Artsmark Gold Success for The Drive Primary School in Felling
The Drive Primary School have recently been awarded Artsmark Gold Award for their creative and imaginative arts curriculum. Alison Orton from the school has written an article describing how they were able to achieve this success:
We achieved Artsmark Gold, following a full audit of our arts provision. We are keen to encourage enjoyment of the arts and aim to help children achieve their full potential in life, by showing them a wide range of careers in the arts available to them.
We have a number of visiting artists, dance troops, musicians e.t.c. who all contribute to widening the childrens’ experiences. We have had a Chinese artist into school, Lip Lee, who worked with the children to make Chinese dragons and lanterns. We have had a visit from an African dance company. They did an hour long performance for the whole school, then worked with groups of children. This culminated in the children performing an African dance at the end of the day. We also had an African musician who worked with children throughout school, creating drumming sequences. This also culminated in a performance by the children.
We have developed strong links with Heworth Comprehensive School amd have gained from their expertise in developing the childrens’ music and drama skills. The drama club have been given opportunities to work in the school and alongside specialist staff on their productions of Joseph and The Jungle Book. This has developed both the childrens’ skills and skills of the teachers in both schools involved.
We share and celebrate pupils’ achievements through productions, special assemblies e.t.c and as a consequence, children who may have had low self esteem become more confident in their own abilities. We always aim to ensure that all pupils are given access to a range of facilities, resources and equipment, so that they are able to experience the full arts curriculum.
Artsmark Gold Success for The Drive Primary School in Felling
The Drive Primary School have recently been awarded Artsmark Gold Award for their creative and imaginative arts curriculum. Alison Orton from the school has written an article describing how they were able to achieve this success:
We achieved Artsmark Gold, following a full audit of our arts provision. We are keen to encourage enjoyment of the arts and aim to help children achieve their full potential in life, by showing them a wide range of careers in the arts available to them.
We have a number of visiting artists, dance troops, musicians e.t.c. who all contribute to widening the childrens’ experiences. We have had a Chinese artist into school, Lip Lee, who worked with the children to make Chinese dragons and lanterns. We have had a visit from an African dance company. They did an hour long performance for the whole school, then worked with groups of children. This culminated in the children performing an African dance at the end of the day. We also had an African musician who worked with children throughout school, creating drumming sequences. This also culminated in a performance by the children.
We have developed strong links with Heworth Comprehensive School amd have gained from their expertise in developing the childrens’ music and drama skills. The drama club have been given opportunities to work in the school and alongside specialist staff on their productions of Joseph and The Jungle Book. This has developed both the childrens’ skills and skills of the teachers in both schools involved.
We share and celebrate pupils’ achievements through productions, special assemblies e.t.c and as a consequence, children who may have had low self esteem become more confident in their own abilities. We always aim to ensure that all pupils are given access to a range of facilities, resources and equipment, so that they are able to experience the full arts curriculum.
Posted by F.Kelly on July 18, 2007 11:47 AM
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