Babylon ARTS held an online awards ceremony on Monday 7th February, in which the prize winners were announced from each of the six Key Stages, with work from children aged 4 to 19 years. 

The exhibition includes artworks in a variety of media from over 250 children and young people from eighteen schools across East Cambridgeshire. This is believed to be the most schools to have taken part in this annual exhibition, since it began 13 years ago. The exhibition features drawings, paintings, textiles, photography, ceramics and multi-media work and is supported by Tindalls Ltd and Ely Hereward Rotary Club.

The schools involved are; Bottisham Village College, Downham Feoffees Primary Academy, Ely College, Isle of Ely Primary School, Kings Ely, Lantern Community Primary School, Littleport & East Cambs Academy, Littleport Community Primary School, Mepal and Witcham Primary School, Millfield Primary School, Rackham C. of E. Primary School, Witchford, Shade Primary School (Soham), Soham Village College, Spring Meadow Infant & Nursery School, Stretham Primary School, Weatheralls Primary School (Soham), Wilburton Church of England Primary School and Witchford Village College.

Ely Hereward Rotary Club President, Christine Gascoigne announced the awards in the online ceremony via YouTube alongside Babylon ARTS’ Chief Executive Claire Somerville.

This year’s winners received vouchers for art materials, donated by Tindalls Ltd and Ely Hereward Rotary Club. The winners were: Ethan T (Millfield Primary); Rose (Owl Class, Lantern Primary); Kiera McManus (Stretham Primary); Grace Hammatt (Weatheralls Primary); Grace Palmer (Littleport Community Primary); Ewan McKenzie (Rackham Primary); Poppy (Wilburton Primary); Felicity Berrill (Isle of Ely Primary School); Lexi Ess (Downham Feoffees); Madeline Case (Bottisham Village College); Poppy Baddeley (Ely College); Ollie Beck (Ely College); Josie Fletcher (Witchford Village College); Alice Wallace (Kings Ely); Marley Axon-Coates (Bottisham Village College); Inna Martinova (Ely College); Elodie Pratt (Kings Ely); Jessica Harding (Kings Ely). 

Claire Somerville, chief executive of Babylon ARTS said “Congratulations to all of the prize-winners and everyone who has artwork in the exhibition this year. We’re proud to host the East Cambridgeshire Schools’ Art Exhibition at Babylon Gallery and are always impressed by the level of creativity and talent shown by children and young people across the district.”

A recording of the awards ceremony is available to watch on the Babylon ARTS website (www.babylonarts.org.uk).

The East Cambridgeshire Schools’ Art Exhibition is on now at Babylon Gallery until Sunday 27th February, open Tuesday to Sunday, 12pm to 4pm with free entry. 

Press release from Babylon ARTS

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King’s Ely was delighted to welcome pupils and staff from four of its partner schools along to an action-packed Innovation Day.

The day, which oozed creativity and entrepreneurial skills, involved dozens of Key Stage 2 pupils from King’s Ely Junior, Isle of Ely Primary School, Mepal and Witcham Primary School, Robert Arkenstall Primary School and Ely St Mary’s Junior School, all of which are members of the Cambridgeshire Educational Partnership.

The Innovation Day, entitled ‘What’s your mission?’, took place at King’s Ely’s Old Palace and was delivered by Lucy Etchegoyen and Veera Bukshi, both Technology Consultants at global firm, Accenture UK, and Andrew Moss, who is a King’s Ely parent and Managing Director of Horizon Retail Marketing Solutions.

Celia Etchegoyen, Director of Outreach at King’s Ely, said: “Pupils were introduced to design thinking and learnt about the theory behind methodology. They were shown how it has been used by different companies to create new interesting products and experiences. The ideation part of the day was designed to create a response to the mission and included a brainstorming session, concept poster creation and sketches of their ideas.

“The collaborative element of the day saw pupils working together in small groups to each come up with an idea for a sustainable company with a clear mission. At the end of the day, each group pitched their ideas to a panel of judges. Very many thanks to Accenture UK and Horizon Retail Marketing Solutions for driving this initiative and to Andrew who sourced ex-display items of electronic equipment from Dixons to give to each student as a gift. These certainly went down a storm! It was fantastic to see the students respond so well. Lucy, Veera and Andrew together delivered an inspiring and innovative day to raise the aspirations of young people in East Cambridgeshire.”

The Cambridgeshire Educational Partnership has been formed to bring together school headteachers, education professionals and young people from across Cambridgeshire. King’s Ely, Ely College and Littleport and East Cambridgeshire Academy joined forces to set up the organisation last autumn, but since then more than a dozen other local primary and secondary schools, from both the independent and state sectors, have come on board.

The aim of the partnership is to work together for the mutual benefit of all pupils, and to provide opportunities for students from schools within the partnership to gain access to a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths), MFL (Modern Foreign Languages), Arts, Sport and Enrichment activities. To find out more about the partnership, please contact Celia Etchegoyen by emailing CeliaEtchegoyen@kingsely.org

Press release from King’s Ely

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