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Japanese Picture Exchange
The opening ceremony of Sellafield Ltd’s ninth annual Japanese Picture Exchange took place on Monday 20th October at the Lakes College, to celebrate the exhibition of more than 100 children’s paintings.
The Picture Exchange, run jointly by Sellafield Ltd and Japan Atomic Power (JAPC), is a hands-across-the-sea project involving primary school children in the Sellafield area and the areas surrounding the Tsuruga and Tokai-Mura nuclear facilities in Japan.
This year Sellafield Ltd worked closely with students from the Lakes College West Cumbria. Art students from the college went out to local primary schools and worked with the children to help them turn their ideas into images of the local area and its customs.
The 50 children from Victoria Junior School, Distington, Westfield, Beckstone Primary and Harrington Schools were at the ceremony showing their work, along side the 80 pictures sent over from Japan.
Mr Hiroyuki Ono, pictured, from the Japan Atomic Power Company, who is currently seconded to WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operators), and his wife were at the opening ceremony.
They joined in with the group in watching a party science show, before viewing the exhibition of the pupils’ work and then taking a tour of the college.
Speaking about the event, Pauline Farrell, Sellafield’s Education and Community Relations Officer said: “The children really enjoyed the party science show and they all wanted to be picked when Louise and Corrin (our scientists) asked for volunteers.
“As is the case every year, the quality of the artwork was outstanding, so well done to everyone. Thanks go to everyone at Lakes College who helped organise the ceremony.”
