Kiltonthorpe School , which is a Special school in Brotton, Cleveland, achieved Specialist Arts College status just over three years ago.

The students across all areas of the school have enjoyed a vast range of Art, ICT, Film and Dance opportunities , and the school community celebrate their achievements with a special event., on Wednesday 23rd November 2011 .

We invited all parents of Secondary and 6^th Form students to our afternoon Cinematic showing of the best of our Arts College work from the last three years, along with Governors and Friends of the school, including ex-students. .

Kiltonthorpe Film-maker and Animators Adam Reamswood and Ben Hopkinson presented an impressive show, supported by Lauren Henderson, Arts Facilitator.

The 40 minute programme of film clips, movies, animations and videos of activities, followed a packed morning where students attended workshops within school. Classes ranged from Physical Theatre and Stage combat , Circus skills, Photography, Drumming, Batik, Textiles, Art and Craft, Multi-sensory experience with Head massage and Face Painting.

It was a fabulous day, being able to share our successes with the students, staff, artists and practitioners who have featured highly in our Arts Programmes, over the years.

The event was planned by Director of Specialism, Kate Watson and organised by Neil Walker of Club Creative, (neil@club-creative.co.uk) with his team of student Event organisers.

Another great week in Lady Lumley’s School in Pickering and Ryedale in Nawton. Funded with the last of the Extended School budget (another victim of the cuts) these fantastic creative days allow Y6 pupils ‘stepping up’ to Y7 secondary schools the opportunity to have fun, make new friends and feel more confident about the coming academic year.

Activities provided by Club Creative included Graffiti Art, Carnival Drumming, Stage Combat and Bollywood dance. Photos and a short film will be uploaded soon so please keep checking back.

If you are sad to see the demise of Extened Schools funding and co-ordinators please feel free to leave your comments.

I am delighted that our newly launched Corporate Entertainment & Training packages have got off to a great start. The Fairbridge Project are a well established national charity helping vulnerable young people who are NEET get training and employment opportunities. They have training arm – Fairbridge Training – who train youth workers, teachers and anyone who works with young people in how to engage and get results. They are having an annual meeting this week with their national team of trainers and asked for something different, fun and creative that their trainers could take away with them and build into their own techniques. This proved quite a challenge for Club Creative as they have an abundance of core creative skills amongst their staff but we eventually settled on an afternoon of drumming and percussion techniques which is guaranteed to put a smile on their faces, and give the trainers some new techniques for engagement.

We also launch our Arty Parties this week with a physical theatre / drama games Xmas party for Dormanstown Youthie. The group of 40 children aged 8-13yrs will enjoy a high energy, action packed physical theatre session that will encourage teamwork and co-operation to achieve results in a midly competitive environment.

If you would like to know more about our range of Arty Parties and Corporate Entertainment packages please get in touch.

Club Creative is working in partnership with the Main Project to provide a regular Saturday Club for children and young people with disabilities. The service is by referral through a social worker only and will provide breaks for families of children and young people with a wide range of disabilities.

Club Creative would like to invite creative practitioners from the following disciplines to register their interest in providing 2hr sessions. The aim will be to engage the group effectively with creative activity and in the longer term to teach new creative skills and techniques. The most important requirement however will be to provide quality, engaging, participative creative sessions for a pan disability group.

Creative areas are as follows: Drama, Visual Arts, Film Making, Circus Skills, Drumming/percussion.

Because the exact nature and requirements of the group is unknown at this stage, it is likely that we will initially provide a range of taster sessions. Once we have feedback from the group, we will then book in up to 6 weeks of sessions in one particular activity.

The start date and location are currently still TBC but the Main Project are working hard to get everything confirmed and it is hoped that the Saturday Clubs will start within the next month. The location will be in the Teesside area. It is thought the clubs will run from 11am – 3pm, to include two different 2hr sessions.

If you are interested in being involved please register your interest here and include your name, details of past experience, the nature of the workshop you would offer, and of course your contact details.

As well as a fee for delivery, there will be training opportunities in how to deal with disabilities offered through the Main Project.

Click here for a review of our Shakin Summer Shakespeare summer school!

Hi again, our Shakin Summer drama summer school got off to a great start with a small but perfectly formed group of children at Layfield School in Yarm on Monday. The children will learn drama techniques, develop the script and dialogue, make costumes and design the set then perform for family and friends at the end of the week.

The mosaic project at Saltburn Learning Campus concludes today. A group of children from the primary and secondary school have been working with two artists to produce two mosaics which will be hung in the entrance and in the main entrance corridor to act as a welcome to the school. We can’t wait to see the results.

As previously mentioned, the Club Creative 2010/11 academic year wall planners are ready to be despatched. If you would like to order one, or your organisation would like a bulk order, please get in touch. A1 and in full colour, They make a much more  attractive calendar than your standard office wall chart!

Hi all. All the summer activity is going incredibly well. There are still places on the ‘Shakin Shakespeare’ summer school next week so please get in touch if you are interested.

By tomorrow we will have worked with 400 children at the Step Up 7 Transition Days in Pickering & Malton. We’ve employed 4 artists, 8 assistants and a co-ordinator every day and a huge thanks goes out to them for all their hard work and enthusiasm. Look out for images and video of this fantastic multi arts summer school soon.

The workshops for Guisborough Police have been a huge success, enabling young people to engage with positive activity and learn new creative skills whilst helping to reduce the  instances of anti social behaviour. Graffiti Art has been the most popular to date!

Kilton Thorpe Special School arts summer school went really well with a wide range of workshops and activities. We look forward to resuming our excellent working relationship with film making workshops in September.

Workshops for Extended Schools in Great Ayton, Northallerton and Filey have been going OK, however numbers seemed low across the board in Filey and Northallerton. Extended Schools are looking into their publicity for next time.

Look out for news on Club Creative Merchandise coming soon!!

Neil

Lots of Club Creative activity happening this summer. Starting next week at Roseberry Primary School Great Ayton with a week of activity including circus skills, jewellery making, cartoon workshop, t-shirt design and African drumming.

We also have fantastic workshops through Extended Schools happening in Filey, Northallerton, and two weeks in Malton & Pickering where we are running the Step Up 7 Transition Days for Y6 kids who are moving up to the four secondary schools in September.

Guisbrorough Police have asked us to provide creative workshops for young people as part of an initiative to reduce anti social behaviour during the summer holidays.

We have a great mosaic project happening over a week in Saltburn Learning Campus. 20 pupils from the primary and secondary school will work together to produce a mosaic and a mural which will installed in the school entrance to welcome everyone in to the new term in September.

With a week long summer arts school in Kilton Thorpe Special School in Brotton and our own Club Creative Shakin Shakespeare drama school at Layfield Primary Yarm, it’s going to be a busy busy summer!

If you are interested in any of these activities please get in touch.

Club Creative and tutor Rebekah Ghosh are teaming up to run a week long drama school. Taking place from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th August, children will stage an abridged version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The school is open to 7-11yr olds and will be taking place at Layfield School in Yarm. Children will learn drama techniques and will work towards a short performance on the final day for family and friends.

The drama school is in response to many enquiries that Beka was receiving from parents and pupils at Club Creative after school drama clubs. The clubs have been running successfully for several weeks in four primary schools in Yarm and Eaglescliffe.

Please see the attached flyer for more info.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND BOOK.

You don’t have to live in Yarm or Eaglescliffe to take part but your child must be able attend each day.

More news to come!

Some images from the after school drama club we ran at Preston Primary, Eaglescliffe.