How will childrens language develop through oral storying, utilising creative media to represent their own experiences?
The Mead Infant School is a popular three-form entry school and is currently judged ‘outstanding’ by OfSTED. The school has approximately 360 children aged from 3–7 years old. A resource base is integrated within the school for deaf children, an increasing number of children from ethnic minority groups and a number of children with special educational needs. The school provides a warm and happy atmosphere for pupils who all share the motto ‘Proud to belong’. Mead Infant School is new to Creative Partnerships and is looking to develop the relationship between oral ‘storying’ and visual representation of children’s experiences through creative media. The project will focus upon and develop the following: • Increased self-confidence in children; • Improved speaking and listening skills; • Empathy with each other and other members of the school community; • Staff’s understanding of how creativity can improve children’s communication; • Children’s ability to communicate through art; • Relat
