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The following information might be of interest to our members. Indeed some of you may wish to attend to share your memories and experience. If so please deal with the college directly.

Thank you for your initial offers of support for our Maritime Day on Tuesday 21st July 2009 at Chamberlayne College for the Arts.

I would now like to give you the following information to provide a clearer view:

Context of the day

Our college is situated close to Southampton water, the docks and the Solent.  The entire local area has its origins in a centuries old maritime heritage.  Our pupils however are largely unaware of this heritage and we have decided to help wake up the local community to their own history and traditions. 

To do this, we hope to involve many individuals and groups and begin the process of raising awareness and lasting interest in all aspects of life and work on or near the sea.

Radio and film archives

We have already started creating fascinating programmes about the sea and the day will be the impetus for a wide range of new productions in film and sound.

Who will be there?

We anticipate there will be a large number of visitors present on the day.  We will also be involving local media as much as possible as well as local universities and colleges.

What do we hope we can do on the day?

Pupils will be working on a wide variety of ways designed to develop understanding and build knowledge.  As a Performing Arts College, we will be encouraging creative approaches and dynamic responses including drama, dance, music, model making, IT research, fashion design and art work.

Our college newspaper group Shout Out will be producing a special edition.  A number of children will be making film and sound recordings of the day including interviewing visitors.

What will happen in the future?

We hope this day will form the beginning of long term and sustainable links with the maritime world to benefit everyone involved.  We will seek to widely publicize events and new opportunities.  Above all, we hope that local children of all ages will gain a positive and meaningful appreciation of their own maritime heritage and how they can continue the tradition of working on the sea.

Prizes

Pupils will be able to win prizes during the day and over the summer holiday in the following ways (any merchandise you wish to hand out will always be gratefully received some of the challenges involve fact finding and display so any literature you can offer would also be very beneficial):

1. Tutor Group display board about any aspect of maritime heritage/careers.
2. Creative writing/poetry/journalism
3. Information and photography used to create a short film/presentation to be shown in assemblies and on our website.
4. Dance/Drama/Music performance based on maritime heritage.
5. Selection of film and radio interviews of visitors combined to make a short programme.
6.  Ship/Boat/Lighthouse model or diorama.
7. Maritime song or rap performed and recorded.
8. Maritime Fashion Design think Vivienne Westwood and the New Romantics!

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