…a further communication with our MP about creativity in education I believe it is disingenuous to suggest that schools/teachers/parents actively want academisation. Academisation ultimately will allow business to run education with no involvement from parents: how can this ever be in our children’s best interests? I have not met any parents who support this (both […]
My letter to our local MP about the Governments proposed plans for acadamisation I am writing to implore you not to support the governments plans for academisation. I cannot understand how the evidence provided by the existing acadamies can be taken to suggest that this is a sensible or desirable option. I set up
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What an amazing end to our Ebb and Flow project! Our young artists (11-13 years old), having produced the most wonderful drawings and paintings, took part in a ‘happening’ which combined projections of the artworks with improvised music, sound and readings of their flow of consciousness poems. Led by the amazing Charlotte Watson and
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More support for cultural education: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/all-our-children-deserve-a-rich-cultural-education-not-all-them-are The chairman of Arts Council England argues that ‘all pupils should have the opportunity to create, compose, and perform their own artistic work’ Through art and culture, we come to understand and articulate ourselves. They engage us in a dialogue about values; they define our national identity and our
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EBB and FLOW continued… The paintings for this project are now finished and they are WONDERFUL! A group of 10-13 yr olds have, in only 6 weekly sessions, experimented with materials and concept in order to create large scale paintings to be hung along the river wall in the centre of Holmfirth. Our young artists
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Week 5 Ebb and Flow This week group have been really moving on with their paintings…editing poems created by exploring a flow of consciousness and creating rhythm and improvised melodies…
Tentacle-tastic Saturday Drawing tentacles today has provided a great way for our children and young people to explore creating the illusion of form using light and shade. The Intermediate group explored mixing tones… They also created a gorgeous big print using bubble wrap to create tentacle-textures! Seniors continued to use charcoal and to develop our
Why our children will NEED to be creative.. I have been sharing 2 really interesting and thought provoking articles this week- both touch on the theme of how best to equip our children for the future. The first is a TED talk .. . And the second is this article : Dustin TimbrookFeb 16, 20158
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Junior tentacles! So proud of our junior artists who have tackled 3D form through using light and shade so brilliantly! Really lovely drawings and some of these artists are only 4 years old!
The tentacles theme is proving a real hit! Everyone loves drawing a tentacle! From our pre-schoolers to our older teenagers and adults at Monday evenings drawing class. Little Art Club have been using this theme to explore circles. They made paper plate octopuses and used bottle tops to print suckers onto their tentacles. They practiced drawing
