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creative partnerships change school programme
Creative Partnerships - Change School Programme
Eastside was commissioned by A New Direction (AND) to deliver three distinct projects as part of the Creative Partnerships - Change School Programme in London. Eastside worked with three schools serving the needs of different age groups. In North West London we worked with Oakington Manor Primary School in applying maths and science skills in the construction of Tudor Boats with Year 4 pupils (pictured). Participants experimented with materials that would float and used their knowledge of measurements and geometry to create scale models of Tudor boats. Reception students contributed to making a large scale board game through which they could learn more about animals and the environment. In North London we worked at South Harringay Infant School in delivering A Change is Gonna Come, which involved the whole school community and explored how the pupil voice can be developed with younger children. A Change is Gonna Come explored voice, music, movement and dance where children made musical instruments, animated puppets and learnt simple dance steps. The project was framed with professional development for the teachers involved, focussing on embedding the work and gaining a more profound exploration of the links between creativity and change. In East London, we worked at Langdon Park Secondary School on Word and Vision, exploring the role of creativity in learning with Year 7 students and their teachers. Word and Vision involved 180 students from Year 7 working with a spoken word artist on an integrated humanities curriculum, exploring the local geography. All of the students took part in visual arts and spoken word workshops, in which they wrote a creative vision for their class and created a large scale art installation which reflected the topics explored. By pairing the complementary skills of creative practitioners and teachers, we were able to liberate the creativity of everyone involved in these projects so that fresh and engaging approaches to teaching and learning were developed through a collaborative process.
