Baronscourt Days for Primary School Children and their teachers from NI and ROI will take place at Baronscourt Estate:
The Pushkin Trust’s theme for this year ‘the spiking heat of inspiration’, was inspired by the chapter, ‘The classroom visit’, written by Pearl Stewart, Trustee, in the book Voices. In this chapter she details the impact of the Pushkin approach and how a workshop in her classroom brought a spice and a vibrance of inspiration where ‘sloppy copies feel the weight and speed of ideas, memories and stories.’ A time where ideas spun as each pupil became inspired through creativity and, as a result, each pupil found their own unique voice, finding is tune, place and a sense of pride.
‘…the opening rays of Father Sun toss our blanket aside as upturned faces accept the spiking heat of inspiration. ’
Pearl Stewart, The Classroom Visit, Voices, 2013.
The thematic unit is available below to download.
The following texts can be used to accompany the theme:
The Pushkin Pathway Programme will be held at Baronscourt Estate between April and June 2025.
Each Pushkin Pathway day will be cross-community and will include Post-Primary Schools.
Inspiring Educators Residentials will take place on the following dates:
3rd – 4th November 2024
January 2025 – exact dates to be confirmed
We were delighted to see the local coverage of our ‘Hitching the Sails’ environmental workshops.
Baronscourt Days for Primary School Children and their teachers from NI and ROI will take place at Baronscourt Estate:
The Pushkin Pathway Programme will be held at Baronscourt Estate between April and June 2024.
Each Pushkin Pathway day will be cross-community and will include Post-Primary Schools as follows:
Inspired from the words of Her Grace, the late Duchess of Abercorn, The Pushkin Trust’s theme for this year ‘Hitch the Sails!’, explores the element of air. It is designed to bring freedom and individuality within our learning, curiosity and wonder, as each child and educator delves into their own voice, finding inner confidence from creativity and the whispers within that breeze.
‘The cloth of Pushkin’s sail is woven from fairytale and myth that speak to us by the way of metaphor and symbol. These symbols reverberate in our ears and in our hearts long after the one who has aired them is silent.’
Sacha Abercorn, A Brief History of the Pushkin Trust, Sourcing Voices, 2014.
The thematic unit is available below to download.
Our new theme this academic year is ‘Hitch the Sails!’, embracing the element of air.
Inspiring Educators, two-day residential for teachers and leaders:
22nd – 23rd October
12th – 13th November
Baronscourt Days for Primary Schools will commence April and May 2024
We look forward to another wonderful year of creativity within the special and unique grounds of our private estate.
We had three outstanding days of movement, environmental, interactive story-making and digital sound-scape workshops within the grounds of our private estate with Year 9 pupils from Drumragh Integrated College and Castlederg High School. Students and teachers were inspired during the programme as they explored through The Arts together. Doorways to self-confidence, new interests and individual abilities were opened, wide and new relationships were fostered. Well done to everyone involved!
