The large display board in our school hall is changed every term according to the seasons and religious events, and it's my job to come up with a relevant idea and get it up on the wall (usually with Pat's help, especially at the top of the board.)
This year I had the idea of using real packaging to make a patchwork of the foods we all eat. A message was sent out to parents for boxes, wrappers and packets, and, when these were slow to come in, I began prowling the staffroom at dinnertime, snatching away any wrapping before it could be binned. This resulted in a unexpectedly large collection of empty hula hoop packets and tea-bag boxes, giving an accurate picture of the staff diet! All the wrappers were sliced into 3x3 inch squares using the grid ruler and an old patchwork wheel, which made the job quite speedy, even though about 400 squares were required. I interspersed these with some words from the children, hopefully to send a message other than pure gluttony.
It took nearly two hours to pin all the squares in place, while dodging the flying bean bags of a reception class PE lesson. Towards the end, I realised I was just a few squares short - the school secretary was surprised to find bags of flour and sugar being photocopied as I rushed to make up the missing squares. Finally, the HARVEST lettering was printed in Word, enlarged and then used as a template to cut from yellow card.
I was pleased with the colourful result, which was the background for our Harvest Festival in school.
Sadly, displays don't stay up for long, and this one was dismantled over half term to make way for a Remembrance Day display.
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