Creativity gives children the foundations to solve problems, explore freely and love learning.

The benefits of creative enrichment activities are vast.

By taking part in creative activities outside of the school day children can express themselves and find enrichment, with freedom to explore possibilities in their own way and on their own terms.

Teaching and learning through art and design at school will generally be guided by the assessment objectives students are working towards in class. However, art and design, music, movement, communication, in a child’s own time is a beautiful chance to practice observation, listening, focus, and even stickability, especially when it doesn’t go ‘right first time’. Choice, confidence to experiment and sensory processing to sooth and get grounded without judgement are the great advantages of extra-curricular creativity (the list is wonderfully far from exhaustive). 

Being creative in free time promotes independence, self-regulation and a safe place to make mistakes, try new ideas and test out exactly the creative response you what within boundaries set by yourself and your parent or carer. A really healthy start point for learning to take risk, accept, reflect and learn from practise, then make suggestions and refine skills. Then, when children begin participating in expressive artistic activities as part of a small group, they have the additional learning of building their team participation skills and practising communication with peers, in a guided structure and safe learning environment led by specialists.

At BCE we are lucky to be able to give our participants the freedom to explore through arts, (art, design, media, drama, movement, music, speech, sound) to support their social emotional development, as well as work towards certificates they might choose to best compliment their interests and abilities. LAMDA, Arts Award and Leadership Skills Foundation certificates can be opted into and offer a broad range of possibilities. As well as that, as SEND education leaders and transpersonal arts therapists, we have the expertise and knowledge to assist children with their mental health and wellbeing beyond any typical classroom environment.

Our Alternative Provision offer supports education for young people with SEND, EBSNA and health issues (including anxiety) during the school day - and our new enrichment offer is accessible to all children as part of our ambition to help young people to know that they belong in their own skin and community, as well as love to learn, wherever they receive their day-time education. 

To understand our enrichment offer please see the flyer below and book your place. The Saturday sessions begin on 18 January with a FREE taster that morning for any child who is signed up through our bookings page. 

Sessions then run in 6 week blocks from Saturday 25th January.

BCE’s Saturday Sessions Flyer Page 1

BCE’s Saturday Sessions Flyer Page 2