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TO MAKE ART IS TO CREATE, NOT REPLICATE.
IS YOUR SCHOOL MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXPRESSIVE ARTS AoLE?
Schools are required to develop pupils’ high level, creative thinking skills, deepen artistic understanding, cultivate a range of skills and inspire expression, while providing meaningful experiences with specialist practitioners.
Lack of experience, confidence and time can sometimes create challenges for teachers when making meaningful, authentic connections to the expressive arts. Creative lessons may result in learners replicating others’ art instead of creating their own art. Focus can fall on the end product instead of the process, where transferrable skills may be developed.
Expressive Arts Education (EAE) offers dance workshops that focus on developing learners’ creative and critical thinking skills, meeting the requirements of the Expressive Arts Area of Learning and Experience.
Pupils are guided through tasks and challenges as they explore their own physical expression through play. They are motivated to build skills in problem-solving, communication, and teamwork while growing in confidence and resilience.
Workshops are carried out by an industry professional, adapting and applying processes and devices used in the arts.
Workshop formats are adapted to meet the needs of each individual school. They can be tailored to support each school’s chosen topics, which will be the stimulus for creating our movement.
MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE DANCE WORKSHOP
Workshop formats are adapted to meet the needs of each individual school.
They can be tailored to support each school’s chosen topics, which will be the stimulus for creating our movement.
Workshops are crafted to meaningfully fit into pupils’ learning. We can create choreography using stories, poems, visuals or, music linking to your topics.
We can also explore themes such as diversity, community, celebrations or, individual, social or, cultural identity.
Ideas can be collaborative or provided by EAE.
Workshop durations and objectives are adjusted to suit each school’s preference.
EAE & THE CURRICULUM
EAE workshops allow schools to meet the needs of the Expressive Arts AoLE by providing experiences with a specialist practitioner engaging with creative processes. Learners will follow the same format as industry professionals to create their own art.
They have the opportunity to develop desired high-level skills by engaging with new information and ideas, exploring through play. Learners are supported to work collaboratively, taking on tasks and challenges in innovative and imaginative ways.
The practitioner guides learners so that they can be reflective artists, evaluating work and implementing changes.
Learners are encouraged to understand that their ideas and creations are valuable so that they can grow in confidence when sharing their art.
WORKSHOPS CRAFTED TO SUIT YOUR SCHOOL
Whitchurch Primary School booked a workshop day for their three Year 4 classes, focusing on Cynefin. We delivered three workshops, each one 1hour 30minutes.
In the sessions we used their chosen book and Welsh culture as our stimulus. Together we studied Celtic symbols, we completed challenges and played games to inspire our movement. In groups we applied choreographic devices to our movement, motivated by their story. Working collaborativiely we developed communication and creative thinking skills.
Pupils explored different ways of moving and supported each others expressions.
Lakeside Primary School booked a workshop day for their Year 1, 2 and 3 classes, celebrating Diwali.
Workshop times varied for different year groups.
Each session was differentiated to suit the needs of the year group but used the same stimulus, looking at the story of Rama & Sita, along with light and fireworks. We created movement inspired by the fight between good and evil, travelling across different landscapes and also looked at how we could create explosive movement as individuals and as groups. Pupils gained confidence in expressing themselves and overcame challenges working as a team. Through the performance they learnt to appreciate each others art and found value in their own creations.
