Art Journeys in Europe

This projects uses Art as a way of promoting an innovative and inclusive pedagogy and the promotion of cultural heritage within Europe. As part of the project four schools will be working closely together to identify innovative teaching and learning practices to assist SEN and disadvantaged pupils to achieve to their full potential. Teachers from all participating schools have already conducted evidence based research and have identified that their SEN and disadvantaged pupils respond much better to an adapted curriculum that focuses on Art. As part of the project all pupils will be participating in common projects that will help them develop key and basic skills in all areas of the curriculum. Pupils will be participating in short-term exchanges and will be working together on small Art projects in each of the schools. The Art project will be focusing on the cultural heritage of each of the countries, so by the end of the project SEN pupils that participated in the short-term exchanges will have visited all different countries. The project also involves staff mobilities, so teachers from each of the different schools can work together and exchange good teaching and learning practice in Art and how Art can facilitate the development of innovative curriculum for SEN and disadvantaged pupils. As part of the project we main aim to: -assist SEN pupils to achieve to their full potential -use Art as a way of assisting our pupils to develop key skills in Speaking and Listening and Mathematics -use Art as a way of assisting our pupils to develop important social skills within our global context -give opportunities to SEN and disadvantaged pupils to travel to other countries, work with their peers and enhance their knowledge and understanding of cultural heritage-ensure that through these activities SEN pupils will be able to play an important role within the challenging context of our future society -motivate our pupils to engage with their learning and become independent learners-tackle early school leaving from SEN and disadvantaged pupils -inspire other colleagues working with SEN pupils to attempt a reformed curriculum that through Art assists SEN pupils to achieve to their full potential-help our local community and promote the benefits of the Erasmus projects, as well as to highlight the benefits of the European Union