BLAST
We are delighted to announce that we have secured a place on the BLAST (Bringing Live Artists to Students and Teachers) programme and have been awarded a 20-hour BLAST Artist teacher fully funded by the Department of Education.
The aim of
this scheme is to give pupils the opportunity to work with a professional
artist on unique activities, to be planned between the artist, the teachers,
and the school. The initiative supports children for the future, where skills
like the ability to connect and collaborate with others, engage in creative and
critical thinking and practice inclusivity at every level.
We have been
partnered with dance artist, Catherine Donnelly. Catherine facilitates
opportunities for children to explore movement and dance, engage with the
artform and in a creative process using the body as medium.
She has
already done one session in school, and she will do a further 5 sessions with
the children. The children thoroughly
enjoyed the creative movement workshop which was conducted outdoors. This will
be an enjoyable activity for the children for this time of the year.
