THis half term we will be looking at this habit in detail. We will introduce the HABIT to all the children in assembly. In class they will have an opportunity to use this habit over the next 4 weeks.

We will present Good Work Certificates in assembly to children who have shown that they have used this habit.

Why is Creating, Imagining and Innovating important?

"The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating. The paths are not to be

found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination."

John Schaar, Political Scientist,

University of Santa Clara

Author, Loyalty

in America

All human beings have the capacity to generate novel, original, clever or ingenious

products, solutions, and techniques—if that capacity is developed. Creative human beings

try to conceive problem solutions differently, examining alternative possibilities from many

angles. They tend to project themselves into different roles using analogies, starting with a

vision and working backward, imagining they are the objects being considered. Creative

people take risks and frequently push the boundaries of their perceived limits (Perkins

1985). They are intrinsically rather than extrinsically motivated, working on the task because of the

aesthetic challenge rather than the material rewards. Creative people are open to criticism. They hold up

their products for others to judge and seek feedback in an ever-increasing effort to refine their technique.

They are uneasy with the status quo. They constantly strive for greater fluency, elaboration, novelty,

parsimony, simplicity, craftsmanship, perfection, beauty, harmony, and balance.

Students, however, are often heard saying, "I can't draw," "I was never very good at art," "I can't sing a note,"

"I'm not creative". Some people believe creative humans are just born that way; in their genes and

chromosomes.

The homework task for all our pupils (week of June 6th) is to create, design a product/idea that hasn't been invented yet OR write a new, imaginative and exciting story.