The Creative Tallis Action Research Group are meeting to discuss plans for the summer term.

1. Food for Thought
The Creative Tallis Action Research Group
Saturday, March 21, 2009

2. School of Creativity
• Students leading learning
• Using innovation and creative techniques, led by students and
staff, to change aspiration and motivation
• Engage in curriculum change
• Remodel the role of teachers as educators to support change
• Using coaching to support change in staff
• Learning from others and being able to apply this in whole school
professional development
• Using technology to introduce a different level of dynamism to
curriculum and communication
Saturday, March 21, 2009

3. Thoughts so far...
• Create an event or events in the summer
term led by students, staff and Creative
Agent
• Engage parents (and other stakeholders) in
thinking about creative learning
• Use the idea of a meal to structure the
event(s)
• “Food for Thought”
Saturday, March 21, 2009

4. Planning Day
Monday 30th March
Saturday, March 21, 2009

5. Aims
• See interactive exhibition “Liminal”
• Talk to curator and one of the artists
• Use meeting room to begin planning
“Food for Thought”
• Define scope of summer event(s) and
allocate roles and responsibilities
Saturday, March 21, 2009

6. Key Questions...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

7. • What do we hope to achieve?
• Who is our target audience?
• Do we need any outside school
help?
• What is the budget?
• How will we know if the event(s)
is/are successful?
Saturday, March 21, 2009

8. Arts Award
• Do we want to be accredited for the work
we do?
• Could we achieve an Arts Award?
• What is required?
• What help do we need?
Saturday, March 21, 2009

9. Some ideas...
• Organise a party, similar to the Living
Cinema event, where food, music and film
spark discussions about creative learning
• Curate a series of interventions in the
school building which question our
relationship to familiar spaces
• Create a digital orchestra and a day of
workshops for partner schools exploring
new music technologies
Saturday, March 21, 2009

10. Your thoughts?
• What would you like to do?
• How do you want to be involved?
• Bring your thoughts to our planning event
on 30th March so that we can begin to put
them into action!
Saturday, March 21, 2009