Can an artist have a positive impact on a venue? Stourport library is a small typical local library located in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire close to the towns…

What are the benefits of art and science working together? ‘Talking to Jean made me realise that I went into science because of the visual pleasure. It made me realise…

Challenging behaviours This enquiry was formed with a group of participants from the Worcester Youth Development Centre, with Ali Scrannage as their designated Youth Worker, Laura Butland from University of…

How do we make meaningful contact? Artist Sheila Farrell worked with the Museum on the Move in Hollyfields Care Home in Kidderminster. Hollyfields specialises in dementia care. We arrived with…

What is a gallery? Artist/Curator/Gallerist Nathaniel Pitt’s Action Research Residency was a collaborative proposal with Teacher of Art, Jonathan Kelham at Bishop Perowne College. For the residency Nathaniel was based…

Experiencing conflict and fear This year’s research focused on a class of year 1 and 2 children, rather than reception or nursery groups. There were frequent questions about how the…

Creative collaborations An inspired initiative to bring together Kingsfield student mentors and their post-16 peers at Warmley Park has broken new ground in the 5x5x5=creativity research, both in terms of…

Coming to terms with expectations and experience learning: a conversation ‘We began with an enquiry around how Literacy can be supported during Explore Time. For me as an educator that…

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…