SWGaTE (South West Gifted and Talented Education) is the South West’s Regional Partnership for supporting and ,developing the education of able, gifted and talented pupils.
The CODE team was commissioned by SWGaTE to work with a small group of students from five local authorities across the South West to design innovative postcards to be used by schools across the area. The student group undertakes different projects on behalf of SWGaTE and meet once a term to advise them and share their experiences as able students.
The aim of the project was to get the students thinking creatively to produce possible designs for the postcards. The initial stage involved the CODE team taking the students through the different design stages, enabling the students to learn how to make creative decisions on images, written content and layouts. The CODE team then helped the group to analyse their initial ideas before producing two postcard designs which the students then evaluated before one design was chosen for production.
The postcards are used by schools across the South West in a variety of ways, including: aide-memoirs between teachers and students, as invitations to parents to attend school Gifted & Talented events and for students to give to teachers with suggestions on how to improve interaction with Gifted & Talented students in their classes.
SWGaTE‘s Regional Co-ordinator Christine Mitchell commented: ‘The CODE team was able to enhance the students’ understanding of the design process and to challenge their thinking as they began to generate possible designs. The postcards are now being used across the South West in a variety of ways and each time a postcard is used it helps to promote the work of SWGaTE and the Gifted Voices student group.’
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