We aim to prepare our young learners for the 21st century and meet EU objectives by supporting them to develop: - an increased sense of initiative - an increased level of creativity - improved levels of skills for the 21st century classroom This project will meet these objectives and collaboratively explore innovative learning and teaching methodologies with a particular focus on the development of creative approaches which will indirectly impact on digital competences, literacy and numeracy and reducing the impact of poverty on attainment. By involving all stakeholders, whether teacher, pupil, parent or additional agencies, in the search to incorporate creativity and innovative programmes of learning we aim to improve the quality of teaching and learning across all participating schools and regions thus raising standards for all pupils irrespective of ability and socio-economic background. Young learners will be at the centre of this project giving them the opportunity to work with teachers and contributing to the success of the outputs. The project is in 3 Phases: 1 EXPLORE 2 DEVELOP 3 EMBED Each phase allows participating teachers will work collaboratively to investigate creative teaching methodology, embed creativity across the curriculum and, developing their own skills in creative learning, raising standards across all subjects but especially in literacy, numeracy and digital competences. We will explore curriculum areas and thematic learning to develop creative approaches. As part of our dissemination and sustainability plans we will prepare participating teachers to work collaboratively with others to embed creative learning across the curriculum in their own setting but also teachers from a wider group of schools, locally, nationally and internationally, parents, the wider community and additional agencies involved in school life. Developing creative approaches to learning in schools is increasingly being recognised as effective in preparing young learners for the 21st century workplace. We aim to empower all students, including those with behavioural or mental health problems by enhancing emotional wellbeing through the development of creative learning skills.
Creativity is widely accepted as being an important outcome of schooling. Yet there are many different views about what it is, how best it can be cultivated in young people and whether or how it should be assessed. And in many national curricula creativity is only implicitly acknowledged and seldom precisely defined. Through this project we wanted to support teachers to understand the concept of creativity in order to help them be more precise and confident in developing young people’s creativity; and to help learners better understand what it is to be creative (and to use this understanding to record evidence of their progress).
Our organisation applied for this project because our partnership wanted to work together to explore how schools can adopt creative approaches to teaching help learners develop skills needed to make them well-rounded, well-adjusted confident, resilient, ambitious, capable, ethical and informated global citizens ready to contribute to society and the world of work. Our partnership wanted to improve levels of skills for the 21st century classroom. We felt that these objectives would be met by collaboratively exploring innovative learning and teaching methodologies with a particular focus on the development of creative approaches which will indirectly impact on digital competences, literacy and numeracy and reducing the impact of poverty on attainment.