ABSTRACT
Government has mirrored the national debate by legislation and initiatives such as ‘All Our Futures, Creative and Cultural Education’10 and ‘Every Child Matters’.11 ‘All Our Futures’, states that ‘When individuals find their creative strengths, it can have an enormous impact on overall achievement’12 making clear the links between motivation, creativity and high achievement. This report also supports the idea that we need to build on children’s talents and interests by saying that ‘the key is to find what children are good at. Self-confidence and self-esteem then tend to rise and overall performance improves’.13 Clearly, government is recognising that if children feel good about themselves and what they are doing, their learning will be more successful.
