Have a good christmas break & happy new year.

Education Arts Services West Midlands

Website be interesting for Practitioners & Schools

http://www.easwestmidlands.org.uk/

Sketch books in Schools Winner announced

Ridwana Khanom

Posted using ShareThis

Interesting Website about participartory School Building

School Works

Creative Partnerships Project- Landscape, Walsall

New Invention Junior School, Cannock Road,

Willenhall, WV12 5SA

We are looking for a Creative Practitioner to help us plan and develop our school garden. We are looking for a Landscape Architect, Landscaper, Outdoor practitioner etc. who will work with our design team, a class of year 5 and their teacher.

We would like to explore the following question:

“How can we use a live project to enhance our teaching and learning in school and link it to the curriculum?”

The school has acquired a piece of land which it is planning to develop into a garden. The land is currently occupied by an empty house, which we are hoping is going to come done in the spring half term.

We would like to work with a designer/landscape architect to work with us through the whole process of re-imagining and planning the new site. By then end of the project we hope to have a plan & budget which we can put to the school to be implemented. We want to use this plan to fundraise and apply for sponsorship and funding.

We can see lots of learning opportunities where we can use this project to bring the curriculum alive, but are really looking forward to hearing your ideas how we could link this to learning.

The project needs to start in January, we are hoping to start planning the week after interview.

The Project will need to happen on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, over a number of weeks.

This project will be a research project to see how we can become co-constructors in Teaching and Learning and bring new approaches to learning into the school.

Project Outline:

0.5 day Collaborative Planning in school                                       £    125.00        

14 days delivery in school @£250                                                £ 3,500.00

0.5 day Collaborative Planning &review in school               £    125.00

1 day preparation                                                                       £    200.00

Materials Budget                                                                        £    150.00

                                                                                                £ 4,100.00

The Fees are including Travel & VAT.

Selection and application:

We are looking for an exceptional creative practitioner who has:

-  An enhanced CRB disclosure (less than two years old)

- You will need public Liability up to 5million

-  An understanding of or an interest in how people learn

-  A commitment to genuine collaboration

-  An ability to reflect and communicate

-  A willingness to learn and share skills

If you are interested please send us:

- A short statement, explaining why you want to work with us ( no more than one page)

- CV (no more than two pages)

- Two references

- Date of your CRB check

Please send all documents in the old word format or PDF, no docx please.

Deadline: 17.December 2009   5pm

Interview date: 7. January 2010  from 10am

Please do not apply if you cannot attend the interview or work on the week days mentioned.

All applications to be emailed to Iris Bertz, Creative Agent: ibertz@gmail.com

The project is part of Change School project supported by Creative Partnerships and Black Country Creative Partnerships   www.creative-partnerships.com

T S Eliot Prize 2009 (opportunity for teachers and students)

T S Eliot Prize 2009

Following the great success of the T S Eliot Prize Shadowing Scheme, the Poetry Book Society has launched a new Teachers' Prize.

For the past four years the T S Eliot Prize Shadowing Scheme has invited secondary school students to shadow the judging panel for the T S Eliot Prize  - ‘the world’s top poetry award’.  Students have the chance to read, study and debate some of the best poetry published in the previous year.

Now, for the first time teachers can take part in the Shadowing Scheme Competition themselves, by writing a 500 word review of one of the titles which have been shortlisted for the 2009 T S Eliot Prize.

The Shadowing Scheme, run in partnership with emagazine, an A Level magazine published by the English and Media Centre, also comprises a poll to find out whom the students think should win the 2009 T S Eliot Prize and a competition for the best individual student’s rationale for their choice of winner.

A download with a biography, photo and two poems from each of the ten shortlisted titles is available from the website linked below and the Scheme closes on 17 December.

Click here to learn more.

Creativity Matters Call for Emerging Early Years Artists

You may have been aware of Creativity Matters last year

This year the project is being coordinated by St Thomas Children's Centre, Debi Keyte Hartland and is part funded by Brightspace. It is aimed at newly graduated or emerging atrists looking to specialise in Early Years creativity. Last year the focus was on visual art, however, this time we are looking to expand and reach artists working in other mediums such as music, drama and movement.

Please find attached the artists application form for the 09-10 Creativity Matters training programme.

