Having discussed what to do, this group of MPPs get to work on their graffiti poster.
Details from two of the graffiti posters produced during the workshop sessions.
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The Task:
To think about how graffiti can communicate feelings. Working as a group, discuss what images and words to use to produce a graffiti type poster about refugees fleeing from, for example, war and prejudice.
Bertie Leith (St. John the Baptist's Juniors)
"Our group decided to create a graffiti wall/poster to make people aware of the effects of war on innocent people. First of all we were shown some photos to give us some ideas, then we discussed them in our groups. We were given a large piece of paper to draw and paint on. We drew the pictures and used brightly coloured paints to help express the emotion of the subject.
I enjoyed this activity very much. It was fun working in a group with children from other schools and we all worked well together. I personally think that the end result (poster) was eye catching and effective."
Ben Symons (Stanley Juniors)
"For our poster, on the right, we painted slogans to tell people how bad war was and the effects of war. Our main slogan was 'WAR KILLS' . We also painted mini slogans around the edge of our poster with pictures too. It was an enjoyable (and messy) activity as well an educational one."
A finished graffiti poster with a wall projected over it to make it look as though the graffiti was actually painted on it.
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Ben Tirnen (St.John the Baptist's Juniors)
"We tried to create a graffiti poster highlighting the fact that it is wrong for war to drive people out of their countries and force them to become refugees. We used a variety of different paints on large sheets of paper. After we finished we used an overhead projector to project an image of a wall onto our poster so it looked like the poster had been graffitied onto a wall. The activity helped us improve our teamwork skills and I was very pleased with the end result."
