Educational Illustration
BLAST - Boosting Language Auditory Skills and Talking - a programme designed for children aged 3-5 covering the UK. Written by speech and language therapist Nikki Joyce and illustrated by Nigel Spaven.
The project was great fun. You can learn more about it here:
https://www.blastprogramme.co.uk/
Centered around a family's interactions with each other and their environment, the programme includes a variety of learning aids including six books, one of which sees the family at the zoo.
At the Zoo
At the Zoo
BLAST has over 5,000 trained users that have helped to deliver the programme to nearly 1.7m children in the UK.
This 'Where's Wally' type illustration was included in the learning pack.
Can you spot the BLAST family?
The following comic project involved Key Stage 3 students. The comic tells the true story of a local sailor in 1857 who is persecuted and killed by the ship's captain on a voyage from Hartlepool to Liverpool.
The workshop involved discussing the story and planning each illustration. Working as a team, the students produced drawings for each part of the story, which were then digitized and laid out in comic format. The comic was printed and made available to visitors at the Hartlepool Maritime Museum.