St. Fergal’s College, Rathdown, Co. Laois

Beginning in Sept 2025, our TYs began rehearsing for their school musical High School Musical Jr. This involved script reading, stage direction, singing and choreography. The progress and development of each student was so rewarding for them and staff, as can be seen...

St. Aidan’s Community School, Tallaght, Dublin 24

TY students participated in a full day stained glass workshop with the artist Bianca Divito. They learned about key techniques and how to safely use specialist tools. Each student designedand created an individual stained glass piece, developing their creativity,...

Magh Éne College, Co. Donegal

Celebrating Art, Culture and Community – Magh Éne Mural Project The Magh Éne Mural Creative Engagement Project was a collaborative, student-led initiative involving Transition Year and Fifth Year students in the design and creation of a large-scale mural reflecting...

Royal School Cavan

This Creative Engagement Project, Comic Strip Art, was a successful collaboration between a professional animator and students, focusing on the fundamentals of 2D visual storytelling. Under expert guidance, students moved beyond simple drawing to master character...

St. Kilians Community School, Bray, Co. Wicklow

For this Creative Engagement Project the school wanted to do something very inclusive so that all the transition year students would be able to create a piece of work for a group mural. They designated a classroom space that the mural would fit into and chose acrylic...

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Dunboyne College of Further Education, Co. Meath 2020

Dunboyne College of Further Education, Co. Meath 2020

Dunboyne College of Further Education, Co. Meath were undertaking a number of films for their Creative Engagement Project 2020. The students worked on a number of films this term. The photos are scenes taken from the student productions; 'Communication Is Key',...

Patrician Secondary School, Co. Kildare 2020

Patrician Secondary School, Co. Kildare 2020

Patrician Secondary School in Newbridge were moving along nicely to getting their large dragon for their Creative Engagement Project 2020 finished when the school closure for Covid 19 happened. They were working with artist Paul Woods. The first year group were really...

Bailieborough Community School, Co. Cavan 2020

Bailieborough Community School, Co. Cavan 2020

Bailieborough Community School in Cavan have their Creative Engagement Project 2020 well underway. A local artist Jackie O'Neill is working with the students on illustrating the local history and folklore related to the area of Bailieborough. Jackie demonstrated...

Kinsale Community School, Co. Cork 2020

Kinsale Community School, Co. Cork 2020

Kinsale Community School had great work done on their Creative Engagement Project 2020 before the schools closure. The project was based on designing and building a full size public seating installation for students in the school setting. The shape and design was...

Bremore Educate Together Secondary School, Co. Dublin 2020

Bremore Educate Together Secondary School, Co. Dublin 2020

Bremore Educate Together Secondary School thankfully got their Creative Engagement Project 2020 artist workshops completed before the school had to close because of Covid 19. Print artist Claire worked with their first year students to develop a series of intaglio...

Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin 2020

Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin 2020

Malahide Portmarnock Educate Together Secondary School have their Creative Engagement Project 2020 underway. Students are working with glass artist Michelle O’Donnell to create a sculptural or suspended glass piece (the form will evolve through collaboration with the...

CBS Thurles

CBS Thurles

This Year under the Creative Engagement Programme 2020 the CBS Thurles turned to the Walls Project in Waterford. ...

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Springtime

From you have I been absent in the Spring, When proud-pied April, dressed in all his trim, Hath put a spirit of youth in everything, (Shakespeare 1609)  Good luck with all the work in Spring. Please send in any photos and text of projects underway. Evaluation Form...

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Nollaig Shona Daoibh

Nollaig Shona Daoibh

Nollaig Shona Díbh. Agus Athbhliain fé mhaise daoibh go léir. I hope all you have a great Christmas and a Wonderful New Year. From Clive, Dermot, Kay and all at NAPD.

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It is an arts-in-education programme.  This entails an artist or artists coming into the school to work with the students. A creative engagement happens when a local artist or  arts  group comes into the school and imparts their skills, knowledge and enthusiasm to the students.  This partnership has mutual benefits to both artist and school. Creative Engagement programme encompasses the arts in its broadest manifestation, from the visual arts to music, from theatre to dance and all the arts in between.

The Creative Engagement programme strives to encourage creativity, initiative and expression in our students and to complement curricular learning in the arts , heritage and culture.  NAPD envisions an education system energised through the arts and where creativity is a core activity in the post primary curriculum.   The NAPD Arts Culture and Heritage committee celebrates its twenty fourth anniversary this year 2023.  The Arts Culture and Heritage committee has been  administering the Creative Engagement programme in schools since 2005.