Deadline for applications is: 18th  December 2009

For Brief  and application Form: http://www.brightspace.org.uk/opportunities.php 
 

Trailer of a New Film about Education

We are the people we have been looking for

Opportunity for Schools from Sampad

Sampad International Poetry Competition (All ages)

Journeys...a real or imagined journey, back to your roots, homeland, or a journey of the heart

You can write in any style – short story, poetry, reportage – using the theme of Journeys as a starting point:
use your imagination to evoke memories, sensations, your feelings about a journey you have made –
in your dreams or in real life – voyage of self discovery, back to your roots.


There are 2 categories: one for writers aged 8 to 15; one for writers aged 16 and over.
The winning entries will be published in a book that will be launched in 2010 and all winners
will be given a copy of this book.



There will also be a special prize for overall winners:

Best writer in 8 to 15 category will receive £200 and
best writer in 16 and over category will receive £300.
All winning writers will be published.



If you would like to take part, visit our website www.sampad.org.uk for more details and an entry form,
email us at info@sampad.org.uk, or call us for an entry application by post on + 44 (0) 121 452 8899.

Opportunity for Schools from OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations)

Exciting Virtual Visions Poetry Opportunity!

Would you like to take part in the production of a DVD of creative resources for the new OCR GCSE 2010 English specifications?

OCR would like to produce imaginative audio-visual interpretations of poems from the new poetry anthology, with the help of interested and creative centres. This could be of interest to English Departments, but also Media, Music and Art. We can offer support, resources and prizes where necessary!

Your contribution will be included on the new OCR poetry support DVD which will be supplied free to centres, and your school will be credited for the work. You don't have to be an OCR centre to take part!

Please feel free to express an interest via email: Debbie.Daniels@ocr.org.uk or call Debbie Daniels on 02476 596325 for an informal chat.

OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations)

Early Years Visits- Highly recommended

Dear All,

Creative Childhoods in getting underway and we would like to offer you the opportunity to visit the seven settings who will be presenting work in the week long exhibition March 2010.

These settings have engaged in reflective practice and will be opening their doors to Birmingham educators and Early yers workers to find out more about the creativity in their every day practice.


9th December 2009 - Balsall Heath Children's Centre 10 - 12:30 and 2 - 4:30 (only book for one)

14th January 2010 - Allen's Croft Children's Centre 9:40 - 11:30am

20th & 21st January 2010 - Woeley Castle Children's Centre 9 - 11:30am (only book for one)

26th January 2010 - Lillian de Lissa Children's Centre 1pm - 6:30pm

30th January 2010 - Washwood Heath Children's Centre 10am - 1pm

4th February 2010 - Starbank Primary School

10th February 2010 - St Thomas Children's Centre 1 - 4:30pm


We recommend two practitioners from your setting attend a visit for reflection

Directions will be sent to you along with booking confirmation.

To book your free place, please complete a booking form (a separate form will be needed for each tour) and return it to:


Children's Services Training Team
St Thomas Children's Centre
Bell Barn Road
Attwood Green
Birmingham
B15 2AF
Tel: 0121 464 3175
Fax: 0121 464 0594


Please forward this to anyone you think will be interested and we look forward to seeing you soon.


Regards,

Jessica Jackson
Information and Projects Officer
St Thomas Children's Centre
0121 464 2171
*************************************************


For booking form please ring Jessica- or here my unformatted version:

Children’s Services Training Team— Booking Form
St Thomas Children’s Centre, Bell Barn Road, Birmingham. B15 2AF
Please post back to the above address above, or fax to 0121-464-0594

Applicant’s Name
Job Title
Place of Work
Address
City
Post Code
Telephone
PLEASE PRINT USING CAPITAL LETTERS
Signed
Print Name
Date
Title of Course
or Event
Date/s
PLEASE PRINT USING CAPITAL LETTERS
Data Protection Act 1998
The information collected in this form will be used to administer your attendance on
the course/event and keep you informed of similar future development opportunities.
The information may be disclosed, as appropriate, within the Children, Young People
and Families Directorate and other training providers.
Please state any special requirements (i.e. diet, venue access, specific equipment needs etc)

Creative Practitioner-Music

Turves Green Boys’ School
- A Specialist Technology College -

Creative Partnerships Change School Programme 2009-2010

Background
Creative Partnerships is the Government’s flagship creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and equipping them for their futures. We foster innovative, long-term partnerships between schools and creative professionals, including architects, scientists, multimedia developers and artists. These partnerships inspire young people, teachers and creative professionals to challenge how they work and experiment with new ideas.

