Creativity isn?t just a theoretical essential job skill of the future, it?s an essential job skill right now and research shows us that creativity in the curriculum isn?t just a desirable thing to have – it’s an indispensable human skill and a vital component in an increasingly technology-driven world. Dallington School takes us through its creative curriculum…
The late, great Ken Robinson famously asked, ?Do schools kill creativity"?. His view was that creativity now is as important in education as literacy and should be treated with the same status.
A truly creative curriculum is not an easy thing to build, and designing creative learning opportunities for children certainly takes a lot of time and attention to get right, but when they are thoughtfully planned, challenging and engaging, and you observe the key components of a successful creative curriculum, such as curricular-related trips, art, outdoor learning and performing arts, all very much in evidence as they are at Dallington, you know that we know what we are doing. Dallington School
We understand that learning should be made relevant to our children’s everyday lives; subjects are never taught in silos but are interconnected and interdependent through enquiry-based topic work. This helps to increase engagement, helps children to understand and enables them to retain content and knowledge for much longer.
Observation and reflection further enhance the advantages of this method of lear...