Our Learning Programme
Through our Learning Programme, schools and community groups have designed and decorated their own small sculpture which will form part of The Short Tail Trail alongside sculptures created by professional local and national artists. Once the trail comes to an end, these smaller sculptures will go back to their forever home with the school or community group that created them.
Supported by our Education Presenting Partner, the University of Bedfordshire, the Learning Programme celebrates creativity and offers a massive platform for young people in particular to showcase their talent to the local community and visitors to Luton. Plus, the programme supports a much-loved local charity, Keech Hospice Care.
Our Schools and Community Groups
Arnold Academy
Avenue Centre for Education
Barnfield College
Beechwood Park School
Beechwood Primary School
Bushmead Primary School
Cardinal Newman Catholic School
Challney High School for Boys
Challney High School for Girls
Denbigh High School
Denbigh Primary School
DesiArts Development Group CIC
Downside Primary School
Dunstable Icknield Lower School
Foxdell Primary School
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Girlguiding Bedfordshire
Icknield District Scouts
Icknield High School
Keech Hospice Care – Adult Services Bedfordshire
Keech Hospice Care – Children’s Services Bedfordshire
Kip McGrath Luton North
Lark Rise Academy
Lullington Close
Luton Council of Faiths
Luton Roma Trust
Luton Sixth Form College
Parkfields School
Parklea Primary School
Pioneer Learning Trust
Putteridge High School
Putteridge Primary School
Queen Elizabeth School Luton
Ramridge Primary School
River Bank Primary School
Silsoe VC Lower School
St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary
St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School
Stopsley High School
Surrey Street Primary School
The Chiltern School
The Feast Youth Project
The Ferrars Academy
The Royal Oak
The Shared Learning Trust
University of Bedfordshire
Waulud Primary School
Wigmore Primary School
William Austin Infant School
Yewtree Primary School
“We loved being part of The Big Trunk Trail. We got the whole school involved in designing our elephant and our winners were two children who had used our school values and our house groups in their design. We thought this was so personal to our school that we couldn’t resist using both designs on our elephant ‘Brilliant Bushmead’. To this day ‘BB’ sits in our entrance foyer and welcomes all people into our school!”
– Daniella Toyer, Assistant Headteacher of Bushmead Primary School, for The Big Trunk Trail.
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