Young people develop the skills they need to perform well not only in exams and extra-curricular activities, but also in the workplace and wider society.

Context
The school is a relatively small technology and humanities college with approximately 650 boys serving the Longbridge district of Birmingham. A small number of the pupils are from minority ethnic communities and standards on entry are broadly average. About one fifth of pupils, an average proportion, are on the special needs register. The school was one of the first to be designated a specialist technology college in 1995. There are extensive links with other schools within the south western districts of Birmingham and shared sports facilities with the adjacent girls' school.
The school became part of the Change Schools programme in September 2008. The Change Schools programme builds on Creative Partnerships current practice to bring about sustainable change in approaches to teaching and learning. We have made a firm commitment to putting creativity at the heart of our improvement plans and to educating children and young people for a creative future.

Focus, Aims and Requirements
The Change Schools programme focuses on generating long-term dialogue about creative teaching and learning, and how the school can become a more effective creative learning environment. Our focus is to explore in depth how we can develop the conditions where creativity can thrive. Can we through engaging with outside professionals, raise achievement and make teaching and learning more exciting and relevant to life after school?

For our first project this year, we are looking for a musician or a group of musician to work with our Year 10 BTEC Music group on ‘Working as a Musical Ensemble’. We are looking for somebody who understands collaborative learning, and acts in supporting the students on their journey of discovery on all aspects of the project.

The project aims to encompass all aspects of leading in working within a musical ensemble including;
- Understanding different musical ensembles and the roles within them
- Knowing how to devise, plan and prepare for a performance as part of an ensemble
- Being able to present an ensemble performance
- We would like to see a performance at the end of the project.

The Key aims of the project are to;
- Give pupils and staff the opportunity to learn and build a project together.
- Enable staff and pupils to explore new ideas and take ownership of their work.
- Increase opportunities for pupils and staff to explore what it means to be an independent learner yet develop their ability to work as a team

Selection and application:
As well as someone who can commit to the dates we’re looking for exceptional creative practitioners who have;
- An understanding of or an interest in how people learn
- A commitment to genuine collaboration
- An ability to reflect and communicate
- A willingness to learn and share skills
- A sense of humour
- Have an enhanced CRB clearance less than 18months old and Public Liability Insurance of 5 million

Project outline:
The project will be running the following dates;

23rd February 10.00 - 13.15
2nd March 12.00 - 15.15
9th March 10.00 - 13.15
16th March 12.00 - 15.15
23rd March 10.00 - 13.15
30th March 12.00 - 15.15

Practitioners must be able to commit to these dates and in addition, there will be two days planning over the running of the project and two days planning & reflection in school, 1 day for preparation and attending the final event.

Fee: £1,990 + up to £ 500 materials budget

6 session @ £ 150 £900
2 project planning days @£200 £400
2 days planning & reflecting in school @ £230 £460
1 day event planning & attendance £230


Selection will take place on Tuesday 12th January from 12.00 and will involve;
- Delivery of a 30 minute ‘hands-on’ workshop to the 21 Year 10 students
- A formal interview with a panel comprising both students and teachers

Fee for attending session and interview will be £50


To apply, please provide
- a CV (no more than two pages)
- two references
- a short description (up to one side of A4) of how you might work with us
- any portfolio, CD, DVD, webpage reference or any kind of appropriate presentation to showcase your previous work
- the date of your recent CRB check
- confirmation that you have public liability up to 5 million

Please send all documents in DOC or PDF format, no docx please.
If you cannot attend the project or interview dates, please do not apply.

