By Various School Children

Location: Village in the Fens

Project Title: Children’s accounts of special and favourite place in Rural East Anglia

Project Description: Children provide a combination of image and text to illustrate places which have particular meaning for them.

Collector: Drs Elsa Lee & Richard Irvine with teachers’ support

Collection Date: September 2014 to January 2015

Collection Details: Either in classroom discussions or as take home activities

w6_b3

This is Sainsbury’s. I like to get a hot chocolate every Tuesday. Photograph of Sainsbury's.

w6_b4

My bedroom. It is special to me because it is a place where I can have privacy and be alone . I took the photo centred on my bed because I enjoy sleeping. Photograph of bed with drawers and a couple of posters.

w6_b9

The reason Stretham rec is special to me is because I have been playing marches there for around 5 years. I also have made lots of friends throughout my time playing for Streatham Football Club. Photograph of a playground with play area and space for football.

w6_b10

This is my room. My room is special to me because it is where I get my sleep and read! Photograph with bed, sofa, and table of toys.

w6_b11

My bedroom is my happy place, its where I go to play with my friends, my bedroom goes all over the country and I see lots of different people from lots of different places as my bedroom is in my American Caravan, and it’s in a different town every 2 weeks at the fair.

w6_b14

A photograph of a F1 racing car bed

w6_g1

This is my special place (out in the garden ) because I can play fetch with my dog and play with the Guinea pigs. I also enjoy it because I have a trampoline and I play on that with my friends and family.

w6_g2

I took a photo of my room because it is peaceful and quiet and nobody comes in unless I am there. Photograph of bedroom with bed, drawers, wardrobe

w6_g5

This is my favourite place because it’s mostly where I spend my time and enjoy myself For Christmas I would like my own laptop so that means I will be spending more time in my room. This is where I can do my homework and chill out in my bedroom. Photograph of a tidy but busy girl’s bedroom showing desk, shelves and bed with soft toys.

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Photograph of garden with pool and rainbow in the sky.

w6_g7

My lounge is my special place because it is where I play with my dog and my hamster. This is where I also watch TV, play games , sit on the sofa and much more. Photograph of dog in front of a large blue sofa.

w6_g8

This is my special place because it is where I live. Photograph of house front door and windows.

w6_g12

The Cupboard Club Photograph of a seating area with cushions and pillows which looks like a reading space with toys in boxes above.

w6_g13

A photograph of stables with a horse

w6_b3

This is Sainsbury’s. I like to get a hot chocolate every Tuesday. Photograph of Sainsbury's.

w6_b4

My bedroom. It is special to me because it is a place where I can have privacy and be alone . I took the photo centred on my bed because I enjoy sleeping. Photograph of bed with drawers and a couple of posters.

w6_b9

The reason Stretham rec is special to me is because I have been playing marches there for around 5 years. I also have made lots of friends throughout my time playing for Streatham Football Club. Photograph of a playground with play area and space for football.

w6_b10

This is my room. My room is special to me because it is where I get my sleep and read! Photograph with bed, sofa, and table of toys.

w6_b11

My bedroom is my happy place, its where I go to play with my friends, my bedroom goes all over the country and I see lots of different people from lots of different places as my bedroom is in my American Caravan, and it’s in a different town every 2 weeks at the fair.

w6_b14

A photograph of a F1 racing car bed