As the closing date approaches, applications have been flooding in to the Thomas Wolsey 550 team from primary school teachers for up to £3500 worth of grant for projects to help them build student’s confidence, communication and literacy skills.
Primary schools and other education settings in the Ipswich Borough area have until Friday 18th October to send in their applications which could result in their students taking part in incredible projects working alongside highly regarded local creative professionals
Thanks to a community grant from Suffolk County Council’s £2 million Ipswich Investment fund, the Thomas Wolsey 550 Project is offering a range of packageswhich tie in with the needs of the national curriculum. These include:
- An immersive Tudor storytelling workshop where the students develop entertainment for an imaginary dinner with the local nobility in the year 1580.
- A series of dance and movement sessions around the themes of belonging, identity and celebrating individuality delivered by a Dance East artist culminating in a sharing of the work in the school or even a studio at their waterfront location.
- The chance for students to work with the proprietor of Stoke Bridge Workshops to create a stained-glass panel linked to the school community which to display in the school.
- A series of sessions incorporating creative writing to design a narrative-led computer game under the guidance of experts from Game Anglia – including at least one session with the BAFTA Young Designer winner.
- Working with local organisation ‘Make Play’ in up to six sessions to design and create a new imaginative playscape for children in the nursery & reception year at the same school.
- In collaboration with UWU studios, pupils can co-create a mural up to 3 metres wide within the school grounds.
For most of these options, a range of opportunities are on offer ranging from one big package of up six days over several weeks to a ‘pick and mix’ approach for shorter projects allowing a wider range of students to take part.
The closing date for applications is October 18th and further details of how to apply can be found on the emails sent to schools over the past two weeks, or www.thomaswolsey550.co.uk/schools/education-age-5-11/