Deadline: by 5pm on Friday 11th December 2009

Interview date: Tuesday 12th January 2010

All applications to be emailed to:
Alan Inglis, CP Co-coordinator: inglis.al@googlemail.com

For questions please contact Iris Bertz, Creative Agent: ibertz@gmail.com


This project is part of a Change School project supported by Creative Partnerships
www.creative-partnerships.com and Bright Space www.brightspace.org.uk

Practitioner Maths & Science

Turves Green Boys’ School

- A Specialist Technology College -

Creative Partnerships Change School Programme 2009-2010

Background

Creative Partnerships is the Government’s flagship creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and equipping them for their futures. We foster innovative, long-term partnerships between schools and creative professionals, including architects, scientists, multimedia developers and artists. These partnerships inspire young people, teachers and creative professionals to challenge how they work and experiment with new ideas.

Young people develop the skills they need to perform well not only in exams and extra-curricular activities, but also in the workplace and wider society.

Context

The school is a relatively small technology and humanities college with approximately 650 boys serving the Longbridge district of Birmingham. A small number of the pupils are from minority ethnic communities and standards on entry are broadly average. About one fifth of pupils, an average proportion, are on the special needs register. The school was one of the first to be designated a specialist technology college in 1995.  There are extensive links with other schools within the south western districts of Birmingham and shared sports facilities with the adjacent girls' school.

The school became part of the Change Schools programme in September 2008.  The Change Schools programme builds on Creative Partnerships current practice to bring about sustainable change in approaches to teaching and learning. We have made a firm commitment to putting creativity at the heart of our improvement plans and to educating children and young people for a creative future.

Focus, Aims and Requirements

The Change Schools programme focuses on generating long-term dialogue about creative teaching and learning, and how the school can become a more effective creative learning environment. Our focus is to explore in depth how we can develop the conditions where creativity can thrive.  Can we through engaging with outside professionals, raise achievement and make teaching and learning more exciting and relevant to life after school?

For our first project this year, we are looking for a creative practitioner to work with both a year 8 Science and year 8 Maths group.  We are looking for somebody who understands collaborative learning, and acts in supporting the students on their journey of discovery on all aspects of the project.  There will be many opportunities to ‘join up’ both strands throughout the course of the project with both groups and their staff, with additional support from Heads of Department.

The project envisages the development one or more of the following curriculum topics through the practical application of theoretical skills in both Science and Maths;

-          Environment, behaviour, heat

-          Light, Sound, movement

-          Reaction, rocks

The Key aims of the project are to;

-          In Science, engage and motivate students through the practical and ‘real world’ exploration of theoretical and applied skills

-          In Maths, develop opportunities for the application of acquired mathematical skills, knowledge and understanding in a problem finding and solving environment

-          Develop creativity in staff and students

-          Develop a sustainable model through CPD and partnership with creative artists

-          Enable students to see the practical application of Maths and Science beyond the curriculum

-          Leave a legacy of sustainable creative practice for staff after the project has finished

Selection and application:

As well as someone who can commit to the dates we’re looking for exceptional creative practitioners who have;

-          An understanding of or an interest in how people learn

-          A commitment to genuine collaboration

-          An ability to reflect and communicate

-          A willingness to learn and share skills

-          A sense of humour

-          Have an enhanced CRB clearance less than 18months old and Public Liability Insurance of 5 million

Project outline:

The project will be running the following dates;

12^th January 

26^th January

9^th February

2^nd March

16^th March

30^th March

Times:

 9.00-11.15h         Planning and work with a small group of students/staff.

11.15-13.15h        Project delivery

Practitioners must be able to commit to these dates and in addition, there will be two days planning over the running of the project and 1 day planning & reflection in school.

Fee: £1,590 + up to £ 500 materials budget

6sessions @£160          =        £960

2 planning days @£200=     £400

1 day planning in school= £230

Selection will take place on Thursday 17. December from 14.15 and will involve;

-          Delivery of a 15 minute ‘hands-on’ workshop to 16 year 8 pupils

-          A formal interview with a panel comprising both students and teachers

Fee for attending session and interview will be £50

To apply, please provide

-         a CV (no more than two pages)

-          two references

-          a short description (up to one side of A4) of how you might work with us

-         any portfolio, CD, DVD, webpage reference or any kind of appropriate presentation to showcase your previous work

-         the date of your recent CRB check

-         confirmation that you have public liability up to 5 million

Please send all documents in the DOC or PDF format, no docx please.

If you cannot attend the interview or project dates, please do not apply.

