Primary school students’ ideas on what Sydney needs
Teacher Lisa Carlton was not surprised her Year 6 group at Seaforth Public School was able to sketch out some designs for a new building to hit Sydney’s skyline but she said the breadth of incredible ideas, backed up with their images, came as the truly pleasant shock.
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With a class full of creative students, Lisa Carlton was not surprised that her Year 6 group was able to sketch out some designs for a new building to hit Sydney’s skyline.
But the Seaforth Public School teacher said the breadth of incredible ideas which they backed up their images with came as the truly pleasant shock from the exercise.
“My class is very creative and this was a good opportunity for them to use creative thinking to do something quite real,” Ms Carlton said.
Working alone or in pairs or threes, the kids jumped at The Daily Telegraph’s call out to NSW public school students to design Sydney’s next great building.
Amber Riddle created a tower, surrounded by surfboards with a fountain than runs through the middle. She wants it to be located in the middle of North Sydney and be a place where workers can enjoy their lunch break.
Angie Procter and Josie Lear worked together on the exotically-named Becchiere Triagolo — or glass triangle in Italian.
This multi-coloured and multi-layered building would sit on the southeast side of Goat Island and be a place to enjoy sightseeing.
“Knowing that a real audience would be looking at their designs really boosted their engagement,” Ms Carlton said.
And the chance to win a class trip to Luna Park helped too.
A couple of students were keen to design the interior of their buildings as well but simply ran out of time.
The Daily Telegraph launched the competition as part of the Bradfield Oration campaign which draws on the vision and drive of Sir John Bradfield who created the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
