Working with Year 7, 8 and 9 at a secondary school in Modern Foreign Languages I explored how creative practices could be applied to help young people think about new ways to engage in learning language. From gobbledegook to playful use of words we explored digital media and personal interests such as music and sport, to devise possible lesson plans where pupils could support each other in their learning and open up their learning through digital media to others in the school. We also looked at how the classroom was organised through drama and drawing. Working with a threatre director we looked at games and how we engaged with the space of the classroom thinking about how it was organised to allow for pupils to share their learning and make more creative use of the space.
