Route BMoodboard 2 of 3Working name, for parent discussion21 frames in 7 bands, one thread

Connected School

Joined by hand. Older teaches younger, at one table. With six children to start, the whole school sits at that table, and every thread between them can be seen.

Feels first Together

Place

places where people sit side by side
An empty timber table in a sunlit clearing among trees, with dappled shade on the ground
01 · One table, in the bushA long timber table in a clearing of native bush, shot from 20 m back so the trees frame it. Morning shade, dappled light. Children and an adult sit along one side, and we see backs and shoulders only. The point is a single shared surface outdoors.Photo: CARMELA LUSTRE, Unsplash · stand-in: not native bush, not our site
A natural-fibre rope wound round a mossy tree trunk and tied off with a single knot, running out of frame
02 · A rope between two treesA natural-fibre rope tied between two trunks at a child’s chest height, sagging. Children’s woollen hats and work hang along it. This is the thread device found in real life. Do not use harakeke cordage.Photo: Compagnons, Unsplash · sisal-type rope, not harakeke

Hands

two pairs of hands on one task
Overhead view of a potter's clay-covered hands and several children's hands cupped together round one small clay bowl; no faces in frame
03 · One knot, four handsClose and overhead. A younger child’s small hands hold the loop while an older child’s larger hands pull the end through. Red wool on an oat-coloured table, window light from the left. This is the lead image for the route.Photo: Maheima Kapur, Unsplash · stand-in for the relationship (clay, not wool) · concept image, not our school
A skein of red yarn stretched on a wooden umbrella swift, ready to be wound into a ball
04 · The skein, before windingOne long hank of red wool opened on a wooden swift, waiting to be wound into a ball by hand. A single line, no pattern: the thread before it joins anything.Photo: Bernd Dittrich, Unsplash · replaces the earlier loom frame (Council flag)
A woman sitting on a chair next to a spinning wheel
05 · SpinningFleece becomes yarn. In the real shoot, crop to the hands and the wheel.Photo: Taras Zaluzhnyi, Unsplash · adult maker · concept image, not our school

Children

different ages, shot from behind; these wait for consent
Five children of different heights sitting side by side on a timber bench, seen from behind, looking out over a misty field
06 · Side by side, four heightsShot from behind, at table height. Four children of clearly different ages sit at one bench, each bent over their own work, with elbows touching. Their heights make a rhythm. Families of every background should be able to see their child in this line-up.Photo: Piron Guillaume, Unsplash · bench, not table · concept image, not our school
Two young children seen from behind choosing books together from a small timber book box under trees
07 · The older one reads aloudA three-quarter view from behind and to the side. An older child holds a hand-made main-lesson book open on the shared bench while a younger child leans in to look. No faces turned to camera. Soft overcast light.Photo: Nils Huenerfuerst, Unsplash · cropped · a street book box, not a main-lesson book · concept image, not our school

Objects

spools, skeins, baskets: things that hold a line
Brown and white yarn rolls
08 · Undyed and dyedNatural fleece tones. The palette starts here.Photo: Anastasia Zhenina, Unsplash
A basket filled with wool on a wooden floor
09 · The shared basketOne basket for the whole room, and everyone reaches into it.Photo: K Adams, Unsplash
Close-up of a skein of yarn
10 · A skein, closeThe twist is the idea: many fibres become one line.Photo: Edo, Unsplash
Lengths of yarn hanging from a clothes line
11 · The dye lineHand-dyed lengths drying on a line. In our version, use natural dyes only (madder, indigo, onion skin), one colour per batch, and no rainbow set.Photo: Anna Ansone, Unsplash

Material & texture

wool, felt, cotton, rope; soft edges throughout
A pale cotton rope of three strands twisted into one, hanging vertically against a soft light background
12 · Rope, closeThree strands twisted into one: the thread device at full scale.Photo: Uliya Kurilova, Unsplash · twisted, not braided (replaces a braided-rope frame)
Grey rope tied in a figure-eight knot
13 · Figure-eightA knot the older children teach the younger ones. Plain and practical, not decorative.Photo: A.Rahmat MN, Unsplash
Close-up of plain madder-red wool felt, its matted fibres visible in soft light
14 · Felt, overlappedThree wet-felted panels made by children, in indigo, madder and oat, overlapping on a table. The edges are fuzzy and the joins visible. These are the layers of the layout, made physical.Photo: engin akyurt, Unsplash · one panel, close; the overlap is for our shoot

Type & print

stitched lettering, thread on paper, letterpress

Joined by hand.

Children of different ages learn beside each other, outdoors and by hand. Every child is known by name.

Display · Fraunces italic, SOFT 100, opsz 144Text · Source Serif 4Line-height 1.5
15 · Type specimenFraunces at its softest optical setting is warm without being twee. Source Serif 4 carries long reading for parents.non-photo frame · Google Fonts
16 · Palette, by widthIndigo and cream lead. Madder (#A8473A, ≈5:1 on cream) is kept for the thread and one accent at a time. There is no green, so this board reads blue-red.non-photo frame
Connected School ct C ct ligature joined by the thread · stamp · 32 px avatar one line, never nodes or dots · works in one colour
17 · The threadA single continuous line that enters at one edge, ties the c to the t, and leaves at the other edge. On print it can be a real length of wool sewn through the poster. Never draw nodes, dots or a network diagram, because those read as digital.non-photo frame · inline SVG

Meet us.

Open morning
[date] · [time]
[address]
Every family welcome.

18 · Letterpress cardIndigo ink pressed deep into cotton card, with madder for the welcome line only. The impression is the craft.non-photo frame · CSS deboss simulation
Joined by hand
19 · Running stitchA line stitched into heavy oat paper, photographed with raking light so the holes show. In the real version, the children stitch the lines.non-photo frame · SVG stitch simulation

Light

soft window light on a working table
A table beside a large glass window in soft daylight
20 · Table by the windowSoft side light falls on one shared surface. This is the light of the room.Photo: Hale Tat, Unsplash
Diagonal shadows from window blinds across a light wooden surface
21 · Lines of lightShadows lie across the timber like warp threads, in an afternoon in the room.Photo: Bree Anne, Unsplash