Creative Partnerships Norfolk

Creative Partnerships is the government's flagship programme for schools and young people. It unlocks the creativity of learners and educators and develops approaches to teaching all aspects of the curriculum. It asks questions about what and how children need to learn, both to prepare themselves for adult life and to experience childhood in an exciting, empowering way.

Creative Partnerships has four principles:

Question: We challenge and relish being challenged, experimenting to find unexpected solutions

Connect: We encourage a brave approach to collaboration and are relentlessly partnership spirited

Imagine: We believe that the development of the individual imagination is a fundamental human right

Reflect: We invest energy to ensure that learning never stops, so that creative experiences result in change with lasting, sustainable impact

Nationally Creative Partnerships supports thousands of innovative, long-term partnerships between schools and creative professionals, from architects to scientists, multi-media developers to artists. These professionals inspire schools to deliver the curriculum through innovative teaching techniques, encouraging young people to challenge themselves in new ways, gain confidence and take an active role in their learning. Young people develop the skills they need to perform well not only in exams and extra-curricular activities, but also in the workplace and society. Working with Creative Partnerships, schools use creativity to solve problems and see real improvements in pupil behaviour and school performance.

www.creative-partnerships.com

Creative Partnerships Norfolk is delivered by the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, and working closely with Norfolk County Council Children Services.

For the past three years Norfolk and Norwich Festival has successfully delivered Creative Partnerships. We currently work with 45 schools in Norfolk, 30 Enquiry Schools and 15 Change Schools. For 2009/2010 we are expanding the programme to include 49 schools in total: 32 enquiry and 17 change schools.

Creative Learning Assistant - Jade Trendall

jade@nnfestival.org.uk 01603 878285

Creative Learning Project Officer - Louise Dennison

louise@nnfestival.org.uk 01603 877765

Creative Learning Project Officer - Hannah Walker

hannah@nnfestival.org.uk 01603 877760

Head of Creative Learning - Christina Birt

christina@nnfestival.org.uk 01603 877759

Creative Agents

An inspirational team of creative agents work in close partnership with school leaders and Creative Partnerships, to develop their schools vision for long term sustainable change through creative learning. They are drawn from a diverse range of educational and industry sectors.They are: Nicky Adamson, David Farmer, Patricia Hall, Nathan Hamilton, Jenny Holland, Kevin Hunn, Gemma Shamim Khawaja, Jan Legge, David Lloyd and Joel Stickley.  

 Nicky Adamson

 David Farmer

 Jenny Holland

 Kevin Hunn

 Gemma Shamin Khawaja

 David Lloyd

 Joel Stickley

Creative agents – essential for the delivery of our programme

• Works with school to identify school focus, line of enquiry, school vision
• Critical friend to the school
• Facilitates partnerships with practitioners
• Assists with project planning, delivering & evaluation
• An ambassador for the school and advocate of creative learning

For further information on creative partnerships www.creative-partnerships.com

Applications for 2009 / 2010 have now closed.

The application process for the Creative Partnership programme 2010 / 2011 will commence Autumn term 2009.

What happens if your school is successful?
Change school applicants may be asked to come in for an interview, these will be held on 16^th and 17^th June 2009.
Successful Change and Enquiry schools will be announced 23^rd June 2009.  

If you are successful your school will be required to attend an induction event.

This will act as an introduction to the Creative Partnerships Programme for your School coordinator and Head-teacher and enable you to meet our Creative Agents and other schools on the programme. This will also provide a professional development opportunity for your staff.  

Induction for Change Schools requires a 2 day commitment from your staff. 

Induction dates are 6^th and 7^th July 2009.

Induction dates for Enquiry Schools are 28th, 29th, 30th September and 1st October 2009.

List of current Creative Partnerships schools 2008/2009 programme

Change

Elm Road Centre PRU, Burnham Market Primary, Catton Grove Primary, Duchy of Lancaster CE VA Primary, Sheringham Woodfields, North Walsham Junior, Tuckswood Community Primary, Flegg High, North Denes Primary, Chapel Break Infants, Lynn Grove VA High, Alderman Peel High, Woodlands Primary, Thompson Primary, Hewitt High School.

Enquiry

Acle St Edmund CoE VC Primary, Fakenham Junior, Fakenham High school and College, Fred Nicholson school, Corpusty Primary, Kings Park Infants, Manor Field Infant and Nursery, Frettenham Primary Partnership, Hainford Primary Partnership, South Wootton First, Spixworth Infants, Great Hockham Primary, Weeting VC Primary, North Walsham Infants and Nursery, Millfield Primary, Swanton Abbott Community Primary, Antingham and Southrepps Community Primary, Mile Cross Community Primary, Bignold Primary, Cecil Gowing Infants, Surlingham Community Primary, Douglas Bader Centre PRU, Larkman Primary, Lodge Lane Infants, Srowston Community High, Sparhawk Infant and Nursery, Mundesley Infants, Mundesley Junior, Garboldisham CE VC Primary, Bure Valley Primary