Annesley Primary and Nursery School seeks artist/wordsmith
Wanted! Practitioners with a passion for words and/or visual arts to work with Annesley Primary and Nursery School and Creative Partnerships Bolsover, Ashfield & Mansfield
Context:
Annesley Primary and Nursery School are working with Creative Partnerships, BAM to immerse
the school community in creativity, to generate a vibrant environment leading to improving
standards and raised aspirations for life. Our Creative Forum, involving the whole school
community, is helping to develop our creative curriculum.
Staff and pupils at Annesley Primary School have identified a desire to work with inspirational
practitioners, to contribute to their development of cross-curricular approaches to literacy.
Currently girls are more successful and enthusiastic writers than boys and we want the boys
to enjoy and succeed in their writing.
Brief
Our enquiry for this year will focus on exploring creative thinking skills to enable our
children to engage more and raise standards in literacy.
“Do you think that writing is underused as a tool for thinking in schools?” Steve Williams,
Teaching Thinking and Creativity, 2008.
We are committed to children being at the heart of all work in school and are developing
structures and roles to develop them as active learners. Based on the ideas, needs and comments
from the children we are looking for enthusiastic practitioners to work in a team to develop
literacy through exploring visual and written experiences. Illustration has been identified by
staff and children as a skill that would enable them to creatively imagine, visualise and record
ideas.
“Drawing is a gift for education, so why isn’t it better used?”Julian Spalding for the Big
Draw, 2008.
The team will comprise of practitioners working in visual arts and writing.
Person Specification-essential requirements:
• The ability to engage and motivate staff and children and to develop their skills and
confidence.
• The ability to plan and work in a team
• An innovative approach
• Ability to inspire and motivate children to write.
• Public liability insurance.
• Enhanced CRB check within the last 2 years
Desirable
• Experience of working in primary schools with teachers and children (3-11 years)
• To demonstrate a passion for words.
• To demonstrate a passion for visual expression.
Timetable:
Project to run November 2008 to June 2009.
Fee:
A fee of £4,000 is offered to each practitioner to include planning, delivery and evaluation
of the project.
How to Apply:
Please email your CV and supporting statement outlining your interest in the project and
explaining what you could
bring to the school by email to:
head@annesley.notts.sch.uk
The Head, Paul Nolan
Annesley Primary and Nursery School
Forest Road,
Annesley Woodhouse,
Nottinghamshire.
NG17 9BW
Tel: 01623-468806
Closing date for applications: Thursday 9th October, 2008 (5pm)
Interviews will be held at Annesley Primary School on: Wednesday 22nd October, 2008.
