Today’s workshop was about ‘creative partnerships’. The workshop focused on the importance of creative partnerships within education. Creating partnerships helps to enhance pupils learning experiences, support creativity across all curriculum areas and also develop our skills as educators.
An example of a creative partnership would be a specialist music teacher ie a violin teacher and a school. Having a specialist come to the school to offer lessons in instruments that may not usually be available offers opportunities to children to be able to explore their creativity in music.
The workshop also highlighted the importance of engaging with parents. Having parents involved in all aspects of a child’s learning can help them understand their child’s academic work and also their creative needs. Having sessions where parents can come in and partake in music lessons can help with children’s confidence and self-esteem.
Before today’s session I hadn’t know of all the outside agencies that are available for teachers to engage with. Julie and Zara were very informative of the resources available for us when we are out in schools.
