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By Dr Becky Parry, Evaluation Partner for Chol As part of my role as evaluation partner for Chol Theatre I had the opportunity to observe an Imaginary Communities session at King’s Oak Primary Learning Centre in Wombwell in Barnsley. Lauren, the lead practitioner, had carefully developed her IC approach to respond to the literacy curriculum and support children’s descriptive writing. The children…
We were delighted to hear that one of our partner schools, Cartmel School in Grange Over Sands, Cumbria, has received a Gold Artsmark Award. Accredited by Arts Council England, the highly sought-after award is the only creative quality standard for schools and education settings. Our relationship with Cartmel Primary School began in the first lockdown, where we held weekly online Imaginary Communities…
This exhibition has been co-created with children and young people from various locations across Barnsley. Days of Joy is a new arts engagement and youth voice project co-created with Children and Young People from across Barnsley. The project has been delivered in 3 stages, beginning with a consultation period before creating art work and finally exhibiting the project in a variety of…
For the past two years, we have been working in partnership with Stage Directions at The Lowry, sharing our Imaginary Communities approach as a form of co-creation with children and young people in two primary schools in Salford, and the University of Salford. Chol’s Vicky and Carly have been working intensively in schools each week as ensemble leads and artists in residence, supporting…
For the past five years, Vicky Storey, Co-Director at Chol, has delivered the Drama and Education Module to undergraduate drama students and trainee teachers at The University of Manchester. At the core of this module is exploring and learning about Chol’s signature drama education practice and pedagogy, the pioneering Imaginary Communities practice. This year, the Drama Education Module continues. Sixteen second-year students…
We are delighted to share the news that we have recently been successful in gaining funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation to continue our caring and creative work in schools across Yorkshire until 2025. We are now looking for a number of partner schools who are interested in co-developing and enhancing their creative and caring approaches in the classroom and across their school. …
Starting in January 2022 and finishing in June 2022, Chol will be working on a brand new partnership with Sheffield College. Chol will become resident at the college, introducing students to work in community theatre and drama education, and training a group of students in Chol’s flagship story-making methodology ‘Imaginary Communities’. The students will be supported to work as facilitators in local…
We are over the moon to share that we have been successful in gaining funding support from Paul Hamlyn Foundation to work with partner schools across Yorkshire over the next four years. This funding enables us to share our Imaginary Communities approach with hundreds of teachers and thousands of children between now and 2025. This is a core element of our programme,…
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