EKST is delighted to confirm that this event will take place at the Daphne Oram Gallery at Canterbury Christ Church University- with many thanks to them for supporting EKST with this event. Incredible thanks to the John Swire 1989 Foundation for supporting EKST so that we can run this incredible project- which will culminate in…
Read MoreEKST received some amazing feedback from students and staff concerning this fantastic day; with many thanks again to The Bay Trust and the Cleary Foundation for all their backing and support to make this happen. Students from Herne Bay High School, Spires Academy and St.Anselm’s were able to support this event. Here is some of…
Read MoreMany thanks to St. Edmund’s, one of our partner schools, for hosting and facilitating an amazing morning of Life Drawing for EKST students. Feedback: “Really well organised and well taught. It’s fantastic that you provide this opportunity to students within the EKST partnership.” Another wonderful session to follow and photos coming soon! ” Chose to…
Read MoreDelighted to be able to run a Big Drama Day for EKST partner schools, kindly hosted by King’s in their amazing space at The Malthouse Theatre. Facilitated by the wonderful Drama department who helped bring all the students to create some fantastic work. We had a number of our schools attend with fantastic feedback on…
Read MoreThe Big Chill ran across 2 days organised by EKST and facilitated by some amazing artists, oracy, wellbeing, and outdoor specialists. Many thanks too to Pines Calyx- an amazing place. We had some fantastic feedback from students and staff: Feedback from students:” I liked how we could speak about how we liked and disliked about…
Read MoreThe ‘Our Shared Isolation’ art collaboration project concluded on Friday 25 June 2021 with an amazing exhibition installed at the Daphne Oram centre for Creative Arts at CCCU by Esther and the team at CCCU. The space looked amazing and the works reflected the incredible time, thought and creativity that students had given to this…
Read MoreWe are so delighted to have been able to run this art collaboration in 2021 in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Support from the John Swire 1989 Foundation made it possible and the students who have been involved have created some amazingly thoughtful concepts and pieces representing what became important to their…
Read MoreWe are very proud of our ‘Big Sing’ partnership choir. Prior to Covid students from our partnership schools would meet termly to sing together. This impactful initiative boosted wellbeing, built confidence, broke down boundaries and widened horizons. During lockdown we have run Big Sing sessions online that have been really successful. We needed funds to…
Read MoreSomi Arian’s talk ‘Human Skills for Disruptive Technologies’ focuses on the four critical human skills that need to be brought into the classroom to help students survive and thrive in a 21st century landscape, dominated by AI and automation.
Read MoreThe link below will take you to a lovely resource that St Edmund’s have shared with us with lots of links to academic and extra curricular online resources and activities. Enjoy: Menu of Opp 12 2021
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