Working with Sunderland Culture (2025)
This year Sunderland Culture and Creative Sparks have been in school delivering an after-school club offering a huge range of creative activities. Lucy, who has run the club, brought many artists to school to work alongside our children and has sent this message to school.
We have enjoyed such a fantastic first year of Creative Sparks, and the children have been nothing short of brilliant. They really are an absolute pleasure to spend time with, and their behaviour and ability is commented on by all the visiting artists who have engaged with the children over the last few terms. They are a real credit to the school.
I think that as a group, the children have really shown commitment, dedication and a love of learning by attending frequently. Their skills and confidence have grown so much, and they have proved themselves to be creative, brave and full of imagination with every art form we have introduced them to!
In particular, I have been so impressed by the way the group works cohesively, helping each other with tasks, sharing resources, ideas and space. They are so kind to one another - without any prompting - and even though they span different classes and ages they have found ways to work happily together and, I hope, share a lovely bond.
Art Forms:
Since November, the children have enjoyed the following artforms:
- Graffiti Writing - Rob Hutchinson
- Animation (intro) - Sheryl Jenkins
- Lego Printing - Nick Christie
- Puppet Making - Moving Parts
- Theatre / Storytelling - Unfolding Theatre
- Mixed Media art techniques - Kerry Cook
- Clay / Ceramics - Lindsey Grieves
- Collage Art - Paige Surtees
- Character devising - Katy Weir
- Animation (advanced) - Sheryl Jenkins
- Puppet making (advanced) - Georgia Hill
- Storytelling & Illustration - Hannah Graham
Still to come in the Summer term:
- Music
- Vocal / Singing workshop
- Mixed media group work
- Graffiti Characters
- Intro to film-making
We are thrilled to announce that we will be able to continue next year at UCPS and will be starting Creative Sparks Club again on Wednesday 17th September 2025!
Making our Stop Motion Animation
Our children have been working hard to produce stop motion animation as part of their Creative Sparks club.
Please enjoy!
Thank you to Sunderland Culture for making this possible.
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