{"id":1193,"date":"2017-11-30T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T09:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativeschools.london\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:22:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:22:52","slug":"creative-pulse-of-east-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeschools.london\/creative-pulse-of-east-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the creative pulse of east London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were delighted to celebrate and champion creativity in east London schools for the second year running, as 140 cultural leaders, arts practitioners, cultural education experts, teachers, senior leaders, and\u00a0students came together for a day of shared inquiry, learning, conversation and connection at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stratford-circus.com\/event\/creative-schools-symposium-2017#data-sc-tabs-alt-index%3D%220%22=overview\">Stratford Circus Arts Centre<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uel.ac.uk\">University of East London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Bxmv0lIyK4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Participants\u00a0brought unique experiences and expertise from\u00a0over 70 east London organisations including primary and secondary schools, special schools, FE and HE organisations, arts venues, local authorities, music education hubs, and\u00a0strategic bodies.<\/p>\n<p>A game of &#8216;Meet and greet bingo&#8217; kicked off the\u00a0event and got participants mingling, chatting, laughing, sharing experiences, and even\u00a0practicing their drawing skills, which set the tone for a day of fun, creativity and discussion of how we can work together to ensure high quality arts experiences for all children and young people living and going to school in east London.<\/p>\n<p>An exciting programme of speakers,\u00a0practical workshops and discussions with arts,\u00a0education and funding experts\u00a0brought teachers and arts leaders together around a range of inspiring topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nowpressplay.co.uk\/\">now&gt;press&gt;play<\/a>\u00a0delivered a dynamic session in which participants donned a pair of #pinkheadphones to\u00a0explore<strong> igniting imaginations, inspiring writing, extending life experiences and developing discussion skills<\/strong>\u00a0in the classroom.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmhurstprimary.co.uk\/\">Elmhurst Primary School<\/a>\u00a0led a session sharing learning of\u00a0<strong>how the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsmark.org.uk\/\">Artsmark\u00a0<\/a>Statem<\/strong><strong>ent of Commitment has helped clarify opportunities to develop the arts<\/strong>\u00a0further at the school and grow the curriculum.<\/li>\n<li>Barking &amp; Dagenham Cultural Education Partnership, A New Direction, and East London Cultural Education Alliance shared insights\u00a0on <strong>models of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artscouncil.org.uk\/children-and-young-people\/working-partnership\">Cultural Education Partnership<\/a>s\u00a0in east London and beyond<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uel.ac.uk\/\">University of East London<\/a>&#8216;s Drama, Applied Theatre Department and Performance team\u00a0hosted\u00a0a session exploring their\u00a0experiences of developing\u00a0<strong>pathways and progression routes into further education and\u00a0the creative sector.\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeschools.london\/pathways-and-progression-routes\/\">Click here to read their blog about the session<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>London Legacy Development Corporation and UCL Culture led a discussion about the exciting plans\u00a0for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk\/the-park\/attractions\/cultural-and-education-district\">the Culture and Education District in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which includes Sadler\u2019s Wells, the V&amp;A, UCL and UAL alongside Here East and Loughborough University.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandevelopment.co.uk\/\">Urban Development<\/a>\u00a0shared insights into\u00a0<strong>how the urban music industry can be used to increase student engagement and inspire learning<\/strong>\u00a0within different learning contexts.<\/li>\n<li>Education expert\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/everychildshould.uk\/creative-schools-symposium\/\">Anita Kerwin-Nye\u00a0<\/a>took\u00a0teachers\u00a0and cultural practitioners on a whistle-stop tour of school structures and current education influences combined with practical solutions to\u00a0<strong>co-producing projects and funding applications together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/oeRpBSLM5Mrcd?domain=everychildshould.uk\">Click here to read her blog and access a template for building a case for support<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A panel of youth leadership experts and young people including Sound Connections, Fran Gkotsi, Sarah Bonnell School, Barbican, Croydon Youth Arts Collective, and UEL students explored effective and\u00a0<strong>authentic youth leadership approaches<\/strong>\u00a0and the impact it can have &#8211;\u00a0including an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepictaram.club\/share\/BbtnNelHfyz\">inspiring performance by Mia Cunningham<\/a>,\u00a0who became the first young person\u2019s poet laureate at age 14.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speakers included Tania Wilmer, Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/stratford-circus.com\">Stratford Circus Arts Centre<\/a>, and Sean Gregory, Director of Learning and Engagement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/our-story\/our-programme\/creative-learning\">Barbican \/ Guildhall School of Music &amp;\u00a0Drama<\/a>, with facilitation from Richard Watts, Director of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peoplemakeitwork.com\">People Make it Work<\/a>.\u00a0 In between sessions, participants were serenaded by the Y5 class from Gallions Primary School, and had a chance to see some of the incredible artworks created through Creative Schools projects, including the mesmerizing bell jar creatures made by Canonbury Primary students working with <a href=\"http:\/\/movingimage.art\/\">SDNA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The day concluded with &#8216;True Stories from Classroom&#8217;,\u00a0hosted by popular storytelling podcast <a href=\"http:\/\/stories.co.uk\">Spark London<\/a>.\u00a0 The session encouraged teachers\u00a0and arts practitioners to\u00a0get inspired and share tales and tips\u00a0for delivering arts activities to children and young people in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>It was inspiring to see so many organisations come\u00a0together to learn, share and strengthen commitment and access to creative opportunities for young people in east London &#8211; and we look forward to seeing the ideas, projects and conversations continue from all the new connections that were made.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some of our favourite comments, 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