The transformative power of Creative Arts education
Holly Sullivan, Head of Creative and Expressive Arts at The Alice Smith School, Malaysia, looks at the link between the Creative Arts and developing a sense of belonging in an international school.
Music, learning and excellence
Martin Barraclough, Director of Music at Cranleigh, Abu Dhabi, thinks music should be placed at the centre of a modern curriculum. All else follows.
Collaborations of an Indigenous Elder with a School Music Teacher
Through their friendship and shared love of music Dr. Winston Wuttunee and Jordan Laidlaw feel that they have been able to contribute to the process of reconciliation in Canada.
With a little help from their friends
In a difficulty year, Anna Azarova reflects on how music has enabled students from the British International School Ukraine to communicate and work with peers from around the world.
Making imagination visible through the Visual Arts
Holly B.F. Warren reflects on how teachers and parents can collaborate to explore and celebrate the role of imagination in schools.
Diversity in music education
Tau Wey, Head of Keyboard Music at Sevenoaks School reflects on changes being made to music education and curriculum that gives voice to our diversity and difference.
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Holly B.F. Warren finds an allegory to visualise mistakes positively and encourages us as teachers to deviate, discover our mistakes and keep looking. What will we find?
A visual thought experiment
Teachers must be self-aware. Artist and teacher of art, Holly BF Warren, explores how we perceive and change ourselves by thinking about our shadows.
The journey begins . . .
Holly Warren describes her spirited journey as she shares Think Tank, (an innovative studio environment in which children learn to synthesise their learning experiences) with two other schools.
Maintaining identity during the Ukrainian diaspora
David Cole, Principal of the British International School Ukraine looks at how an online art project has kept the school community together during the country’s diaspora.