Curious Minds

Royal Cross children make waves!

Building on their previous Curious Minds projects, Royal Cross Primary in Preston is this year working at a national level to bring the best quality practice to the school.

Creative Agent Steve Brown and Co-ordinator Jean Cockerill sought far and wide to find the most innovative practitioners for the children with profound learning needs. Finally, they hit upon Soundabout, an arts organisation based in Oxfordshire, who specialise in fantastic communication projects for children with severe and complex learning disabilities– and in supporting teachers to use these tools in everyday classes.

Practitioner Harry Dawes has been working with children in the Rainbow Room and in  other classes, using resonance boards and sensory stories. With a class last week, he created a magical Under the Sea story, authored by the children, performed on the boards and involving lights, textiles and sounds in a multimedia performance which enthralled all the participants – and was also really possible for teachers to recreate.

Royal Cross is an enthusiastic adopter of the creative school approach – here are the children in last year’s project `Food Glorious Food’.