Drama Practitioner required for Brighton and Hove Enquiry School

£200 a day

Closing date: 22 Feb 2010

Middle Street Primary School is a one form community school, situated in the centre of Brighton, with a flourishing arts curriculum. We are a popular and thriving school, consistently oversubscribed, which parents choose because of the caring, friendly and highly creative atmosphere, excellent teaching, inclusive ethos and high levels of attainment. The pupils come from a diversity of social, economic and cultural backgrounds, with relatively high levels of economic deprivation, together with children from more economically prosperous families.

We are looking for a Drama Practitioner to work with Years 4 and 6 (ages 7 - 11) in partnership with teachers to develop creative approaches that will help us to investigate the following enquiry focus:

‘To what extent can ‘The Mantle of the Expert’ embedded within Learning Journeys, be used to develop children's talk, broaden their collaborative and communication skills and deepen their learning?’

We began to explore Mantle of the Expert independently of Creative Partnerships last year with Key Stage 1 and are looking to further develop this concept across Key Stage 2. We are particularly interested in embedding numeracy at the core of this creative learning journey. Expertise in Mantle of the Expert will be essential, as will an ability to translate skills and knowledge in a child friendly manner.

We are looking for our Creative Partner to work directly in our school for at least 10 days and up to 15 days. We are keen for our practitioner to be involved in all planning towards the end of the spring term with a view to starting the project after Easter.
Daily fee: £200 including travel and expenses. There will be a separate budget for materials.

How to apply:
We welcome applications from individuals or organisations working within this field. Please send expressions of interest in the form of a CV and a covering letter responding to what interests you about the project, how your personality and experience relates to it and the particular skills and experience you would bring, to:

Adam Joolia, Creative Agent
adamjoolia@hotmail.co.uk
or email for a forwarding address if you would like to post your application.

For further information about the project please contact Adam Joolia on adamjoolia@hotmail.co.uk or 07769 685105

Key Dates:
Deadline for applications: 5pm on 22nd February 2010
Interviews: Friday 5th March 2010
Notification of result: Friday 5th March 2010
You must be available on Wednesday 10th March to attend a Creative Partnerships Partnership Day in Brighton.

Middle Street Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful practitioner will need to undergo an enhanced CRB disclosure

All applications received will be acknowledged. Should you not receive an acknowledgement following your submission please contact us to ensure we have received it. We regret that due to limited resources we are unable to offer feedback at the short listing stage. However feedback is available to all interviewed candidates.
All applications are assessed and scored in accordance with Equal Opportunities policies. Among other things, the selection panel will be looking for a sense of:

The overall response to the Creative Partnerships concept, the key themes and school’s interests outlined above.

• Approach to working with schools and young people in partnership

• Quality and depth of creative practice

• Appropriateness for the context

For general advice on applying for Creative Partnerships, Sussex and Surrey opportunities please contact creativepartnerships@sussex.ac.uk

For general information about Creative Partnerships and Middle Street Primary School please visit the websites: