Refugee Week 2006

Event: Celebrating Sanctuary

Who’s involved? Competition winners
Date: Sunday 18 June
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Celebrating Sanctuary is an outdoor festival of music, dance, performance, art and much more presented by established and emerging artists from London’s refugee communities.
Bernie Spain Gardens, Upper Ground, South Bank, London SE1

Event: Nigerian dance workshops
Who’s involved? Children in Years 5 and 6
Date: Monday 19 June
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Nigerian dance workshops for all children in Years 5 and 6 led by Francis Ndu Anike.

Event: African storytelling
Who’s involved? Children in Reception, Y1 and Y2
Date: Tuesday 20 June
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African storytelling sessions for all children in Reception-Year 2 led by Francis Ndu Anike.

Event: African mask making
Who’s involved? Talented artists in Years 5 and 6
Date: Tuesday 20 June and Wed 21 June
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Artist Polly Laycock leads a 2 day mask-making workshop with talented artists from Tears 5 and 6.

Event: African dance workshops
Who’s involved? Children in Reception, Y1 and Y2
Date: Wednesday 21 June
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African dancer Barnes leads these African dance workshops.

Event: Refugee Celebration Day at Horniman Museum
Who’s involved? 20 children from across KS 1
Date: Wednesday 21 June
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Activities include art and craft workshops, music and the opportunity to handle objects from around the world.

Event: A Moving Image – art exhibition
Who’s involved? 10 children
Date: Thursday 22 June
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Exhibition of Art Work produced by children (ages 7 to 14) from 10 schools in London and 10 schools in Sierra Leone depicting the concept of displacement.

Event: Somalian wall hangings workshop
Who’s involved? 15-20 children
Date: Thursday 22 June and Friday 23 June
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Tanja Van Oudstshoorn leads a two day art workshop (linked to the Year 3 and 4 topic on Somalia) for talented artists in Years 3 and 4.

Event: Beverley Naidoo author visit
Who’s involved? Years 5 and 6
Date: Friday 23 June
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Award-winning children’s author, Beverley Naidoo, will visit the school and talk to children in Years 5 and 6 about The Other Side of Truth. Beverley’s books will be on sale all week and there will be a chance to get her to sign books.

Event: Somalian dance workshop
Who’s involved? Years 3 and 4
Date: Friday 23 June
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Roubina Khokadin leads four Somalian dance workshops for children in Years 3 and 4.

Event: 'The Other Side of Truth' trail
Who’s involved? 15/20 children from Years 5 and 6
Date: Saturday 1 July
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Sade and Femi, the characters in 'The Other Side of Truth' are abandoned at Victoria train station when they arrive in England from Nigeria. They desperately need to get to the London College of Art.

We are going to re-create their imaginary journey- and there’s a very, very special surprise - if we get to our fictional destination!