Creative learning experiences coming to WA schools

Jan 31, 2025, 10:30 AM

Students, teachers and school communities can look forward to creative learning experiences coming to their classrooms with a major investment connecting artists and arts organisations to WA schools.

Made possible through WA Government culture and the arts funding, 12 projects will share $525,721 in grants from the 2024–25 collaboration round of the Creativity for Schools program.

Another five projects will share $99,974 in grants from the Term 4 2024 residency round of the Creativity for Schools program.

Totalling $625,695, the collaboration funding aims to connect WA arts organisations and artists with schools, while the residency funding supports artists-in-residence across multiple school environments.

These projects will embed creativity across curriculum areas, increase access to the arts, and allow students, teachers and school communities the opportunity to enrich their learning in a fun and engaging way.

An initiative of Creative WA, the WA Government’s 10-year vision to grow culture, arts, and the Creative Industries, the Creativity for Schools program is administered by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

The recipients of the 2024–25 Creativity for Schools collaboration round are:

Alta-1 College Ltd — $59,800 for Creativity with Project-based Learning in Middle School
Bassendean Primary School — $60,000 for Night/Time
Camboon Primary School — $41,283 for Nature Play and Playing with Nature
Great Southern Grammar Inc — $57,066 for Backyard Possum Encounter
Kristy Nita Brown — $59,974 for Book Builders Challenge
Newdegate Primary School — $31,700 for Newdegate — Then and Now
Phoenix Primary School — $27,300 for Empowering Year 6 Students through Video Podcast Creation
Shire of Plantagenet — $13,700 for Amplify: The Band Experience
Southern Forest Arts — $60,000 for Boodja Ni (Koodjal): Expanding the yarning circle
Studio Schools of Australia Ltd — $23,126 for Manjali Music Residency
Theatre Kimberley Incorporated — $60,000 for Growing up Circus in the Kimberley
West Coast Steiner School Inc — $31,772 for “Kaart, Koort, Maara — Head, Heart and Hands.

The recipients of the Term 4 2024 Creativity for Schools residency round are:

Bassendean Primary School — $20,000 for The Bilya Project 2025: Stories of Us
Bremer Bay Primary School — $20,000 for Bremer Bay Way Nature Walkway Residency
Cara Ratajczak -—$20,000 for Wooditjup Bilya Project
Theatre Kimberley Incorporated — $19,974 for Arts Impact at the Crossing
Woodbridge Primary School — $20,000 for Koondela Waarangka Project 2025.

The Term 1 2025 Residency round is open and accepting applications, closing 27 March 2025. Find out more and apply now on the Creativity for Schools webpage.