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Hi Creatives,
I hope this email finds you well.
Term Plans:
Just a few things from me. If all term plans could be finalised in your Google Drive folder by Thursday 15/5 please so that I can review them and get back to you with feedback. Happy for you to book in a convenient time us to talk through your term plans and the ideas that are unfolding.
Contracts:
Also there are still a few contracts outstanding. Kindly sign and return them to me by the 15/5 please.
Photos:
Just flagging that as part of our contract with the Dept Education we are not allowed to use any identifiable images of Department of Education staff or students for promotional or publicity purposes. Please ensure that no faces or uniforms are shown in the photos that you take whilst documenting your Creative Schools projects. Kindly just take photos of back of heads, hands etc when photographing your workshops.
You will see that Emily has added a photo folder to your Google Drive folder (thanks Emily). If high-res photos from your sessions could be dropped into your folders after each workshop. At the end of the program I will get you to write a project blog for the Creative Schools website. With this in mind you may like to think about capturing images that best capture your project as a whole as we get closer to the end of the projects. You can see all the inspiring project blogs from the last 7 years on Creative Schools website:
Social Media Cheat Sheet:
Aimee Ko our Senior Marketing & Communications Specialist at FORM has provided a 2025 cheat sheet relating to celebrating the work we are doing in the Creative Schools program via social media. Emily will attach it to Engagement HQ (Thanks Em). [In the top right under the Google Drive links]
Creative Schools calendar:
Please add your session dates/times to the calendar so that I can start planning my visits. I will add a red VB next to your session and I'll email you and the teacher before I come. Please do email me if you have an exciting sessions that you would like me to come along to. There are 26 projects in the program this year, I'll do my best to get to as many of the projects as I can. I'll start by visiting new Creative Practitioners and new schools to the program.
Danielle Costley our FORM Marketing & Communications Officer is looking for project good news stories to share so let me know if you would like me to bring Danielle along to feature your CS session.
Thanks everyone.
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Dear Creative Schools Community,
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new resource: the Creative Schools Reflection Journal, created with and for our community of teachers, creative practitioners, and students. This journal has been a true collaboration, shaped with input from 2024 Creative Schools participants, and we are excited to trial it for the first time this year!
This resource comes in two editions:
The Teacher/Creative Practitioner Resource: A full "deck of cards" style journal for teachers, creative practitioners, and school leaders. It acts as a handbook, with detailed activities linked to the Creative Learning science underpinning each exercise.
The Student Journal: A paired-back version designed for young people to use and enjoy, offering space for simple reflections through words, drawings, or activities.
Whether you choose to print a journal for each student, or simply select and print individual pages to focus on specific skills, the Reflection Journal is designed to fit flexibly into your classroom practice.
At its heart, this journal supports the development of the language of creative thinking in your classroom—and helps students reflect on how they are growing as motivated, resilient, confident learners who value others and manage emotions thoughtfully.
Reflective practice is a core pillar of the Creative Schools approach, helping young people not only learn, but learn how they learn.
You’ll notice the Reflection Journal draws on the familiar tools of the Creative Schools program:
The Five Creative Habits of Learning: Imagination, Persistence, Inquisitiveness, Discipline, and Collaboration
The Wellbeing & Mindfulness Wheel
The Learning Engagement Wheel
The exercises in the journal bring these frameworks to life, offering practical, playful, and purposeful ways to deepen reflection and growth.
Teachers, creative practitioners, school leaders: this Reflection Journal teaching resource is for you. It is the adult companion to the student journal, giving you additional insights through colour-coded guidance on what each activity aims to cultivate. We encourage you to explore the journal, adapt it to your students’ journeys—and even have a go at the challenges yourselves!
This Reflection Journal has been proudly developed by FORM’s Creative Learning Team, the people who, for the past few years, have brought Creative Schools to 10% of Western Australia’s public schools.
We cannot wait to see how you bring this resource to life in your classrooms and studios.
Please let us know how you use it, what works best for you, and how we can continue to refine and improve it to best support your creative learning adventures. There is a word document in the folder with the journal so that you can add comments and feedback on the activities.
Here’s to celebrating reflection, growth, and the art of learning creatively!
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Hope your week has got off to a good start. I've had a few questions from new Creatives and those returning to the program after a break about the structure of Session 2, so thought I'd share it with the wider group.
