the Wall to Wall project

This is the other big project I'm involved in at present. These two characters

may well appear in an exhibition I'm co-ordinating at Segedunum Roman Fort in Wallsend.

Over the past 10 years Burnside Business and Enterprise College and Segedunum have worked closely together, the culmination has been the Wall to Wall project. Part of 'People and Place', a British Museum project, the whole school has been involved. All of Year 7 spent a 'Cultural Day' off timetable, discovering about Roman times and exploring their own identity by looking at favourite objects that meant something to each of the 5 senses. A smaller group has been thinking about what objects can tell us about the past and what objects could tell future generations about us. Much of this work will be on the Wall to Wall website (http://www.wall-to-wall.org).

The school has been developing links with School Number 19 in Hebei Province, near were the Great Wall of China begins. Both ancient wall are World Heritage Sites, both valued for their 'outstanding universal value' and have helped Burnside become a UNESCO 'Associated school'. This link with China has inspired work by other students, including GCSE Art.

The theme running through the exhibition is 'exploring ourselves', looking at the questions,

Who Am I? - exploring contemporary identity

Who Are You? - looking at the cultural identity of their partner school in Hebei

Who Were They? - what can objects tell us of the people who lived at Segedunum in Roman Times

The exhibition will open on 27 March 2010, so come along and explore your identity.