Deadline: by 5pm on Friday 27^th November 2009

Interview: Thursday 17^th December 2009

All applications to be emailed to:

Alan Inglis, CP Coordinator: inglis.al@googlemail.com

For questions please contact Iris Bertz, Creative Agent: ibertz@gmail.com

This project is part of

a Change School project supported by Creative Partnerships

www.creative-partnerships.com and Bright Space www.brightspace.org.uk

Eat Your Heart Out Birmingham - TONIGHT until Sunday 8th Nov

Dear Guests,

LAST CHANCE to buy tickets for EAT YOUR HEART OUT, an edible performance that mixes the leftovers of disaster with the ceremony of the dining room.

"Inventive, fun, and impressively performed" Total Theatre

Performance includes a highly original meal. Don't go hungry, book your seat at our table here!

Watch the Eat Your Heart Out - Teaser from Kindle Theatre


"A brilliant, interactively-staged slab of grotesque...perfectly horrible" **** Latest 7, Brighton
"One of the most fantastic stage sets I've ever seen" Brighton Argus

"There is a totality to Kindle Theatre's performance, they have created an atmosphere in which they immerse their audience" The STAGE on In My Father's House, MUST SEE

EAT YOUR HEART OUT
Thursday 29th October - Sunday 8th November 2009 (no show Nov 2nd)
A E Harris Building (Stan's Cafe space)
Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B3 1SZ
£19 (£16) Includes a meal - no vegetarian option available
8pm (doors 7.30pm)



INVITATION: We would like to invite those who would like to enhance their experience of this theatrical feast to fast on the day of the performance. Try to drink water only to flush out the system and avoid exercising or cigarettes as these make for an acrid taste.
Yours in wait,
Kindle Theatre
www.kindletheatre.co.uk

Eat Your Heart Out is supported by West Midlands Arts Council and the Sir Barry Jackson Trust.
Development has been supported by PILOT and China Plate Theatre.

Opportunity for Craft Makers from CraftSpace

NEW OPPORTUNITY
* The Brummie Craft Collective
Brief

The project is aimed at diverse young people aged 16 -19 from inner city Birmingham (some of whom are not in education, employment and training) but who have some interest/ability in the arts. The project will focus on ideas of guerrilla craft, DIY Craft and Craftivism - with a view to developing a young people led craft collective which will then organise a series of interventions throughout the city.

Where:Birmingham.

Application Process

Rather than a formal interview process Craftspace is sending out targeted approaches to makers/artists and would like to receive a CV and an expression of interest with a simple outline of approach if possible (no more than 1 side of A4) by Fri 27th November. Craftspace will then conduct some telephone discussions and as appropriate invite artists/ makers to a planning /discussion event on Monday 14th December. We are interested in recruiting 3 or 4 makers for the initial taster weekend and follow on support and then others to work along side the collective as appropriate. All selected makers/ artists will need to be CRB checked.

Fee
£500 for the initial taster event, to include planning, delivery and expenses. Materials will be paid additionally. All other sessions will be paid at £250 day including expenses.

Planning
We have scheduled an initial planning session for Mon 14 December. Please indicate your availability for this and the taster event in January in your application.

Further information
If you would like to discuss the project further please contact Deirdre Buckley Education and Community Coordinator on 0121 608 6667/07790324578 d.buckley@craftspace.co.uk. I currently work on Mondays and Thursdays.

Key Dates

Deadline for Applications: 27th November 2009

Planning Meeting: 14th December 2009

Taster event at Custard Factory: 23/24 January 2010

Visit to Craftivism at Arnolfini: Weekend of 13/14 February 2010

Weekly/fortnightly sessions to plan interventions: Feb to July 2010

More info:http://www.craftspace.co.uk

Call for Creative Practitioners

2 Creative Practitioners required with a background in publishing media (journalism, writing, filmmaking, radio etc)

Heath Park Business and Enterprises College, Wolverhampton

Heath Park has become part of the Creative  Partnerships Change School Programme and is looking to appoint 2 Practitioner who have back ground in publishing  work and good contacts in their respects industries to work with two groups of Keystage 3 pupils ( Year 7&year 8)

 Introduction:

The School has been working on a thematic curriculum for Keystage 3 and wants investigate this question through this project:

“Can we through engaging with external partners in our publications project improve our literacy?”

