Creative Spark 7

S2 Ep5 What if we empower children through creative writing?

What sparked your curiosity in this episode? Please send a text or voice note here... [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/fan_mail/new] Karen Greaves is a children’s writer, tutor and workshop leader. She has worked as a tour guide, classroom practitioner and literacy intervention teacher. Her writing career has included a range of well-received stories and playscripts commissioned by the BBC, Channel 4, and Granada TV. Karen is a great believer that reading for pleasure empowers children to find the voice inside themselves and her workshops are aimed to develop writing skills, 'out-of-the-box' thinking, and an ability to understand the 'power' of writing. Her books focus on stimulating imagination and creative thinking and in this episode we explore why creative expression through writing is important in our schools. Links from the episode:  Trailer for 'What If...?' https://youtu.be/AQaEKDsKdw0 [ https://youtu.be/AQaEKDsKdw0] https://www.kdgreaves.com/ [https://www.kdgreaves.com/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/support] Subscribe today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new] Thanks to Chloe Clayton - @clomyster [https://www.instagram.com/clomyster?igsh=MW81ampjbnZtN2pneA==] on Instagram for creating the music for this podcast.  Please remember to follow so that you stay up to date with monthly episodes from 'Creative Minds; Shaping the Future'. You can also find me on various social media platforms, click here for signposts: https://flow.page/t5jnq-1668599555434

Creative Spark 9

What sparked your curiosity in this episode? Please send a text or voice note here... [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/fan_mail/new] Where in the world are listeners located? Listen to this micro episode to find out! Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/support] Subscribe today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new] Thanks to Chloe Clayton - @clomyster [https://www.instagram.com/clomyster?igsh=MW81ampjbnZtN2pneA==] on Instagram for creating the music for this podcast.  Please remember to follow so that you stay up to date with monthly episodes from 'Creative Minds; Shaping the Future'. You can also find me on various social media platforms, click here for signposts: https://flow.page/t5jnq-1668599555434

S2 Ep4 Must a shared language always be spoken?

What sparked your curiosity in this episode? Please send a text or voice note here... [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/fan_mail/new] Claire Sundin has worked as a professional actor across the UK, in the West End and New York. She is the Artistic Director of Embracing Arts, making high quality theatre experiences interactive & accessible to all. Embracing Arts is a theatre company dedicated to creating work for children with special educational needs and/or life limiting conditions. Interactive, multi-sensory shows, parties and workshops are tailored to the unique needs of each audience and they use storytelling, song, music and puppetry to entertain, engage and educate. They are delivered by a team of experienced professional actors, supported by fantastic puppets! Their shows are designed for children who are often excluded from experiencing and enjoying the arts due to barriers they face through disability. Claire joins me today to share her views on my creative expression is important especially for individuals with Complex and Multiple Learning Difficulties. Useful links: https://www.embracingarts.org.uk/ [https://www.embracingarts.org.uk/] Instagram: @artsembracing: https://www.instagram.com/artsembracing/ [https://www.instagram.com/artsembracing/] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsEmbracing/ [https://www.facebook.com/ArtsEmbracing/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/support] Subscribe today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new] Thanks to Chloe Clayton - @clomyster [https://www.instagram.com/clomyster?igsh=MW81ampjbnZtN2pneA==] on Instagram for creating the music for this podcast.  Please remember to follow so that you stay up to date with monthly episodes from 'Creative Minds; Shaping the Future'. You can also find me on various social media platforms, click here for signposts: https://flow.page/t5jnq-1668599555434

Creative Spark 8

What sparked your curiosity in this episode? Please send a text or voice note here... [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/fan_mail/new] https://www.routledge.com/A-Creative-Primary-Curriculum-for-All/Palastanga/p/book/9780367470722 [https://www.routledge.com/A-Creative-Primary-Curriculum-for-All/Palastanga/p/book/9780367470722] The curriculum in many primary schools, in recent history, became worryingly narrowed such that children were being prepared for tests more than their lives were being enriched with a variety of knowledge, skills and experiences. It is clear that it is the latter that enables them to perform well in tests and in life, so the time for change is now! This book seeks to empower teachers and school leaders to better understand what is meant by 'curriculum' and what a creative educational diet might look like in each individual school. The book explores curriculum intent, implementation and impact. It includes leaders' reflection boxes and practical suggestions for busy teachers. Emma L. Palastanga analyses the need for a broad and balanced curriculum, against the limitations of cramming for success, and delves deep into the process of curriculum planning, delivery and evaluation, using Ofsted’s terminology. Examples of lessons and a range of different approaches are shared throughout the book. A Creative Primary Curriculum for All will give all subject leaders, classroom teachers and teacher trainees the confidence to provide a rich, exciting and varied curriculum, meeting the needs of learners whilst also letting the craft of teaching and individual inspiration shine. https://www.routledge.com/A-Creative-Primary-Curriculum-for-All/Palastanga/p/book/9780367470722 [https://www.routledge.com/A-Creative-Primary-Curriculum-for-All/Palastanga/p/book/9780367470722] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/support] Subscribe today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new] Thanks to Chloe Clayton - @clomyster [https://www.instagram.com/clomyster?igsh=MW81ampjbnZtN2pneA==] on Instagram for creating the music for this podcast.  Please remember to follow so that you stay up to date with monthly episodes from 'Creative Minds; Shaping the Future'. You can also find me on various social media platforms, click here for signposts: https://flow.page/t5jnq-1668599555434

S2 Ep3 Take the lid off children's thinking!

What sparked your curiosity in this episode? Please send a text or voice note here... [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/fan_mail/new] Paula Briggs is the author of 'Drawing Projects for Children' and 'Make, Build, Create: Sculpture Projects for Children'. She is a determined advocate for the importance of art, and art education, in all our lives. She studied sculpture at Norwich School of Art and later at the Royal College of Art. Paula is the CEO and creative Director of AccessArt, which she formed with her colleague Sheila Ceccarelli and it is now a self sustaining arts organization (a Charity, Limited Company and Subject Association) which in 2024 celebrated 25 years of existence. The aim of the charity is to inspire & enable high quality visual arts teaching, learning & practice. It is now the leading provider of digital visual arts resources in the UK, providing inspiration and ideas to the whole community. Over 18,000 artists, teachers and facilitators use the resources and actively contribute ideas, a creative community, simultaneously the chicken and the egg! The resources support teachers to plan art lessons and provide ideas, inspiration and guidance, inspire and develop practice for artists working in education, facilitators and education officers in a range of settings as well as for individual artists practice.The values which describe the way AccessArt endeavors to exist, also describe how creativity might be allowed to flourish in the world, including the way we enable creativity in ourselves and those around us. It is those values and the importance of the visual arts that we discuss in this month's episode. Useful links: https://www.accessart.org.uk [https://www.accessart.org.uk/teachers-of-ages-4-to-11-2/] https://www.accessart.org.uk/teachers/ [https://www.accessart.org.uk/teachers/] https://www.accessart.org.uk/primary-art-curriculum/ [https://www.accessart.org.uk/primary-art-curriculum/] https://www.instagram.com/thethingsweholdinourhands/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/thethingsweholdinourhands/?hl=en] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/support] Subscribe today: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2140148/supporters/new] Thanks to Chloe Clayton - @clomyster [https://www.instagram.com/clomyster?igsh=MW81ampjbnZtN2pneA==] on Instagram for creating the music for this podcast.  Please remember to follow so that you stay up to date with monthly episodes from 'Creative Minds; Shaping the Future'. You can also find me on various social media platforms, click here for signposts: https://flow.page/t5jnq-1668599555434