Creative Schools
Prosperous NS have been selected as one of 150 schools to participate in an exciting new initiative 'Creative Schools' which aims to put art and creativity at the centre of children's lives.
As part of this initiative, the school will be welcoming a Creative Associate, who will work with the school community across the year to develop and implement a Creative Schools Plan. The pupils will be at the centre of this process and will have the opportunity to engage with the Creative Associate in lots of fun and exciting ways to support our school to become an even more creative and arts-rich environment.
This week we welcomed our Creative Associate, Aisling Byrne. Aisling is a Kildare based theatre artist and educator who has specialised for a number of years in inclusive drama practice, based at St John of God Community Services and St. Raphael's School. She is the Artistic Director of Run of the Mill Theatre, a Kildare based theatre company for people with special needs and founder of the award-winning theatre company Talking Shop Ensemble. Aisling has sat for a number of years on the committee of the ADEI (Association for Drama in Education in Ireland).
If anyone in our wider school community might be interested in getting involved in our Creative Schools programme please contact Catherine Shanley, our Creative Schools Coordinator.
Drama Day:
Monday the 24th of June was 'Drama Day' in Scoil an Linbh Iosa. Drama day is a celebration of our first year as a 'Creative School'. On the day we had drama workshops facilitated by Ms. Gilbert and our creative associate Aisling Byrne. The whole school spent one hour between 11.45 and 12.45 engaging in educational drama with our classes. A great time was had by all. This year as a creative school has seen Bombinate theatre work with our children in the junior classes in the production of one their performances. We have had a public speaking workshop in our 4th classes and we have had drama workshops in our 3rd and 5th classes. We have also had professional development around the area of educational drama for our teachers.It has been a productive year for us as a creative school and we are lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the 2nd year for creative schools. We are looking forward to another year of drama!!!
As part of this initiative, the school will be welcoming a Creative Associate, who will work with the school community across the year to develop and implement a Creative Schools Plan. The pupils will be at the centre of this process and will have the opportunity to engage with the Creative Associate in lots of fun and exciting ways to support our school to become an even more creative and arts-rich environment.
This week we welcomed our Creative Associate, Aisling Byrne. Aisling is a Kildare based theatre artist and educator who has specialised for a number of years in inclusive drama practice, based at St John of God Community Services and St. Raphael's School. She is the Artistic Director of Run of the Mill Theatre, a Kildare based theatre company for people with special needs and founder of the award-winning theatre company Talking Shop Ensemble. Aisling has sat for a number of years on the committee of the ADEI (Association for Drama in Education in Ireland).
If anyone in our wider school community might be interested in getting involved in our Creative Schools programme please contact Catherine Shanley, our Creative Schools Coordinator.
Drama Day:
Monday the 24th of June was 'Drama Day' in Scoil an Linbh Iosa. Drama day is a celebration of our first year as a 'Creative School'. On the day we had drama workshops facilitated by Ms. Gilbert and our creative associate Aisling Byrne. The whole school spent one hour between 11.45 and 12.45 engaging in educational drama with our classes. A great time was had by all. This year as a creative school has seen Bombinate theatre work with our children in the junior classes in the production of one their performances. We have had a public speaking workshop in our 4th classes and we have had drama workshops in our 3rd and 5th classes. We have also had professional development around the area of educational drama for our teachers.It has been a productive year for us as a creative school and we are lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the 2nd year for creative schools. We are looking forward to another year of drama!!!