This project will support the school to start to explore this question rather than answer it.

This project aims to:

·         Find out if we can improve literacy through this approach

·         Learn more about 5 competencies: (learning, managing a situation, managing information, relating to people, citizenship)

The Brief:

Heath Park is looking for two  practitioners with a background in publication, this can cover writers,  journalists, filmmakers, radio producers etc.

At the end of the project we want produce some publications that make visible the progression in literacy. The publications will be distributed to our feeder schools to show the pupil’s progress. The pupil’s brief was to write for an audience and we would like to give them a real audience through this project.

Overall we would like the project to be fun and exciting and celebrate pupils work. At the end of the project we would like to organize a launch outside of the school environment.

The practitioner will be expected to work closely with members of staff and pupils to:

·         Jointly plan the overall programme of work;

·         Jointly plan individual sessions

·         Co-deliver sessions

·         Review sessions

·         Support the professional development of teaching staff through training, coaching and mentoring so that a lasting legacy is left in terms of greater understanding of and confidence in creative approaches to teaching.

Project Management:

            The successful applicant will be directly contracted by Heath Park Business and Enterprise College which has already secured Creative Partnerships funding to support this commission. In addition to support from Black Country Creative Partnerships (BCCP), Heath Park Business and Enterprises College is working with a Creative Agent employed by BCCP to act as a critical friend, broker and creative advisor.

Timescale and Fee:

There is two projects:

Year 8  Mondays  9.05am- 11.35am: 21 sessions at £120= £2,520

starting on the 23.11.2009 -24.5. 2010

Year 7 Wednesdays 11.15am-3.00pm: 21 sessions at £140 = £2,940

Starting on the 25.11. 2009-26.5.2010

There is an additional fee of £ 650 for each project for planning, evaluation, project launch

1 pre-planning meeting:    £120

1.5 days overall planning: £300

1 day Launch event:          £230         

There will be a planning meeting in the week beginning 16. November 2009

We have also allocated a budget of £500 per project.

Selection and Application:

The school is looking for two exceptional  practitioners who can demonstrate the following:

·         A highly developed and reflective practice

·         Passion for their practice

·         A commitment to genuine collaboration

·         An ability to communicate with a diverse range of people and to share his/her practice process

·         An understanding of or interest in how people learn

·         An ability to apply his/her practice in a variety of different contexts

To apply please send as email:

• CV (no more than 2 pages)
• A short statement  that addresses the above criteria (no longer than 1 A4 Page)
• Date of recent CRB check
• Public Liability Insurance of up to 5 Million

Please send all documents in the old word format or PDF, no docx please.

Please do not apply if you cannot attend interview.

Iris Bertz, Creative Agent    ibertz@gmail.com

The closing date for the application is: 6.11.09 (5pm)

Interview:  13.11. 09  morning

The short listed candidates will be interviewed by members of staff and pupils from the year 7&year 8.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Thematic Curriculum: http://www.todaysteacher.com/ThematicTeaching.htm

This project is part of a Change School project supported by Creative Partnerships

www.creative-partnerships.com

Have a nice half-term

"Youth Voice" - what do we really mean? CPD Seminar 11.November 09

“After School” – CPD Seminar Invitation



Creativity Culture & Education invite you to our first in a series of “after school” regional CPD seminars hosted by Creative Partnerships "Schools of Creativity". These seminars will offer an opportunity to share cutting edge practice, discuss challenging concepts and develop regional connections. These seminars are aimed at anyone interested in creative approaches to education. In particular it will be of interest to leading practitioners, creative agents, experienced teachers from both within and beyond the Creative Partnerships programme.



Designed and delivered by young people this first CCE seminar on “Youth Voice” aims to bring together classroom based examples, academic and critical reflection and experimental practice in a twilight CPD sessions. With entertaining and informative presentations we hope to create a networking opportunity for the regional creative and educational community to meet, share ideas and talk through challenging themes for school change and creative learning.



"Youth Voice" - what do we really mean?



