I was very privileged today to be allowed to photograph staff and children at Mellers Primary School in Nottingham. I was a little unsure how I would be greeted and what I would find. Mellers is a school where a large majority of pupils start school without English being their first language. An inner city school where the children are not coming from privileged backgrounds. Their parents are not highly educated so home support isn't always forthcoming. How would they react to a strange student coming in to photograph the lunch time activities? They reacted by being warm, welcoming and friendly. What I found was an incredibly happy little school, where the children respected each other and the adults in charge. I found staff that engaged and encouraged the children. The relationships between staff and pupils was a joy to see. Many many schools could learn from Mellers and if all schools were run in the same way, I think this country would be a far better place to be. Clearly I can not post photos of the lovely children (much as I would love to share the happy smiley faces I captured today), but I can post this rainbow I found on the school playground. I think this sums the school up very well :)
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