P2 and 3 Kids' Own Publishing Partnership Programme

Since its inception in 1997 Kids’ Own has emerged as a key organisation that supports the provision of exemplary arts practice with children and young people in Ireland. An integral part of this work is the commitment to supporting professional artists in developing their practice with children and young people and all other professionals working with children through the arts. Kids’ Own is primarily focused on supporting the engagement that occurs between artists and children and in developing a way of working with children and young people that develops their own individual creative expression through the creative process. The outcomes from this engagement serve to further promote the arts in the lives of children in terms of resources that support practice, or work in itself that supports children and young people as active cultural creators in their own right. We are very fortunate to be involved in this project and are the first school in Northern Ireland to be involved with a dance artist, Ms Lisa Cahill from Cork. Lisa is a very talented dance artist and we are really enjoying working with her in our art lessons online. P2 and 3 are simply amazed that Lisa can talk to us and work with us in our classroom on our interactive whiteboard when she is in Cork and we are in Aughnacloy. We have really enjoyed our first few lessons based on the senses and leaves. We have even performed our own leaf dance with accompanying pastel leaf tattoos! Last week we went outside to record some sounds using our mini microphones. We are very much looking forward to working with Lisa over the next few months! Enjoy our pictures of what we have been up to so far!