Project Summary

This section will provide a summary of the work and a taste
of the projects we have completed during our three years.

We focussed on some key priorities including:
More young people planning and managing projects.
More opportunities for teacher training.
Better joint planning between schools and cultural organisations.
More variety and quality of cultural experiences for young people.

We have supported schools as they have taken a more active role in working
with cultural partners and helped them link their creative programmes to key
areas from their school development plan. We have provided more Professional
Development opportunities for teachers and supported them as they have
embedded creativity across the school curriculum.

We have also been able to support schools developing extended provision
and have seen increasing numbers of families participating in a wide range
of creative workshops.

We facilitated more opportunities for our cultural partners to work
collaboratively together and share their practice with each other and
with local artists and practitioners.

Overall the quality of the work has been outstanding with workshops and
performances receiving excellent feedback from the wider community.

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1.Making Connections - Young people explored and developed their understanding
and awareness of their personal identity and discovered their local history and
cultural heritage.

2.Sound, Silence and Song - The CBSO worked together with the local museums,
libraries and archives organisations to deliver a creative music project for Years 5 and 6.

3.City of Fires - All of our cultural partners worked collaboratively to deliver a dynamic
series of workshops covering dance, music, history and science around the theme of
local industry. The workshops lead to an outstanding choreographed performance of
‘City of Fires’ to music composed in partnership with the CBSO.

4.Young People's Steering Group - As part of our commitment to supporting and enabling
young people to plan and organise their own programme of activities, a young people’s
steering group was established.

5.The Swineherd Opera Project - Teachers and pupils visits the REP to see the opera
based on ‘The Swineherd’, involving musicians from CBSO, actors from the REP and
singers and dancers from Teatro Kismet in Italy.

6. ORE. Refining Design. Abraham Darby School, Telford. - Young people at Abraham
Darby School are currently working with Graphic Designers from Born Communication
to design and deliver professional marketing material for Telford Culture Zone.

7.Cloud 15. Wrockwardine Wood Arts College - Cloud 15 are a Telford based event management company led by young
people. They organised the West Midlands Artsmark celebration event and hosted the
occasion in Telford Town Park.