St George's School

Dragon started life  as a project called Making Sense. This Creative Partnerships, Southampton and Isle of Wight project saw school teachers and students at St George's work with a professional team of artists and designers to create a sensory trail around the outdoor grounds of the school.

Whilst the idea was to build a sensory trail that would benefit the teachers and students of the school in the long term, this aspect of the project was always secondary to the main objective. It was proposed that by teaching creative thinking and practical skills techniques, all aspects of the school curriculum would be drawn in to the project. The project hoped to show that academic questions can be answered using practical skills to creatively solve problems. Risk taking, brainstorming, evaluation, innovation, failure and success were all expected to be part of the creative learning exercise and were experienced by students, teachers and partners alike.

It was because of the success of the 12 month long Making Sense project that teaching staff, students and artists felt confident enough to take the scheme to a new level and hence Dragon was born!