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Kimberly Safford &
Olivia O’Sullivan
A new CLPE research
report for Creative
Partnerships
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here to download
Creative
Projects: Getting
Parents Involved
Olivia
O'Sullivan and
Kimberly Safford
A pamphlet for
schools, based on
the research
with a foreword by
Beverley Hughes MP,
Minister of
State for Children,
Young People and
Families
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About
the research
Following
three major research
projects on
creativity (Animating
Literacy,
Many Routes
to Meaning and
Assessing
Creative Learning),
CLPE has asked
parents for their
views on children’s
learning in creative
projects. CLPE
interviewed parents
and staff in primary
and secondary
schools, and some of
the significant
findings of
‘Their learning
becomes your
journey’
include:
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A
creative
curriculum has a
positive impact
on home-school
communication.
Children’s
enthusiasm for
creative
projects leads
them to talk at
home about what
they do in
school, and
through these
home discussions
parents develop
new perspectives
on their
children as
learners.
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Parents feel
that creative
projects
motivate
children to be
in school and
support children
as individual
learners.
Parents believe
that creative
projects have a
significant,
long-term impact
on children’s
confidence,
skills, wider
learning,
overall
development and
life chances.
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A
creative
curriculum
offers low-risk
invitations to
parents to
become involved
in school.
Children’s
engagement also
leads parents to
reflect on their
own school
experiences and
to take-up
cultural and
other learning
opportunities
for themselves
as well as for
their children.
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