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The tapestry was made by Year 5 and 6 children who take part in Sewing Club.

 

Initially Linda Butler, the teacher acting as tapestry coordinator, talked to the children about their understanding of a tapestry. Then they looked at examples in the Thames Heritage Tapestry literature, on line and in books. The children decided, apart from Rainham Marshes, what other local places of interest they would like to include to represent our area in the Tapestry. This was a ‘child-led’ project - Linda was there to guide, suggest and tackle the difficult bits but the children decided on the content and how it would look. They drew pictures of local landmarks and plans of how they wanted the tapestry to look, and then the hard work started!

 

It was a joint decision to include our school, Scargill in the tapestry, and this part has turned out particularly well. The other local landmarks are - Rainham Clock Tower, Upminster Windmill, St. Andrew's Church, Bretons Manor House and Scargill Junior School.

 

We are all incredibly proud of the Tapestry and can't wait to see it mounted and displayed - in fact we enjoyed it so much that we are planning to make another one for the school to keep!

 

Many thanks for giving Scargill the opportunity to take part.