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Creative Clusters Initiative: Minister Foley Announces creation of 21 new Creative Clusters The Minister for Education Norma Foley today announced the creation of 21 new 2022 Creative Clusters comprising 78 schools. Creative Clusters is an initiative taking place as part of Creative Ireland and under the Schools Excellence Fund. The Department of Education’s budget for Creative Clusters in 2022 is €595,000. Under this scheme to support schools to build capacity in creativity, schools in each cluster will enjoy access to a specialist facilitator, artist or creative expertise in whatever their chosen area of interest or theme might be. These resources will help the schools to build a project of learning and activities tailor-made for their students. As part of this funding allocation, a cluster may receive up to €15,000 funding to help bring their plans and ideas to fruition in 2022-2024. Minister Foley said: “Creative Clusters is an excellent initiative that supports students to develop their creativity, learn to adapt and collaborate and provides them with real opportunities to express themselves in a variety of exciting new ways. “Today I am delighted to announce the 78 schools that are coming together to form 21 new Creative Clusters. I would like to welcome these new schools into this Schools Excellence Fund initiative, and I look forward to seeing how these exciting projects develop over the coming two years. This is a wonderful opportunity for schools to work together on a project of their choice. Schools are given complete freedom to design and develop their own project, with support from a local facilitator and their local education centre. “This year has once again seen a very significant level of interest from schools applying to participate in the 2022 Creative Clusters initiative across the country. In the five rounds from 2018 to 2022, a total number of 1,276 schools have applied to participate in Creative Clusters, with 375 schools shortlisted and invited to participate. I hope that this exciting initiative will help schools to further enhance creativity in their classrooms. For further information on the Creative Clusters initiative and to details of the news schools participating from 2022 go to: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/72b73-minister-foley-announces-78-additional-schools-joining-the-schools-excellence-fund-creative-clusters-initiative/
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Deis do Scoileanna: Braislí Cruthaitheacha Spriocdháta: 13 May 2022 Thug an tAire Oideachais Norma Foley TD cuireadh inniu do bhunscoileanna agus d’iar-bhunscoileanna ar fud na hÉireann iarratas a dhéanamh ar Bhraislí Cruthaitheacha, an tionscnamh atá ar siúl mar chuid d’Éire Chruthaitheach agus faoin gCiste Sármhaitheas Scoile. Is é €595,000 buiséad na Roinne Oideachais do Bhraislí Cruthaitheacha in 2022. Faoin scéim seo chun tacú le scoileanna cumas cruthaitheachta a chothú, bainfidh scoileanna i ngach braisle leas as rochtain ar shainéascaitheoir, ar ealaíontóir nó ar shaineolas cruthaitheach i cibé réimse spéise nó téama a roghnaíonn siad. Cabhróidh na hacmhainní seo leis na scoileanna tionscadal foghlama agus gníomhaíochtaí a chur le chéile a bheidh saincheaptha dá ndaltaí. Mar chuid den leithdháileadh maoinithe seo, féadfaidh braisle maoiniú suas le €15,000 a fháil chun a gcuid pleananna agus smaointe a thabhairt chun críche in 2022-2024. Dúirt an tAire Foley: “Is deis iontach é seo do scoileanna oibriú le chéile ar thionscadal dá rogha féin. Tugtar saoirse iomlán do scoileanna a dtionscadal féin a dhearadh agus a fhorbairt, le tacaíocht ó éascaitheoir áitiúil agus óna nIonad oideachais áitiúil. “Tá súil agam go gcabhróidh an tionscnamh spreagúil seo le scoileanna cruthaitheacht a fheabhsú tuilleadh ina seomraí ranga. Tá sé tábhachtach go gcumasaítear ár bpáistí chun iad féin a chur in iúl agus go bhfoghlaimíonn siad conas iad féin a oiriúnú agus a bheith ag comhoibriú. Tugann ‘Braislí Cruthaitheacha’ deis do scoláirí de gach aois na scileanna riachtanacha seo a fhorbairt, taitneamh a bhaint as léiriú ealaíne agus as léiriú cruthaitheach agus as iad seo a iniúchadh.” Faoin am seo, tá scoileanna ar fud na tíre ag oibriú le chéile i dtionscnamh na mBraislí Cruthaitheacha chun tionscadail chruthaitheacha a fhorbairt agus chun comhoibriú ar smaointe nua, bunaithe ar a dtaithí áitiúil agus ar a bpeirspictíocht uathúil. Tá sé mar aidhm ag Ciste Sármhaitheas Scoile na Roinne Oideachais sármhaitheas agus nuálaíocht inár scoileanna a spreagadh agus a aithint. Cabhróidh an tionscnamh seo le seachadadh a dhéanamh ar an gcolún Óige Chruthaithí d'Éire Chruthaitheach, rud a leagann amach gealltanas go mbeidh rochtain phraiticiúil ag gach leanbh in Éirinn ar theagasc, ar thaithí agus ar rannpháirtíocht sa cheol, sa drámaíocht, sna healaíona agus sa chódú. Spriocdháta: 13 May 2022 Tuilleadh eolais ar fáil anseo: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/371d7-minister-foley-invites-applications-from-schools-for-funding-to-work-together-on-creative-projects/