n Dulwich College Identity Awareness Month ran throughout February, and the Junior School pupils enjoyed taking part in a range of activities, following the theme for 2022, ‘Here’. One major event was when the whole Junior School went off-timetable to take part in the ‘Stitch of Life’ workshops, which ran across the whole College. In these sessions, the students chose a word reflecting their identity, which they then sewed onto a tag. The boys attached the tags to one of eleven banners on display around the College, forming an art installation titled ‘SEEN/UNSEEN’. Also during this period, some boys attended lunchtime art and poetry drop-in activities. In the art sessions, called ‘Hands Up’, the students turned themselves into living works of art. First, they chose words that reflected their identity and drew them onto their hands using face paints. Then, they created a backdrop and took a photograph, with some wonderfully creative results. Finally there was a break time poetry workshop for the boys, based around the idea of writing a poem about what makes you unique. We talked about the different elements that make up each person’s identity, including memories, hobbies and culture, and some lovely poems were produced.
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