you like as well. Should be really exciting to see all the wonderful things you have photographed.

I've been really busy seeing things at the theatre. A LOT of opera! And I'm now starting to enjoy it! Well, I'm not nodding off so quickly!
Also saw London Assurance at the National. Brilliant! Very Very funny! I'm reallyhoping to continue making strong links with the National over the coming year. Watch this Space!

from nickcan | Comment (0) | Apr 26, 2010

Hi all just struggled back from Egypt - an amazing journey up the Nile:  extraordinary temples, beautiful scenery, incredible history. I took some good photos - random temple pillars and faces of Egyptian guards (with a telephoto - so they didn't know they were being snapped!).
Saw a play on Friday at the National (Women Beware Women - wonderful staging!) and a BRILLIANT piece of acrobatic circus at the Roundhouse on Saturday. The Roundhouse are doing lots of circus stuff at the moment - check it out. Some VERY good stuff
www.roundhouse.org.uk
THE QUILTING WORKSHOP is on Tuesday 4th May at 4.15. at Jubilee...more details to follow.

Get well soon Peter!

from nickcan | Comment (0) | Mar 22, 2010

Hello i am Marcia not Nic can't access my blog at the moment. Dwaun and i have been taking lots of photo's of all different things.

 me and my mum  have been  taking good picture of the market and are fishes and cat and dog.

from nickcan | Comment (0) | Mar 9, 2010

I can't download my pictures! I don't have cables for my new camera...but i will try again today with a card reader.
I did enjoy last night - great to see so many pictures - including the one of Peter looking like the demon headmaster! You see the camera does lie! I suppose I'm still a bit old fashioned in my outlook so I'm not sure that we should be tweaking photo colour and the like...though its amazing to think what can be done. All those glamorous pictures of film stars and models, they must look as rough as me in reality!
Hopefully I took some lovely photos yesterday so will tweak them all so that you all look like Brad and Angelina!

from nickcan | Comment (0) | Mar 1, 2010

Hi all, having read Dunni's thoughts on the process I thought I'd better get on here quick! Sorry, that we don't get on here as often as we should. I think its because when we go home we have tospend time with our families and when we're at school we're working on other things but I get your point! Sorry.
But I absolutley agree about there being too many things and that may be the reason why some people aren't able to cope with what we've been offering! If we do it again I think we would spread it out over the year.
I'm glad you're enjoying it all though. What did you think of Twelfth Night? Miss Simmonds said that the your faces were an absolute joy to watch as you engaged in the show.

from nickcan | Comment (1) | Feb 11, 2010

The drama workshop based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night will take place on Monday 22^nd February (the first day back after half term) from 3.45 pm to 5.15 pm in the Old Hall at Jubilee.

It should be very hands on (not scarey!) with everybody having a go and mucking in: it’s not about being a star (sorry for those who are looking for stardom!) but finding out about the play (which you will see on Friday at the National Theatre) and working together in teams. We will be working with the group from Lauriston…and it will be fun (I’m running it!).

from nickcan | Comment (1) | Feb 10, 2010

Hi all, can I nag a little bit? I realise that the whole of the ABC project is quite a commitment (I know this because Peter and I have committed quite a time on it!) but if you can't make a session please can you let me know BEFORE the event? At least then if we have tickets we can get other families involved: I know none of this is costing anything to you but the schools have invested a lot of time and money into the project and for it to really work it is important that both you and your child (or you and your parent - depending on who's reading this!) come along to the sessions together- or let us know before! ANd , of course, its not all of you and THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all of you who keep on coming!
Thank you...nagging over! Now let's get back to having fun and learning together and filling in the blog!

from nickcan | Comment (0) | Feb 8, 2010

Thank you to those who came along on Saturday. My parents thought you were all amazing and mum went on and on about how polite and interesting all the children were. She was stunned by how you were all so willing to chat to her (clearly more willing than I am!!!). Living out in the wilds of Devon I think she has been reading too many newspaper reports and listening to the telly all of which say that the children of Hackney are wild! Well done for showing her that the newspapers get it wrong!!! You are all amazing! I hope you were inspired by what you saw at the Gallery, I've certainly decided to focus on making my subjects look happy! Thanks to Ronnie and Kay for going to the National Gallery - sorry we were round the corner in the PORTRAIT gallery but I hope you had a good time anyway. There's a blogging sesion at Jubilee on Wednesday 10th so you can write up all your thoughts and try to get some pictures on the blog? Hope to see you there. Thanks again for Saturday.

from nickcan | Comment (1) | Feb 3, 2010

Thanks to all who came last night - sorry if you didn't make it! Hope you all had fun clicking away...I'm very keen to get some portraits done myself, but also want to have ago at doing something with shadows and light. Of course I may have to charge my camera first!!! Please look after the cameras everybody...remember to keep the strap round your necks! See you all at the National Portrait Gallery on Saturday at 11 a.m. Really looking forward to seing what you have all taken! What themes/subjects have you all decided upon? Take inspiration from the Gallery on Saturday and then go and explore taking pictures as you go...Trafalgar Square, Covent Garden market....
See you on Saturday