11.30 Conference Workshops

SHARING THE LEARNING - BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE NETWORK 2006-2009 STAND UP FOR SHAKESPEARE EVALUATION REPORT

Rob Elkington, Head of School Partnerships, Royal Shakespeare Company

This workshop will share the findings of research into the change processes of the Learning and Performance Network (LPN) project which brings groups of schools into a three year relationship with the RSC to develop active approaches to the teaching, learning and performance of Shakespeare with the aim of impacting on a wider school and community culture. Drawing on research by The University of Warwick we will share findings on the impact of teachers developing pedagogical and research skills, the way that learning can be cascaded through networks and the potential for a national cultural institution like the RSC to play a leading role in encouraging school change.

PROGRESSION AND ASSESSMENT

Chenderit School, Northamptonshire

As we develop our Creative Learning practice we have evidence of its impact on achievement, behaviour and skills. How do we develop a coherent and consistent way of measuring progress in the acquisition and development of skills? How can we use creative techniques to measure and evidence progress? How can we relate such evidence to the curriculum and inspection regime?

REFLECT LAB – INTRODUCTION TO REFLECT LAB CROSS SECTOR CO-MENTORING

Wendy Smith, Head of Professional Learning, The Sage Gateshead

This workshop will share the findings of the REFLECT pilot commissioned by Creative Partnerships and delivered by The Sage Gateshead, which ran from November 2006 - July 2008. It will give an overview of the current REFLECT Lab programme developed by The Sage Gateshead and CCE. The participants will gain insights into the co-mentoring process as well as participating in discussions about the impacts and value of co-mentoring for teachers, creative practitioners and young people.

PROGRESSION AND ASSESSMENT

Damers First School, Dorset

As we develop our Creative Learning practice we have evidence of its impact on achievement, behaviour and skills. How do we develop a coherent and consistent way of measuring progress in the acquisition and development of skills? How can we use creative techniques to measure and evidence progress? How can we relate such evidence to the curriculum and inspection regime?

HISTORY OF ARTS AND CULTURAL POLICY: 'LEARNING IN' AND 'LEARNING THROUGH' THE ARTS

Professor Mike Fleming, Professor of Education, Director of Postgraduate Division, School of Education, Durham

HOW CAN THE BABIES SHAPE THE PROJECT? LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF THE VERY YOUNG

McMillan Nursery School, Kingston upon Hull

In this workshop McMillan Nursery School will pose and share their experience of a series of questions: how effective are methods of hearing young voices? What are the dangers of only listening to what can be easily heard? The workshop will examine the ‘100 Languages’ of children and how we can try to understand them. They will also look at whether we can use methods which work with younger children to enfranchise older children who may not be able to participate in traditional consultation methods. McMillan Nursery School will share some case studies of the use of observation and documentation of young children's learning in shaping the curriculum and learning environment.

DIFFICULT DIALOGUE

Accrington Academy, Lancashire

This workshop will look at how staff and students at Accrington Academy have engaged with and used the Prevent project to tackle difficult community questions. The workshop will also explore how these questions have been taken by students into the community. Accrington Academy will provide a practical insight into the Prevent materials and give suggestions for starting the process in your own school. The school will also distribute their free resource pack to all delegates at the workshop.

PERSISTENCE OF VISION - EXPLORING TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR POETRY & ANIMATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Cary Bazalgette, Freelance writer, researcher and consultant specialising in Media Education; Project Manager of ‘Persistence of Vision’

Persistence of Vision is a Media Education Association project funded by CCE, the UK Film Council and the three rural local authorities – Norfolk, Devon and Worcestershire – which have each committed a focus school to the project. POV’s main aim is to establish much-needed benchmarks for learning about animated films and filmmaking in the primary school. It will establish guidelines for best practice in ‘entry level’ work, demonstrate the key factors that foster learning progression, and establish standards by which the quality of children’s creative work can be evaluated. POV aims to do this, not by teaching about animation on its own, but by linking it to film viewing and analysis, and by embedding it in work on poetry.

WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT OUR FAMILIES?

Allens Croft Primary School, Birmingham

Allens Croft Primary is a school at the heart of the community. This workshop will share both their challenges and successful strategies in engaging families and the community in learning. They will share the findings of their most recent work with families, where the children have been researching the ‘funds of knowledge’ within the local community. This session will also explore why we need to know our families better and how this can impact on community cohesion and learning.

HOW TO EMBRACE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND USE IT TO EMPOWER AND INSPIRE

Ewan McIntosh

Society as a whole is trying to provide more voice to citizens, yet young people aren't always the first that come to mind in these open data, citizen-empowerment initiatives. He wants to explore how existing technology does, in theory at least, empower us all to have an amplified voice, and look at the skills we all need to cope with the technological change around the corner as well as the responsibilities that come with that.

WHAT ARE OUR ASPIRATIONS FOR PUPIL VOICE AND WHAT ACTIONS MIGHT HELP US REALISE THEM?

The Mighty Creatives

This workshop has been organised by Creative Partnerships Area Delivery Organisation The Mighty Creatives. The content of this interactive session will be devised and facilitated by young people from Creative Partnerships schools in the East Midlands. The objective of the workshop is that by the end delegates will have identified a specific enquiry question for their school/setting and some actions which begin to address their question. The young people will lead participants in practical skills-sharing activities that explore how their Creative Partnerships projects have enabled them to investigate specific aspects of young people’s voice. The intention of this workshop is to move beyond presenting examples of practice and reporting on what happened to transferring learning and active reflection.

RUNNING TO CATCH UP

Prudhoe Community High School, Northumberland

The young people we teach have grown up in a transformed world. Has the way we teach kept pace with this? How do we re-constitute our pedagogy now that young people are the experts? In this workshop Prudhoe Community High School will share their responses to these questions, and would also like to hear yours. There will be an opportunity to try out some of the technologies the school has been experimenting with. Please bring your mobile phone.

STUDENT VOICE: LEARNING, LEADING AND PARTICIPATING

The Green School, Isleworth

This workshop will introduce the importance of student voice in enhancing the learning at The Green School. The school will demonstrate the responsibilities of their student council as well as the role student leaders play as Creative Leaders in the school and in organising events such as the Creative Olympics. This practical workshop will also reflect on student voice in participants’ schools, visualising and planning how to facilitate student voice in their setting.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE E-LEARNING

Trinity Church of England Primary School, Wolverhampton

Trinity Church of England Primary School has been a leading school for e-learning across Wolverhampton Local Authority since 2004. This workshop will take you through the development of creative e-learning at Trinity, give you the opportunity to try out some of their project ideas with pupils, staff and practitioners and explain how creative e-learning has impacted upon standards at Trinity.