Creative Practitioner wanted: Cardiff Lead Creative Schools: May/early summer term 2025 Start

Pencaerau primary School in Cardiff is set to embark on their second year of the Lead Creative Schools scheme. The school has selected one year 4 class to engage with the enquiry led journey. The school welcomes a number of art forms to apply that give the children a wonderful enriching creative opportunity. There is a particular focus on it being a very practical and outdoors led enquiry, as this would suit the make up of the class. the school boast large spaces on the playground for development ideas led by the children. It may lend itself to a more DT focus, but are open.

Our working Enquiry question is, 'How can a creative approach to "Biophilia" encourage our year 4 to regulate and boost collaboration skills.'

The school want to develop the children's persistence and collaboration skills throughout the enquiry journey. Also it's desired that the creative journey help leaners develop greater imaginative, collaborative and inquisitive habits of mind. 

The school wants to explore the outdoor spaces on the school grounds whereby the enquiry could take a number of angles to engage learners that will give them a relevant and authentic learning experience. 

The staff desire that the project particularly help develop the following.

• Develop pupil collaboration skills.
• Develop pupil resilience.
• Develop transferrable pupil problem skills coupled with real world situations. 
• Develop different forms of imaginative thinking and reflection. 

Year 4 children have said they want the creative practitioner to be inspiring, funny, kind, encouraging and passionate. The staff also feel these qualities are essential as well as being nurturing and supportive. 

Overall the creative practitioner will provide teachers with a rich, practice-based professional development opportunity, through direct engagement with them and their learners. You will support teachers on their own creative journey and how that can be carried on beyond the enquiry journey.

We welcome all ideas and proposals to help us work creatively together. 

Application Deadline: Wednesday 9th May at 12pm

Interviews: TBC  

Project Planning Day: To be agreed with successful creative practitioner.

May - July 2025: Project Delivery (10 days) (given the 7 week term, some weeks will require 2 days). Ideally something that be condensed into a shorter period of time.

Fee: £300 per day / £150 half day

To apply for this project, we are asking all practitioners to send a CV, supporting letter, any ideas how you could approach the project and any links to previous work that you feel are relevant to the following: 

Creative Agent: Rhys Roberts - rhys@otbea.co.uk

School Coordinator - Charlotte Brown - brownc22@hwbcymru.net

Please make your subject heading 'LCS Application.

For those practitioners who are new to the scheme, you will need to undergo Arts Council Wales training on either the following

(Candidates without prior LCS training will not be considered)

Lleoliad

• Caerdydd