In early 2018, Little Green Pig took up residency in Moulsecoomb Primary School to create BrightSTAR- Brighton Space Training and Research, the city’s first academy for astronauts. Over four months we worked with every child in the school, from Nursery up to Year 6, helping them expand their imagination and take delight in creative writing… read more »
Two of our regular Monday Club volunteers, Will and Natalie, recently attended an Emergency First Aid Course run by Train Aid. Will said: The First Aid training was extremely informative and well demonstrated, in an easy to follow but thorough manner. I now feel confident that I could perform CPR and assist someone who was choking if… read more »
#BeCollective BrightSTAR showcase – a creative learning school collaboration from Little Green Pig #BeCollective BrightSTAR showcase Thursday 17th May, 2- 4 pm at BrightSTAR, Moulsecoomb Primary School, The Highway/Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4PA Please join us at Brighton’s very first space and training academy, BrightSTAR: an imaginary learning space created in… read more »
** Please note rescheduled date! ** Bookworms: Lucy Mangan and Daniel Hahn in conversation. Join us at Brighton’s Nightingale Room for a celebration of childhood reading and children’s books. Writer and journalist Lucy Mangan, whose latest book Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading is a joyous journey through the reading that shaped her, will be in conversation… read more »
Every week since January, the LGP team have been donning spacesuits for an intergalactic residency at Moulsecoomb Primary School, BrightSTAR (Brighton Space Training and Research academy). Working with retail design consultancy Sherlock Studio we have transformed two classrooms into an interactive space station, complete with Mission Control centre, Bio-Lab and Star Simulator. Each child in… read more »
Over the next few months we’re going to shine a light on some of the amazing Story Mentors who give up their time to volunteer at our workshops. First up, we’re talking with Steve Jeanes, who joined Little Green Pig in December 2017. Hi! Please introduce yourself. I’m Steve. I’m retired, but a serial volunteer…. read more »
We’re always on the look-out for new volunteer Story Mentors here at Little Green Pig, but at the moment we are particularly interested in applications from people aged 16-20. We’re taking part in the #iwill campaign, which supports social action amongst young people. Volunteers are a core part of the Little Green Pig family. You don’t… read more »
Join us for another brilliant evening of quizzes, games and pig-filled mayhem raising money for creative writing projects with children and young people across Brighton & Hove. Purchase your tickets here. Come with friends to make up your own team of 4-6 people or come as an individual or couple and we’ll put you in… read more »
At Little Green Pig, we love taking writing out the classroom. One area we are particularly interested in at the moment is ‘wild writing’ out in nature. Therefore we were thrilled to recently be awarded funding from the East Brighton Trust to work in partnership with Moulsecoomb Forest Garden on a project with Moulsecoomb Primary… read more »
Earlier this year we were the delighted recipients of a Grassroots Award from Brighton Digital Festival. The Award helps support groups who are typically underrepresented in the digital sphere. We worked with 40 students at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, as well as our regular Tuesday Club group, on a project inspired by Pinar Yoldas’ ‘The Kitty AI’…. read more »
