FLOWERS of all shapes and colours, from fiery reds and soft whites to moody blues and vivid purples, fill the school hall at Bankhead Primary in Knightswood.
It started as a growing project, says class teacher Emily Keenan, but it became much more, as the pupils created displays themed around emotions.
“It’s OK to feel our feelings,” was the message, she explains.
“As part of our campaign to keep our Eco Green Flag, the school has been working on a variety of projects, including growing our own produce and litter-picking in and around the playground,” adds Emily.
“We wanted to do something the whole school could do, however, so we had the idea of Bankhead in Bloom.
“The children had to plant flowers and create their own display around a specific character from the films Inside Out and Inside Out 2.”
The Pixar movie characters include Sadness, Anxiety, Joy and Anger.
“It meant we could incorporate health and wellbeing, because everything was linked to specific feelings,” adds Emily.
“The children have been fantastic and they really used their imaginations to come up with some brilliant displays.”
The school’s nurture and wellbeing class, The Snug, also took part.
Emily adds: “The message was about understanding it’s okay to feel these feelings, that we all have all the emotions in there, so it’s important to talk about them.”
Primary seven pupils Kelly Ikunna and Lynn Wang created a display themed around the character of Anxiety.
“We wanted to pick warmer colours that stood out more because when you feel anxiety you can feel stress,” explains Kelly, 11.
Lynn, who is also 11, adds: “But then we also included lighter colours to show that even when you are stressed, there will always be peace afterwards.”
Bankhead in Bloom judges had a near-impossible task to decide on winners, but primary four’s display was crowned the champion.
Nine-year-olds Ava Alexander and Maisie Connelly explained how their magnificent, fiery collection summed up their theme of Anger.
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“In the film, fire shoots out of Anger’s head so we wanted to create something like that,” says Ava.
“We were a bit mad at first that we had to do something angry, but we liked it in the end.”
Maisie added: “It’s okay to feel angry but also to know that you should talk about it so that you will calm down and deal with it.”
Aria Cairns, who is 11, was one of the primary six pupils responsible for a lovely, understated display based on the character Ennui.
“We wanted to be interesting, but not that exciting, because it’s supposed to be about boredom,” she explains.
“We really liked being part of Bankhead in Bloom, it’s been fun.”
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