The Independent newspaper takes advice from St Benedict’s School in Birmingham
16 Feb 2010
Area Delivery Organisation: Bright Space - Birmingham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire
St Benedict’s Infant School in Small Heath recently appeared in The Independent newspaper. They are a Creative Partnerships (CP) Change School and have devised a storytelling project through the programme, working with their specially trained dinner-ladies.
The Head, Anita Thompson, recently responded to The Independent's Education Quandary: ‘We object to our daughter’s school showing Disney films during ‘wet play’ what can we do?
Anita replied, using her story-telling project as the basis of her response: ‘Our school is on the Creative Partnerships creative learning programme, which has enabled us to extend our storytelling club during lunchtime. The club, led by our dinner-ladies, takes place in the playground but is easily transported into a hall during ‘wet play...’
To see the response in full please follow the link http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/education-quandary-we-object-to-our-daughters-school-showing-disney-films-during-wet-play-what-can-we-do-1880718.html
Bright Space delivers the Creative Partnerships programme in schools across Birmingham, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
We are due to start recruiting further Enquiry Schools later this month - information will follow shortly.
