Education
How was it for you - a parent's view of working with darts' artists
No Limits is a parent-let volunteer group providing activities for young people with Aspergers Syndrome. People with Aspergers have difficultly engaging with others and understanding 'normal' behaviour because of poor communication skills, a lack of social awareness and impaired imagination. Michelle Creswell, a parent from the group gives her view on working with artists from darts...
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Hannah and the arts - discovering passion
e2e (Entry to Employment) offers young people aged 14-16 who are no longer in education access to training. This is Hannah's story
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Heatherwood students create outstanding music
darts has been working with some passionate musicians that can’t normal access music making due to their profound physical disabilities
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Students share dance inspired by exhibition
The exhibition by Jacqui Symons inspires dance students to create a site specific movement performance as part of degree studies
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Feature film inspires arts workshop
As part of the All Aboard project, families from Rossington have been working with artists to find out.. Where The Wild Things Are..
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All Aboard for a creative journey with the family
The All Aboard project gives families the chance to go on a journey of creative discovery together as part of Family Learning in Schools Programme
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Youngsters invited to travel through time
Children and young people hopped aboard the junk orchestra time machine set for adventure to celebrate National Playday
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Just A.S.K the way to the allotment
Just A.S.K is a community allotment project run by local volunteers in Mexborough who have been working with darts to create a den for young people.
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The Young Orangery looks at identity
A weekly after school session for young people with learning and physical differences have been finding out what makes them who they are
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Nationally celebrated work with excluded pupils
Otherwise Creative, darts' flagship project continues to engage young people in the arts, opens the windows of imagination and brings the cat to the curiosity
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darts celebrate Arts Award success
darts celebrates helping 19 pupils from Hall Cross and Balby Carr secondary schools gain their Arts Award qualifications
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Finding Enjoyment in learning
Finding Enjoyment, a project studying the links between enjoyment, confidence and achievement reports on the latest phase of work
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What can you do with just a bit of paper
Take four drama workers and ask them to create a show from a piece of paper. The result is a magical performance
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Exciting Explorations into play for children
Since 2008 darts has been working on the 'Exciting Explorations' project with children aged between 5-16... So far it has been a lot of fun!
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Drama surgeries now in school
One autumn day darts and four primary school head teachers got together to talk about their desire to get their young people enthused about words
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Stepping out with a special school
The Stepping Out project helps young people with diverse needs develop life skills by using drama to play out everyday situations in a safe environment
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Talk about the Arts!
darts works with primary schools to explore ways of using the arts to hit Speaking and Listening objectives in schools
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darts works with schools to raise boys attainment
How do you target boys without isolating them from the environment in which they need to thrive in? The Making it Happen project aimed to find out
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Creativity helps pupils engage in learning
darts works with two schools to re-engage and further engage young people in school life through creative activities
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Special school pupils take steps to independence
darts worked with pupils of Athelstane Special School to tackle some of the barriers preventing them from travelling independently
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Five-a-day to help keep the mid-term blues away!
Teachers get in touch with their creative side with bags of enthusiasm and remember just how much fun life can be.
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Creating change in boys' attainment
Creating Change is a project designed to inspire young boys to raise their aspirations through the use of dance, drama and music to channel their energy
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Enjoyment in learning
darts investigates the links between enjoyment, achievement and engagement in an innovative study in two schools
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Artists set to help keep kids amused in half term
When the days are short and the weather is cold it somehow feels more difficult to organise fun, exciting activities to keep the kids amused
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darts website premiere of Early Years film
Just a bit of paper is an interactive performance piece performed for an early years audience starring a character called Scribble
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