Editorial - Bursting the education bubble

Welcome to the first re-named edition of Teaching Thinking and Creativity - now called ‘Creative Teaching and Learning’.

School of rock!

Putting music to flm images can show music to young people in a new way. Kof Acheampong reports on the ‘soundtrack composing’ summer workshop he ran with year eight students.

The ‘Morbach monster’

Crispin Andrews explains how to dissect a text with a primary school class – using werewolf legend ‘the Morbach monster’ to explore suspense, scene setting and the fantastic.

Making your own country

In this project pack, Kerrie Sharron explains how helping year seven students invent their own country teaches them about government systems. Here, she plans three lessons – where the country is invented in a state of anarchy, a military coup establishes a dictatorship then an underground resistance begins. In the full pack – featuring eight lessons – a revolution is staged, and the country fnally becomes a democracy. The full pack will be available to buy from Imaginative Minds ltd later this year.

Lured into learning

Secondary school teachers know the importance of a good lesson ‘starter’ – one that intrigues the children and pushes them to ask questions. Hywel Roberts explains why ‘lures’ are so important – and how to fnd good ones.

Technology and learning

We look at five great school projects which bring the latest technology into the classroom. These creative teachers have made maths, bricklaying and 16th century literature accessible to the Bebo generation - with their lateral lesson planning.