Monthly Archives May 2018
Poetry by Owen Davies
Poetry by Pen Y Bryn Pupils
These poems are written by the talented pupils from Ysgol Pen Y Bryn taking inspiration from some of the early photographs of Longfields Association and Cerebral Palsy Midlands. They were written during our workshop day at Pen Y Bryn School, Sara Beer from Disability Arts Cymru and film maker Ben Ewart-Dean led the event and we looked at the photographs and saw a short clip of some old film footage. The pupils reflected on the material and wondered about: why the pupils did not have a uniform but the staff did how uncomfortable the calipers were that some of the children were wearing what
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Being creative!
Pupils from Pen Y Bryn School and individuals from Swansea Vale Resource Centre created a project legacy of hand-prints. Visit the Waterfront Museum, Swansea from 9th May to 3rd June to see the finished article on display!
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A link to an article published in The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/how-1950s-parents-were-forced-to-fight-for-children-with-cerebral-palsys-right-to-education-73779
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Longfields Print Room
For many years Longfields ran a successful print room which was staffed by service users. They met a range of printing orders from private and commercial customers. Although Christmas is now a distant memory these are some of the cards that you could have purchased from Longfields print room in times gone by!
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