Resource – Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders – The New

1st Mar 2012News

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

Case Study: Making the Most of the Technology in Your School …

6th Jan 2012Case Studies

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

Resources – FACE Facts Campaign

6th Jan 2012Case Studies, Free Teaching Resources, School Workshops

Based at the University of Liverpool, Moving On With Life and Learning (MOWLL for short) support adults with learning difficulties become self advocates through innovative and person-centred development programmes. The organisation has recently launched its FACE Facts campaign, aimed at stopping hate crime – with a particular focus on hate crime committed against people with … Read More

Arts Awards – Celebrating Art at Haydock Sports College

13th Sep 2011School Workshops

Haydock’s students are justifiably proud of their prowess at sport – but they’ve proved they’re equally adept at the arts! After working with us last year to challenge their aspirations, a group of Year 10s went on to gain the experiences and skills they needed for the bronze level Arts Award. The emphasis from the … Read More

Growing Aspirations – Working with a Whole Community

13th Sep 2011Case Studies

Children, parents and staff from two secondaries and seven primaries – not to mention a whole host of local organisations – worked with as creatives when we were asked by Knowsley Council to design, deliver and record an innovative community engagement programme related to the first of their flagship Centres for Learning – Christ the … Read More

Case Study: Building a New Kind of School

13th Sep 2011Case Studies

With Gatecacre’s move to a new school not much more than twelve months away, the school’s Senior Leadership Team were keen to engage staff in exploring the exciting opportunities the new build would offer for working in different ways with both space and time. This is where as creatives came in – commissioned to research, … Read More

Case Study: IAG Ambassadors – Raising Aspirations at Newton High

13th Sep 2011Case Studies

Our third year supporting Newton High School saw us developing IAG Ambassadors, a programme in which a cohort of Year 9 students and their teachers worked together to explore the worlds of imagination, advice and guidance. After challenging their own aspirations, looking beyond the expected, the students considered what they would need to do to … Read More