CHRIST CHURCH - CREATIVITY

CREATIVITY @ CHRIST CHURCH CE PRIMARY, B' HEAD.

Creativity has always been part of the curriculum at our school. It is embedded within every subject we teach and doesn't only come from the staff but from our pupils.

What is Creativity?

Being creative involves 'doing' something. People are not creative in the abstract; they are creative in something - in mathematics, in engineering, in writing, in music, in business, in whatever. You could not be creative unless you were actually doing something. In this respect, creativity is different from imagination.

Creativity also suggests originality: that the results are new. But how new? Do we have to come up with something that has never been thought of before? Common sense suggests not: that the creative outcome can be original on different levels:

1. to the person involved - person originality;

2. for a particular community - social originality;

3. for humanity as a whole - historic originality.

The towering figures of science, the arts, technology and the rest produced works of historic originality. TEACHERS don't expect that of young children. We encourage work that is original for the children themselves. Some children are capable of creating historic originality - think of Mozart and other prodigies.

Being creative also implies that someone has produced something valuable & worthwhile, which is the hope for all that our pupils do!

Definition:

Creativity - imaginative processes with outcomes that are original and of value.

Reference: 'Out of Our Minds- Learning to be Creative' by Ken Robinson.

Year 5 have designed and made moving toys. They went through a design process to come up with their final design and then worked within groups to make the toy. They had to learn about cams of differing varieties to do it.

It was an INSET day to enhance creativity in Art, ICT, Religious Education and to use and experience the French language.

World Book Day 2004 - everyone at Christ Church had a 'booktastic time' when we celebrated with a fancy dress/night clothes day! Pupils could choose whether to come as a book character or in their nightwear - which represented bedtime stories.

On the left Mrs Leighton is dressed as Father Christmas from the book by Raymond Briggs. She read her favourite story about George and Sylvia in assembly.

Bible Explorers took place again this year, with our New & Old Testament guide Graham Derrig leading the way.

Year 5 will be visited the Old Testament during spring term and after Whit Year 6 will be travelling through the New Testament.

Year Two have been creative in Design & Technology. They have designed and made moving vehicles. From the photos you can see that they followed the design process. They use their annotated drawings to help make their vehicles.

The Year 5 unit included practising shaping and colouring various autoshapes from within Microsoft Word 2000.

We used 'The Snail' by Matisse as a stimulus for our focused task. The end products were excellent and very artistic. See for yourself...

Year 3 have analysed the designs of Clarice Cliff, a name synonymous with bold designs and bright colours splashed on to teapots, jugs and bowls. She was a designer that brightened up the Thirties with her sense of daring, style and fun! The pupils of year 3 have tried to brighten up the noughties with their own wonderful creations...

They have chosen three stories to use for the Talking Textiles unit of work. They are David & Goliath, George & the Dragon and the Giant Turnip. All three stories Yr5 have worked on in other subjects: R.E. and French. Keep logging on to see them develop.

Year 6 designed and made their shelters and were inspired by by the work they did in History on 'Britain since the 1930s'.

Some of the pupils adapted the design of the Anderson Shelter to fulfil their design & make criteria.