Brighton & Hove celebrated Walk to School week from 19-23 May and our theme for 2008 was 'Sound detectives'. The JourneyOn campaign invited artists to work with five schools to take a unique look at walking to school.

Artists usedthe sound detectives theme to create and experiment with poetry, film, photography, walk to school week art and even a robotic dance, culminating in an event for the whole school.

Throughout the week, hundreds of children enjoyed very different journey to school – not just walking, but focusing on the sounds they hear along the way, and taking part in some creative and innovative activities.

Mon 19 May - Downs Junior School
Performance poet Michael Parker held poetry workshops for children and parents and special open-mic assemblies where the poets peformed their work on stage!

Tuesday 20 May - West Hove Junior School
Youngsters from West Hove Junior schools staged playground support rally with placards and songs with the title: 'we want to walk to school'.

Wednesday 21 May - Portslade Infant School
The the Little Green Pig Writing Project worked ith children to write sound poems on giant ears to create a giant ear poem trail which fluttered along the route to school.

Thursday 22 May - St Nicolas CE School
Children experimented with sound and movement and choreographed their own algorithmic robot dance. Children and teachers dressed as robots and performed a dance routine in the playground watched by parents and carers.

Friday 23 May - St Paul's CE School
Friday saw a very special film premier (complete with red carpet and glamorous outfits) of a short film made by students about their popular walking bus with Martin Smith from Silverbox films.

You'll be able to see lots of photos of the events online here soon - watch this space!