Young People and Schools

We Work with Schools

Schools are at the heart of our community and at the heart of the Carnival procession. Every year we work with schools in projects which support the curriculum and engage the creativity and inspire all pupils including the less motivated and those with special needs.

To help schools make the most of their involvement, we run a series of workshops to help plan, create and participate in the procession. Pupils create costumes and structures, learn music and dance and then experience the unique joy of taking part in the parade which is the focal point of Carnival Day and watched by tens of thousands of people.

Schools Engagement
Recent History

2017

Arts Council funded

In 2017 we teamed up with the Harwell Campus as part of our Arts Council funded work to offer 59 school children plus staff from three local primary schools an exciting peek inside the world leading science and technology campus located at Chilton, south of Oxford.

2018

Inclusivity in Oxfordshire

In 2018 we began to seriously address inclusivity in Oxfordshire arts and the Carnival. We delivered an extensive programme of opportunities in arts training, participation and performance for disabled young people in Oxford using the Cowley Road Carnival as the key catalyst and platform.

This work began our partnership with the ROARsomes at ARK-T which has gone from strength to strength.During the year, we collaborated with an impressive group of local, national and international arts partners including: New Carnival Company (supported by Unlimited), Embaixadores de Alegria (the world’s biggest carnival project with disabled people), mental health charity MIND, the University of Oxford’s Pembroke College, Cyc Du Soleil (Steve Larkin), Sol Samba, Pegasus Theatre, Mizeke Afropean Singers, DADAfest, Gloucester Carnival.

We also partnered with MIND to work with a group of people living with mental health disorders – often labelled invisible disabilities – and Pembroke College Gallery (University of Oxford) to deliver a series of interactive workshops and an exhibition of work There were additional performances and displays of work at Common People festival, Carnival Day and the ROAR Festival.

2019

Workshops

In 2019 we supported creative and making workshops in schools and the wider community as part of our outreach projects supported by Arts Council England and the Science Technologies Facilities Council.

2020

Octopus!

In 2020 we had just started our schools projects when the emerging Covid pandemic changed the focus of our activities to online projects.

However, the pupils of Oxford Spires Academy completed their amazing octopus in a project supported by the Oxford Business Park. The structure was exhibited at an event held at the Oxford Business Park in March 2020

We completed a series of learning projects for school children, supported by the University of Oxford and the Oxford Business Park, with online resources.

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Promoting the education of the public in particular through the world cultures and arts reflected in the residents of Oxford, and developing skills and opportunities through a Carnival and related events, workshops and activities.

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