Tolworth Infant School
Freedom to explore We began our research project with the whole class at the local theatre in Tolworth - The Corner House Theatre. This set the tone of the project…
Freedom to explore We began our research project with the whole class at the local theatre in Tolworth - The Corner House Theatre. This set the tone of the project…
Translating enjoyment of experience to ownership and learning Our research focused on exploring the American Museum woodlands with a mixed group of primary aged Learning Disabled children. Physicality was integral…
There is gold around here somewhere! The educator and artists (one Forest School trained) worked with twelve Year 2 children. They used the valley adjacent to the school, there being…
Where do stories come from? The initial provocation for our project was an exhibition at the Arnolfini of work by the artist Otto Zitko. His paintings consist of large scale…
What impact can creative outdoor learning have on the development of social and emotional skills, and the capacity for sustained, shared thinking? In this second consecutive year of working with…
How can children under three learn about food and eating? Our 5x5x5=creativity research is now in its fourth year and our creative food project continues to flourish. By comparison, our…
How can drama act as a catalyst to free up children’s creativity? Our project involved three different groups of 20 Year 5 students working with a drama specialist and a…
How can we use creativity to tackle underachievement in primary mathematics? This project spanned three schools (Colerne Primary, St Saviour’s Infants, Twerton Infants); in each case, the aim was to…
Exploring Green Spaces Our initial starting point was to visit local green spaces. The children’s interest in the microcosmic elements of these walks was complemented by the adults’ wider view…
How can we work together? Exploring learning through collaboration The focus of our research was to explore ways in which children, parents, educators and artist can work together in a…
Guns and wands Now in our fifth year of working with 5x5x5=creativity at Footprints Children’s Centre, at the start of this year’s research we observed that the boys and the…
Supporting Children as Story Makers We began the project by using music as an initial provocation. We cleared the classroom so that the children were free to move and offered…
Andrew Amondson is an American born artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. His work explores the Nature of responsibility and filling familiar forms with new meaning. Andrew often collaborates with…
James’ practice researches the role that art can play, in enabling experiences of connection between self and place, in a time of climate/ecological crisis. His artwork is multi-disciplinary, comprising of…
Kennedy Chinyere and Denise Rowe are experienced creative practitioners and founders of the Trees of Hope eco-educational project. Kennedy is a musician, artist and craftsman who grew up playing traditional…
Having worked in a variety of areas of art: cartoonist for punk fanzines, stage scenery painter, architectural illustrator & art technician. I currently balance being a school caretaker & creating…
Clare Day studied ceramics, and is an artist who works mainly in clay and print. She has a background of working in galleries in London and Bath, but her current…
I just really like the sentiments expressed in the picture although visually it isn’t striking. It just embodies what I observed; through the creative learning process the children ‘grew’ and…
Being an artist Jamie was able to find a vehicle for expressing his fascinations in boats and ships, spending an intense amount of time drawing, researching and transforming his smaller…
When learning flows... At Saint Andrew’s Primary School we have been trying to catch and bottle “glow moments”. Teachers have chosen these 25 images identifying the following qualities: co-operation, children…
My Stomach Catherine asked us to close our eyes to imagine a journey through our body. A clear, vivid image appeared and it was my stomach! - not a scientific…