The question we set out to answer at the start of this project was how can empowering teachers to develop creative pedagogies, facilitate the environment in which learners are enabled to flourish and fulfil their creative potential?
Over the course of the three years we investigated the experiences and perceptions of learners, teachers and creative practitioners to answer that very question.
Our Collaborative was made up of nine primary schools and they all collaborated with local organisations such as the Open Theatre and Stan’s Cafe. Creative practitioners from these organisations visited the schools weekly for one, two or three terms. Typically, Open Theatre practitioners worked with small groups of learners in non-verbal physical theatre sessions every week throughout the school year. Stan’s Cafe worked with the schools on shorter term projects, addressing needs identified by teachers such as getting to know the local area or improving their learners’ imaginations.