Creativity in the Classroom

The New Curriculum 'The curriculum should be treasured. There should be real pride in our curriculum: the learning that the nation has decided to set before its young. Teachers, parents, employers, the media and the public should all see the curriculum as something to embrace, support and celebrate. Most of all, young people should relish the opportunity for discovery and achievement that the curriculum offers.' Mick Waters, Director of Curriculum, QCA

What is Creativity?

Creativity is learning as its deepest and most powerful. It builds on mastery of all the basic skills and habits of more familiar kinds of learning. Creativity is an advanced form of learning that involves a finely tuned orchestra of mental attitudes and capabilities playing together in complicated rhythms. Creativity does not have to be artistic. And you do not have to dress weirdly to do it. It is as vital for accountants and receptionists as it is for designers and song writers. Creativity is not easy. It is not a matter of a few hints and tips and off we go. It is often slow and sometimes agonising. Creativity is not one thing. It is not a unitary faculty that can be trained or cultivated by itself.

Bowland Mathematics

Secondary Module Department Workshops… Online Learning Materials

Department Workshops Congruence & Similarity Constructing and solving equations Circle theorems Constructions Four operations with directed numbers Inequalities Proportional reasoning Relative frequency Stem and leaf diagrams Sequences Simultaneous equations Interpreting statistical diagrams Converting between units

Mathematics is…

The study of art, nature, music, philosophy, poetry and love. Unknown, 16 th Century

A sense of wonder… How will you deliver?

1) How far can you go for £50? 2) Design a healthy week. 3) Is a piano perfect pitch? 4) Design a child’s toy using spheres and cones.

Creativity in the Classroom Mark McCourt