The Celebration of Children’s Creativity project is one of the core projects run by Arts Connection. It offers a diverse and specialist range of arts and crafts activities to children between the ages of 4 and 11 years.

The Celebrating Children's Creativity project has been running for 9 years and is one of our most diverse projects. Each year we work with 35 - 40 primary school groups, providing around 2,500 participant places in a wide range of arts activities.

The mediums for this years project were as diverse as ever and very successful. Baka Beyond introduce Llanfyllin Primary School to the music of the rainforest, Caliche introduced Machynlleth Primary School to Latin rhythms, a tubular bells instrument was made at Leighton Primary School with Stan Jankowski, Felt making and its processes was introduced to Llanfihangel Primary School by Edna Griffiths, Clay Sculptures were produced by Oldford Primary School with Ingrid Maugham, Dance was fun at Pontrobert Primary School with Sally Russell, Film poems about 'My Favourite THing' were made by Forden Primary School with Ruth Carter. THis is just a taster of what has happened so far this year.

The 9 primary schools involved in making the Jac-y-Do attended a CD launch in November which resulted in a visit to the National Assembly for Wales on January 30th 2007. 4 coaches and 120 children travelled down to the Senedd where the children performed a selection of the songs twice to Assembly Ministers and the general public.

Senedd Visit, January 2007

Comments

“I had good support – we work as a team, they couldn’t have been more helpful”

“We have a wonderful display in the school foyer based on flowers from felt”