Cragside Creativity
Cragside was delighted to be part of a national cohort of Creativity Collaboratives, testing a range of innovative practices in teaching for creativity.
Cragside became the associate lead school for the Northeast Creativity Collaborative in September 2022 and was appointed lead school in September 2023.
The 3-year project tested approaches to embedding teaching for creativity in all subjects in the curriculum including, science, technology and English alongside arts-based subjects.
Working alongside existing school structures, teachers and educators co-developed creative strategy and pedagogy, tested out approaches to teaching and learning, and evaluated their impact on pupils, schools and communities.
The launch of the network responded to one of the recommendations of the Durham Commission on Creativity in Education which sought to investigate the role of creativity in the education system and find ways to make creativity a bigger part of young people’s lives in education and beyond. Click on the link to read the report in full.
To find out more about creativity collaboratives and the work of the North East Creativity Collaborative, click on the links provided.
North East Creativity Collaborative
What is creativity?
Durham Commission Definitions:
Creativity: The capacity to imagine, conceive, express or make something that was not there before.
Creative Thinking: A process through which knowledge, intuition and skills are applied to imagine, express or make something novel or individual in its contexts. Creative thinking is present in all areas of life. It may appear spontaneous but it can be underpinned by perseverance, experimentation, critical thinking and collaboration.
Teaching for Creativity: Explicitly using pedagogies and practices that cultivate practices in young people.
Durham Commission on Creativity and Education
Creative Habits Model:
When seeking to introduce creativity into our classrooms, we look to the five Creative Habits of Mind:
Imagine If... Presents:
On the 15th November 2023, the schools in the North East Creativity Collaborative Network (NECCN), Creativity, Culture and Education together with Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums hosted Imagine If Presents..Teaching for Creativity, at the Great North Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne.