Over the summer term, Achieving Aspirations saw us working with 45 Year 9 students from the Hope Academy in Newton-Le-Willows. As part of the Academy’s wider programme with Achievement for All, we were asked to support the cohort in exploring the futures they wanted for themselves – and the skills and achievements they would need … Read More
Our work on the Titanic commemorations cemented brilliant relationships with Culture Liverpool and Liverpool City Council – so we were invited to propose some family-friendly arts workshops we could run as part of the Tall Ships Festival. These went so well that we were invited to come back again this year – for the three … Read More
Since late 2012, twenty six very different organisations have been running a range of exciting and innovative programmes promoting wellbeing across Liverpool through arts and culture. Those programmes, funded by Culture Liverpool and Liverpool Primary Care Trust as a keystone of the city’s Decade of Wellbeing, were celebrated at Thinking Back, Looking Forward, a major … Read More
Villages Housing had approached us with a view to getting the most out of some funding they had received to develop a board game, through which they could promote energy efficiency in the home to their residents. This was an area they had previously done quite a lot of work on and there already existed … Read More
After delivering an interactive whole-school INSET exploring the Davies Review of Enterprise Education and looking at enterprise skills, we worked closely with twelve teachers to investigate ways of incorporating enterprise across the curriculum. Following more in-depth examinations of “enterprise in action”, these Enterprise Ambassadors undertook small scale action research projects tracking the impacts on students … Read More
When I worked, many years ago, in industrial chemistry, I and my colleagues knew (absolutely knew) that we’d made a difference to people’s lives – because the detergent bars we designed proved better than the competition. When I changed career and became an actor specialising in comedy, I could be certain that I’d impacted on … Read More
We worked with GTP trainees to explore key aspects of the 14-19 reforms and their implications for teaching and learning. During a two day programme trainee teachers explored creative and innovative approaches to planning and delivering the diplomas. Trainee teachers worked individually, in pairs, in small groups and in large groups in being introduced to the following … Read More
We worked with 50 year 9 students from St Julie’s Catholic High School (who had all recently opted to study GCSE Business studies) on an interactive and fast paced workshop day exploring the advantages of enterprise in education. The sessions were inspired by the Davies Review of Enterprise Education- an independent review that explores the … Read More
As Creatives in conjunction with Liverpool John Moores University has been working with senior teachers from primary and secondary schools to explore how entrepreneurial characteristics can be nurtured throughout the school community in order to increase learner attainment. The event was a CPD opportunity for school leaders and teachers who engaged in a quality, interactive … Read More
We worked with 50 teachers and 500 children and young people across Liverpool schools to help paint a picture of what life was like aboard the Titanic. The programme involved exploring the physical and emotional world of the Titanic as part of the build up to Liverpool’s Giant spectacular weekend. Working with illustrator Kate Pankhurst, … Read More
We’re delighted to announce the launch of “Leadership – A Learning Journey” , a resource we’ve produced in collaboration with international arts consultant Gerri Moriarty for The New, a collaboration of five of the North West’s leading cultural organisations. Over two years, and funded by the Cultural Leadership Programme, these organisations, Chinese Arts Centre, Contact, … Read More
Beechwood Primary School has a fabulous suite of Macbooks and access to the iMovie editing application, so the Reception teacher at was keen to explore ways she and her class could take advantage of these facilities. as creatives suggested a number of ways that using the application could support teaching and learning: as a tool … Read More