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.

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 requires 8 workshop assistants to take part in the Step Up 7 Transition Days summer school in Malton & Pickering, North Yorkshire. We also require an Event Co-ordinator who will have overall responsibility for the running of the Transition Days. The sessions will take place at 4 Secondary schools across 8 days from 9th – 20th Aug 2010.

There will be 4 artists delivering a varied creative programme to new Y7 children. Workshop Assistants will be required to support these sessions and the overall running of the Transition Days.

Interested parties must be CRB checked and be able to travel to the relevant location each day.

Click here for more details.

Club Creative requires a dance tutor for projects in two (possibly three) Scarborough secondary schools. The tutor should ideally able to deliver Stomp (or similar) style workshops over 20 x 2hr sessions in each school. Sessions to begin in June 2010 and continue after summer holidays in September 2010 culminating in a performance in each school. Collaboration with the performing arts / music dep in each school is encouraged.

Fixed fee of £1600 per school (20 x 2hr workshops per school).

Please get in touch for more info!

It seems like a while since I updated, so here’s a selection of what we have going on over the next few weeks:

Drama Skills after school club at Junction Farm Primary, Eaglescliffe got off to a great start with 21 children attending.

Cartoon Workshop after school club starts today!

Layfield Primary in Yarm are extended their Drama Club to run until the summer holidays. The Mural design club resumes in June.

Kirklevington Primary are starting African Mask making and Stage Combat after school sessions for parents and children in the next couple of weeks which is really exciting.

There are lots of amazing plans with The MAIN Project to provide creative activity for children with autism. Can’t say much at the moment but watch this space!

We are already planning Summer Schools with schools in Malton and Pickering, Kilton Thorpe Special School, Stockton and Redcar & Cleveland. Many of these activities can be accessed with the ME TOO Voucher scheme available to many families. This new scheme was piloted by Extended Schools in certain areas last year and is being rolled out nationwide from April 2010. They are available to primary and secondary pupils who would normally qualify for free school meals and other benefits.

There will be Whit Week activity in FIley, Eastfield, Scarborough and Redcar and Cleveland schools and hopefully Hartlepool as well.

There’s loads more stuff happening but I’ve run out of time so keep clicking back and remember – if you want creative activity in your school or community, just get in touch.

Fun stuff for all ages in Filey, North Yorkshire. Check with local schools or Extended Schools teams for venues and how to book.

T-shirt Tastic! Tuesday 6th April

10am-3pm 5yrs +

Customise your old t-shirts by cutting, shredding, and printing and turn them into something completely new and funky (and by recycling you are being good to the environment). Or turn it into something completely different like a bag, shorts or skirt! If you haven’t got an old t-shirt you can find cheap plain t-shirts for just £1 if you look carefully. Take your work home with you at the end of the day.

Kung Fu Dance Weds 14th April

10am-3pm 7yrs+

Learn how to dance in a martial arts style inspired by films like House of Flying Daggers. Work on cool moves and then put them together in a routine. Share your work at the end of the day in a short performance for family and friends (please arrive at 2.45pm for the performance)

Easter Arts Thursday 15th April

10am-3pm 5yrs+

A new twist on classic Easter Activies. Make you own bags, masks and decorations. An Eggstravaganza of fun!

Circus Skills Friday 9^th April

10am-3pm 7yrs+

Learn exciting circus skills including juggling, diablo, spinning plates and unicycle!

Loads of Club Creative stuff happening over Easter. Check with your school or Extended Schools team for venues and how to book on.

Eastfields, Scarborough:

T-shirt Tastic!

Date: Thursday 8^th April

10am-3pm 5yrs+

Customise your old t-shirts by cutting, shredding, and printing and turn them into something completely new and funky (and by recycling you are being good to the environment). Or turn it into something completely different like a bag, shorts or skirt! If you haven’t got an old t-shirt you can find cheap plain t-shirts for just £1 if you look carefully. Take your work home with you at the end of the day.

Kung Fu Dance

Date: Fri 9^th April

10am-3pm 7yrs+

Learn how to dance in a martial arts style inspired by films like House of Flying Daggers. Work on cool moves and then put them together in a routine. Share your work at the end of the day in a short performance for family and friends (please arrive at 2.45pm for the performance)

Easter Arts

Date: Tues 6^th April

10am-3pm 5yrs+

A new twist on classic Easter activities. Create your own bags, masks and decorations – an eggstravaganza of fun!

Street Dance

Date: Thursday 15^th April

10am-12pm 5-10yrs

1pm-3pm 11yrs+

So you think you can dance? Learn the funkiest moves around with our fantastic street dance tutor then perform what you have learned at the end of the session (please arrive 10 mins early for the performance). You don’t need any previous experience, just enthusiasm!

Circus Skills

Date: TBC

10am-3pm 7yrs+

All the fun of the circus brought to you! Learn juggling balls and scarves, diablo, spinning plates, balancing balls, unicycle and much more.

Play in a Day

Date: Weds 14^th April

10am-3pm 6yrs+

Put a play on from scratch in just one day! This fun activity will teach acting techniques and stage craft so that you can put on a short performance for family and friends at the end of the day (please arrive 15 mins early for the sharing)

Club Creative ran some day long holiday activity in Feb half term for schools in the Filey cluster. The days went well and here is some feedback from Extended Schools Coordinator Sue Balf.

“I was pleased with the service provided, with the quality of resources used and with some slight tweaking will be happy to use again.”

Things are really taking off here at CC HQ. Quick updates on current projects:

Grangetown Youth Centre Commission – After receiving over fifty expressions of interest from all over the UK and Ireland, the young people have chosen David Parkinson to undertake the mural for the newly refurbished centre. David will travel across the the North East to meet the young people and draw up some sketches. then return shortly afterward complete the work. David style is illustrative and completely in tune with the young people’s vision for the artwork. Click here for examples of David’s work at is website. Thanks to all artists who expressed an interest.

Layfield Primary in Yarm are delighted with the drama and Graffiti workshops so have extended the graffiti after school club for another five weeks. Can’t wait to see the finished work!

Conyers School Health Awareness day was a huge success with four Club Creative tutors providing Kung Fu Dance and Stage Combat workshops. We have just started weekly Musical Theatre classes at the school and hope to develop a long term relationship.

Filey and Eastfields (Scarborough) half term activities went very well and we have been asked to provide lots of Easter activity. Expect T-shirt customisation, Easter Arts, Kung Fu Dance and Street dance at venues near you. Contact your extended schools co-ordinator for details or look out for the programmes.

Durham Lane and Junction Primary schools in Eaglescliffe are due to start Drama, Street Dance and Cartoon Workshop after school clubs in a couple of weeks time. These are new schools for Club Creative and we are really excited to be working with them.

Preston Primary drama club continues to be a success and the sharing event is only two weeks away! We have also been asked to provide drama practitioners for two and a half days next week to link in with the whole school Drama Focus week. We will work with each year group over half a day to improve communication skills through drama techniques.

There are loads more proejcts in the pipeline but this is already a rather lengthy post so I’ll update again soon.

Don’t forget, if your school, youth or community centre would like creative activity of any kind please do not hesitate to get in touch

Neil