Session 2
As you gear up for Session 2 — this will be your first time working directly with the students. Some ideas and tools to help you shape a purposeful, engaging, and inspiring workshop:
Structure of Session 2 (90 minutes in total – shorter in high school):
This session is your opportunity to introduce yourselves, your creative practice, and the Creative Schools program. Some practitioners have previously shared a short video tour of their studio or workspace — a great way to open up your world to the students and spark curiosity.
Warm-up (15 mins):
Core Activity (60 mins):
This first session is all about co-design — we want to involve students in shaping the direction of the Term 2 project. While the teacher has selected the curriculum focus, this session should explore how students want to express their learning. Could it be a performance, an exhibition, a short film, a market stall?
We also want to start surfacing any local “wicked problems” that matter to the students and might be integrated into the project. To support this, you might like to use the question-generating activity we covered at the PL session (linked below).
Consider printing out a few of the SDG cards and doing a quick-fire brainstorm where students generate questions they’d like to explore, then vote on a favourite question that can be included into the project.
Reflection (15 mins):
Wrap up the session by introducing the 5 Creative Habits of Learning. Use the classroom display board (which should be up already) and share a little about how these habits will guide your time together.
You might like to ask:
The Reflection Toolkit (also in the resources folder) includes examples of how other Creatives have made the habits visible throughout the project. The Reflection Journal is also on its way to your inboxes next week — I'm hoping that it will be a fantastic tool to keep the momentum going during and between your visits.
Post-Session: Teacher Check-In
After the workshop, arrange a quick catch-up with the teacher:
Immediately after the session (ideal if they have DOTT), or
During the week (a short 10-minute call or chat works well)
Use this time to reflect on the shoulder-to-shoulder delivery that the two of you did during the workshop:
What the teacher/you noticed during the session
Any standout student moments or surprises
What ideas from students should inform or revise the Term Plan
Successes, challenges, and what’s emerging or sparking student curiosity
What you might do differently next week
Which Creative Habit you might spotlight in the next session
You’ll use this conversation to complete the Weekly Reflection Document, which you are responsible for updating after each session.
In the template, note:
The warm-up, core activity, and reflection
Key insights or feedback from your post-workshop conversation with the teacher
Any changes made to the Term Plan
Planning ideas for the next session
Engagement HQ:
You can then copy and paste your Weeks Reflection (warm-up, core activity and reflection) to the new Engagement HQ each week - this is the link that Emily has sent through. It's something we are trying this year and is a replacement to the old Facebook Group that we have had in previous years. This is how we share project ideas with the wider creative practitioner team and encourage you to encourage one another, along with 'stealing like an artist' and share and exchange ideas that have been a hit in the classroom.
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Morning Creative team,
It was so wonderful to catch up with you all last week. I hope you enjoyed the PL and are happy with your teachers and your school placements for your first Creative Schools adventure.
Just a note to clarify about the invoicing for the PL as it has changed this year.
Professional Learning Payment:
For new Creatives joining the team please invoice us for the study fee of $50 for attending Day 1 of the Professional Development workshop.
Day 2 of the PL (returning Creatives) is now considered Session 1 of your 16-session school project. Please invoice $365.30 for this day. This payment includes the time spent completing the project plan (attached). Once your term plan is finished, please upload it to your school's Google Drive folder here (new link hopefully this should now work):
Let me know once you've uploaded your project plan so I can review it.
Project Sessions (Terms 2–4):
From Session 2 onward, please invoice $365.30 + GST (if you're registered) per session. This fee covers:
There is also an additional $20 transport fee per session to include in your invoice.
Your Weekly Reflection Template is in the Google Drive folder. All your sessions are documented in a single Word doc where you note:
Please also copy and paste your reflection into our NEW closed Engagement HQ group (Emily will send the link next term). It’s a great way to share the work that is happening in the projects and get inspired by other creatives in the program (and will replace the Facebook group).
Invoicing Process:
Send invoices to Emily after each session is delivered and the documentation is completed. And cc Accounts.
emily@scribblersfestival.com.au
accounts@form.net.au
Emily and Karen (from our Accounts team) are managing invoicing for all 26 projects, so this process helps them stay on top of everything.
Materials:
A reminder that there isn't a budget for materials in Creative Schools. We try to only use what the teacher has available to them in the classroom. We do however have a
REmida account so you are welcome to collect materials under the FORM account.
Contracts
Contracts are underway. I'm finalising them today and need Laura to sign off on them so will get them out to you as soon as we can.
I hope you all have a relaxing Easter break. I'll be finishing work tomorrow and am on leave until the 28th April. Looking forward to touching base when I get back.
