Chislehurst Society Environmental Awards success for Bromley High School pupils
Posted on 25th May 2018 in School News
A group of Year 8 Bromley High School pupils were delighted to be awarded third prize in the senior section at this year's Chislehurst Environmental Awards, held at Coopers School, Chislehurst on May 3rd.
The theme this year was Imperial Chislehurst and the Guest Speaker was Robert Finlay - Captain of the Chislehurst Golf Club who represented the epicentre of Imperial Chislehurst - Camden Place, the grade 2 listed house where the last Emperor of the French was exiled in 1871.
Year 8 pupils looked at the impact of Napolean III and the French Royal family on Chislehurst and they found the imperial influence on architecture and street signage, in telephone codes and in visual imagery too. They then designed a series of postage stamps using mixed media, depicting violets; monuments and churches.
The following girls also received a Highly Commended certificate for their ; Amelie Willars, Amelia Mallors, Hannah Bekman, Niamh Egan, Catherine Nguyen, Harriet Doyle and Eliana Shaw-Lothian.
The Junior School submitted entries also. Year 2 girls submitted two entries: 2B’s entry named ‘Imperial Bees’, used a variety of media including oil pastels, felt tip pens, colouring pencils plus collage materials. This collaborative piece focused on Napoleon III and his fondness for honeybees. Napoleon was not a bee-keeper. However, he often wore bees, or rather images of them embroidered on some of his regal garments. This entry was highly commended
Photo: Amelia Willars with the Guest Speaker Robert Finlay