Left & above: Students from Headington School
changes that no-one would have foreseen just a few short months ago. Learning how to think creatively, how to use the existing tools, whatever they may be, to deal with new and unexpected requirements reiterated the need to place creativity and innovation at the heart of learning.
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION CENTRE How, then, do we develop these creative thinking skills? At Headington, this is something we have been thinking about for some time and work is underway on a new Creativity & Innovation Centre. This will become the new home for Fine Art, Sculpture, Photography, and Fashion Textiles at Headington, as well as a hub for cross-curricular learning with a focus on sustainability, enterprise and technology. Last year, our girls explored artificial intelligence, machine learning and Art, working with the world’s first ultra- realistic AI artist, Ai-Da. As they applied machine learning concepts to gaming, contemplated the lessons from Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel ‘Frankenstein’, investigated AI music composition and looked at AI ethics, the girls considered what it is to be human. As we prepare for the opening of the Hive, we’ve ordered a green-powered electric race car which will be built by our Year 8 pupils, but will provide all girls across the
School to engage their creative skills in a very tangible way. There will be a host of different curriculum and extra-curricular spin-off projects featuring the car, for example designing the body work, wind tunnel testing in a virtual testing environment, manufacturing the vehicle and seeking sponsorship for the project – engaging a whole host of interdisciplinary approaches and areas for creativity and further study. It takes a human touch to come up with something
new, to take a wider view and to be truly creative. Young minds are uniquely placed to do this – they haven’t yet accepted the orthodox approach and so are really very good at coming up with something original and fresh. Education has moved some way beyond learning facts and processes by rote and, while there will always be a value to having a good knowledge base, the fact most of us have access to vast quantities of information at our fingertips means this is far less significant than it once was. We all need to think creatively to thrive in a new digital world.
Headington School was shortlisted in the Creativity category in the 2020 TES Independent School Awards
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