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6 | March 2023 | Inter. SE International School Salou Magazine
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Cross-Curricular Creativity

s a teacher of art, I have improve critical thinking skills, problem-solve when things don't
Athe pleasure of witnessing problem-solving abilities, and go according to plan. Recently in
the creativity of young children even academic performance. First Cycle we have used recycled
first-hand. However, creativity Art also provides children with materials, plants gathered from
does not only happen during an outlet for self-expression and the garden and clay, as well as
art class- at Socrates Educa can boost their self-esteem and more traditional art supplies. We
International School we involve confidence! have explored techniques such as
creativity and imagination Open-ended exploration allows collage, line drawing and patterns.
across all the subjects, during children to use their imaginations We have taken inspiration from
special weeks and project based and creativity to come up with the seasons and from styles such
learning. This is an important their own ideas and solutions. as Pop Art, as well as from our
way to allow children to As Albert Einstein once said, topic of Cities and Buildings.
express themselves, develop "Creativity is intelligence having Have a look at these pictures
their creativity and problem- fun." Art activities are a valuable of First Cycle exploring art and
solving skills, and explore their opportunity to give each child creativity in various different
imaginations. positive feedback, celebrate subjects. But remember, art is not
their individuality, and create a just for children or for school- think
Miss Pringle space where our children feel about ways YOU can explore your
Participation in art activities comfortable taking risks and creativity, whether it’s creating
can have a positive impact on a trying new things. art on a page, making music,
child's overall development and In our art classes we encourage writing or dancing. It’s a superb
wellbeing. Studies have found experimentation with different way to boost your confidence and
that participation in art can materials and techniques, and wellbeing!

Second cycle STEM Growth Mindset

sing STEM and STEAM ver since our students join another way not to do one thing.
Uprojects in Science is a Eschool, we work on the In addition, having a growth
great way to do project-based ‘Growth Mindset’ concept. If you mindset and not a fixed one is
learning. visit our school and you stop by key in order to adapt well to the
the preschool corridor you will changing world we live in. Having
Miss Neal see that it is a very important a growth mindset in primary
It allows us to incorporate maths, topic, see the mural, in order to means knowing ourselves well
engineering and technology make our students responsible and know what we do right and
skills with science to work on of their learning process but what we can improve and how.
practical projects and to learn by also of their ability to learn We are so happy to see our
doing. By working collaboratively from their own mistakes. students’ progress and to see
on STEM projects, our pupils are them find new ways to solve
having relevant discussions, they Mr Ferré challenges and get better just by
are problem solving, innovating, Our students believe in the trying and not giving up easily.
decision making and answering power of ‘yet’ and how important Of course, by being perseverant
scientific questions. it is to find ways to achieve their and by working the growth
This term in primary 3, our own goals in many different mindset our young students will
pupils completed the Lunar- ways. Our preschool and primary have a bright future ahead of
landers STEM challenge. They students understand mistakes as them.
had to design and build a vessel
which would safely contain
two astronauts when they were
dropped from different heights.
This project included skills such
as designing, making, testing,
measuring and decision-making
and the pupils were learning and as part of this topic, the pupils matter so they had to function
different ways of finding solutions were challenged to make the correctly. The final test was highly
as part of this project. STEM solar oven. enjoyable as we melted chocolate
In primary 4 we were learning We wanted to use our ovens to and marshmallows to make (and
about solids, liquids and gases investigate changing states of eat) s’mores. Yum!