Please join us:



5.00 - 7.30pm on Wednesday 11th November 2009 at:

Queensbridge Visual & Performing Arts School,

Queensbridge Rd,

Moseley, Birmingham B13 8QB



Chaired by Richard Clark, ceo The Mighty Creatives



Designed and delivered by

Young people from Studfall Junior School (Corby) & Lodge Park Technology College (Corby), Queensbridge Visual & Performing Arts (Birmingham)

"You can explore our thoughts and your own on young people's voice, hear from us,

talk to us & hear from other expert presenters at this interactive seminar"



Contributors include:



Dr Helen Manchester & Dr Sara Bragg – sharing aspects of their report

“Youth voice in the work of Creative Partnerships”

(report available at the event includes):



Caz Dolby, Iain Smith, Rachel Carter - Creative Agents.

&

Others



Special thanks to Daisy Edwards, The Mighty Creatives,

Helen Reeves (Head Teacher) & Jo Klaces, Queensbridge

Visual & Performing Arts School (Birmingham)



Places are limited so please book you FREE ticket now by clicking on this link http://youthvoiceseminar.eventbright.com



For further information please email: youthvoice@cceengland.org

www.creativitycultureeducation.org

Conference in London

Friday 6 November 2009, 10am to 4pm

Extending Horizons – Using creativity
and critical thinking to enrich teaching
and learning

For all teachers and school leaders interested in developing a creative primary and secondary curriculum.

www.teachingtimes.com/articles/extending-horizon.htm

Opening Minds Conference 3.November 2009

Opening Minds Primary Event
Opening Minds at Primary School – what next for the Primary Curriculum?

Tuesday 3 November 2009

RSA, 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ



http://www.thersa.org/projects/education/opening-minds/events/primary

Maths & Creative Teaching

Interview with Marcus du Sautoy about teaching maths with computer games, sounds so much fun!

Interview with Marcus du Sautoy


The maths-games website:
http://www.mangahigh.com/

Debate Mate

I have come across debate mate, as often, listening to Radio 4. I was impressed by the clear and inspiring attitude of the people involved

Debate Mate, Developing verbal intelligence in young people

http://www.bctouring.co.uk/emailshot/thecornershop/

Call for Creative Practitioners

Arrow Vale Community  School, Redditch, B98 0EN

We are looking for 2 practitioners to explore in collaboration with group of 20 year 9 pupils  and their two teachers,  how  we can make our new  thematic curriculum more exciting and relevant.

For the new thematic curriculum we have decided to put together some unusual subject combinations and now we are looking for practitioners who can help us push this experiment even further. We want to show that excellent learning, can be exciting and motivating for staff and pupils alike.

We are looking for two practitioners who can complement our existing skills and are happy to be part of a pupil and staff planning team. You need to be committed to collaboration and young people being co-constructors of learning and understanding of teacher’s workload.

There will be two projects

1. A collaboration between History and Music, focusing on voices from the past.

2. A collaboration between Drama and Geography on the theme of crime.

The projects will run for five Mondays:

1. March, 8. March, 15.March, 22.March, 29. March2010

  

Planning sessions will be on the 14.December 2009 and 22.February.2010

The project fees per project are as follows:

5 days in school delivering alongside teaching staff    at £230 a day   £1150

2 days planning in school alongside staff &pupils               at £230 a day  £   460

1.5 additional planning & review (in school)                           at £230 a day  £   345

1 day preparation & planning of site                                 at £200 a day  £   200

Total                                                                                                        £ 2155

This fee is including travel

A materials budget up to £ 300 will be available, depending on need for the projects.

Please do not apply if you cannot attend on the dates above or interview date.

If you are interested please send us:

- A short statement, explaining why you want to work with us ( 1 page)

-an indication which project you are applying for

- CV (no more than two pages)

- 6 small images (if applicable)

- Date of your last CRB check

- You will need public Liability up to 5million

Please send all documents in the old word format or PDF, no docx please.

Deadline: 2. November 2009 at 5pm

Interview date: 10. November 2009

All applications to be emailed to  Iris Bertz, Creative Agent: ibertz@gmail.com

For further information on:

Thematic Curriculum: http://www.todaysteacher.com/ThematicTeaching.htm

Arrow Vale High: http://www.arrowvale.worcs.sch.uk

This project is part of a Change School project supported by Creative Partnerships

www.creative-partnerships.com and Bright Space www.brightspace.org.uk