Two secondary schools, including one from Clare, attended an Arts Council event earlier this week, which was hosted by the National Library of Ireland in celebration of Creative February.
St Anne’s Community College from Killaloe, county Clare, along with Clogher Road Community College from county Dublin, came together on Thursday for a tour of the library followed by a talk by Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde. Students were also offered an optional tour of the venue’s Yeats Exhibition.
Both schools have been heavily involved in the Arts Council’s Creative February initiative, which encourages children and young people across Ireland to celebrate their creativity. This year’s theme ‘Connect with Nature’ aims to inspire young people to explore their relationship to the natural world by channelling their imagination and self-expression.
Nature has always been a powerful source of inspiration for creativity and reflection and, as February marks the beginning of spring, this theme will encourage students and school communities to reflect on the changing of the seasons and how creativity can evolve and flourish in our lives, in every class and in every school.
Further online resources are available for all at the Creative February hub on the Arts Council website, including:
Online workshops suitable for primary and post-primary students
Recorded Inspiration Sessions for teachers
A Creative Arts Team Guide to provide support for students to run Creative February in their own school
Resources for post-primary students to create their own podcasts.