{"id":2699,"date":"2013-11-29T15:02:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T15:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2013-11-29T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T15:04:51","slug":"early-years-staff-starcatchers-creative-skills-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/2013\/11\/29\/early-years-staff-starcatchers-creative-skills-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Years staff, Starcatchers Creative Skills Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Starcatchers is a pioneering organisation that specialises in performances and creativity for babies, toddlers and young children under the age of five in Scotland. In addition to creative development and tours of performances for this age group, Starcatchers also delivers programmes of training for Early Years practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>From 2013-\u00ad\u201015, Starcatchers is delivering a new pilot programme of Creative Skills Training for Early Years practitioners in Scotland. Funded by the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland, this programme offers a range of training sessions from artists, including theoretical as well as practical sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Download the full detail here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/CreativityPortalAdmin\/uploads\/sites\/304\/2013\/11\/Starcatchers-Creative-Skills-National-Info.pdf\">Starcatchers Creative Skills National Info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The programme is for everyone working across the Early Years sector, including staff in nursery and family centre settings, health workers, childminders, and out-\u00ad\u2010of-\u00ad\u2010school and play workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If we are to encourage the next generation to be creative, flexible and confident, as practitioners we must first embody those principles ourselves. We need to be brave.\u2019 Rhona Matheson, Starcatchers Director<\/p>\n<p>The Training<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Skills training is designed to be practical, accessible and inspirational, and will enable practitioners to explore their own creative and artistic capabilities in a supportive environment before introducing new ideas and techniques into their own Early Years practice.<\/p>\n<p>Art forms explored will include drama, dance and movement, visual art, music, storytelling and puppetry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starcatchers is a pioneering organisation that specialises in performances and creativity for babies, toddlers and young children under the age of five in Scotland. In addition to creative development and tours of performances for this age group, Starcatchers also delivers programmes of training for Early Years practitioners. 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