Developing Creativity

This term's staff meeting is all about increasing and developing students' ability to be creative. Creativity is a natural activity all humans partake in right from birth and it's our way of learning about the world around us. Unfortunately in education at least, the later part of the 19th century teaching would suggest we've lost site of the importance of creativity. I'm reminded how inspirational Sir Ken Robinson's Ted talk back in 2007 was when he spoke of how schools have killed Creativity.

Living in the 21st century means we need more than ever to develop the ability to think creatively, critically and in new innovative ways. Never before have we had the technology to be creators of our own making to the extent we can today. Prior to YouTube, anyone who wanted to be involved in the creative arts whether it be in film animation, music had to be signed on by a company who had the technical skillset and the money to put it together. In today's world we now have the technology in our pocket through our mobile phones.   


Creativity is a vital attribute in today's economy and underpins the necessity to make sure creative thinking is included in every aspect of the curriculum.