Nursery children went to a London cinema to see the world premiere of an animation film they had made themselves. Catherine Gaunt was there to see what it was all about
Imagine a nursery where pink spaghetti, a blue cow and toy dinosaurs come alive. It sounds far-fetched, but the children of Triangle Nursery School in Clapham, south London, were able to conjure up these images for the big screen in their very own animation film, 'The Living Nursery'.
The idea grew out of the nursery's 'Draw a story' project, financed with funding from Creative Partnerships, a national 40m initiative managed by the Arts Council of England. The nursery, a Beacon school, put in a bid to become a Creative Partnership school in April last year and is the only nursery to have received funding in the south London area.
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