Exciting work is kicking off in New Addington as part of the Nature Calling project!
Year 3 children from New Addington’s Fairchildes Primary School explored their local landscape Addington Hills, as a step towards the Surrey Hills National Landscape.
Led by contemporary dance artist, Aaron Baksh, the children replicated the shapes, sizes and motions of the environment, through dance.
Ameena Rojee photographed the experience.
“I think that it was wonderful and exciting because I saw all the fox gloves and feathers which were hot pink and fresh purple. When I was in the woodland I felt part of nature because I saw beautiful things because we did shapes and danc- ing and if felt like I was an elastic band when you go to different places and you stretch out and you wrap around nature.” - Ava
“I liked the part with the dance and I was calm inside and Aaron was such a good dancer. We used the trees and connected together. Up the tree I was calm and relaxed.” - Giovanni
“I loved laying down at the bottom of the roots to make poses and I was excited because it made me stretch out and was different from usual and I am not usually outside much. I felt free.” - Joe
“I most loved the part in the field. It was seeing and hearing all the bees humming and the fox gloves like little bells covered in fur. It lured me into this open area and felt so good. I just like being in nature.” - Nphina