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We will give children from mainstream and SEN primary schools the opportunity to work with a range of arts professionals - directors, choreographers, musicians, composers and writers - to devise their own astonishing performances based on Julius Caesar, that will then be performed in local theatres.
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Situation
A lot of the children with whom we work are locked out of the arts, having a profound impact on their learning. Whilst it’s accepted that the level of a child’s cultural capital is a huge indicator of how well they do at school, and how well they do after, two things often stand in their way: money and access. Many of our schools are in areas of economic deprivation, with some in London’s poorest wards. For our Special Needs schools, access to the arts is at an historically low level.
Solution
PSC's artists are inspiring, creative forces bringing a cultural world into our partner schools -but their secret skill is in unlocking each child’s unique creative force. We deliberately set difficult challenges: write an opera, perform a Shakespeare play, dance for an audience of 200. In succeeding at these difficult tasks, children experience a profound sense of achievement with many teachers describing a big shift in engagement with learning.
