Educators Of The Term - Creative arts education and Drama Workshops

We take great pride in knowing that each and every one of our facilitators is an exceptional educator and talented individual. However, once per term we like to select a single facilitator as ‘Educator Of The Term’ to focus on and tell you a little bit more about…generally if they’ve gone above and beyond for us and the schools in which they work!

Therefore, this term, please congratulate Charly Ward (North), Emma Edwards (South), Meghan Stanley (Wales) & Lolade Ajala (London) for being crowned our ‘Educators of the term’; well done everyone! Want to see why they are our Summer Super Stars? Read on…

Bigfoot North – Charly Ward

We are thrilled to celebrate Charly as our Educator of the Term here at Bigfoot North! Charly has been dedicated to creating meaningful experiences through her Memories and Moving On films, helping children cherish their school memories and prepare for future adventures. She has also been delivering insightful Generation Windrush workshops, educating students about the important history and contributions of the Windrush generation.

Charly’s commitment, talent, and passion have consistently earned her positive feedback from schools and students alike. Her enthusiasm and dedication light up every classroom she enters, leaving a lasting impact on everyone she meets.

Thank you, Charly, for your hard work and exceptional contributions this term!

Bigfoot South – Emma Edwards

We are delighted to announce that Emma Edwards is Bigfoot South’s Educator of the term!

Emma has worked incredibly hard over the past few weeks to write and rehearse The Story Tree. With Arts Council funding Emma is performing in schools, libraries and community theatre venues for hundreds of young children this July and August. She has worked with Makaton expert Astrella Chapman to learn new signs to use alongside the stories. Joe Fleming has created the wacky portable Story Tree you see behind her which is travelling with her on her story adventures.

Well done Emma – we can’t wait to see The Story Tree in action!

Bigfoot Wales – Meghan Stanley

Meghan Stanley has only recently started her journey with Bigfoot Wales and has fitted in just perfectly. She is a multi-talented Filmmaker and Animator who can lend her hand to absolutely anything. We have had fantastic feedback from staff saying that Meghan’s workshops are brilliant, that they gave the children lots of confidence to create their own films and that the children absolutely adore her. We are so thrilled that she is part of the Bigfoot Wales team.

Bigfoot London – Lolade Ajala

We are delighted to announce that Lolade is London’s Educator of the term!

Lolade is a dedicated and much valued member of the Bigfoot team, having joined us an Educator back in 2009. She has delivered a huge range of programmes in her time at Bigfoot, covering everything from Literacy and Black History Month to bespoke workshops and a range of PSHE programmes. We always get outstanding feedback from schools about their workshops with Lolade, with teachers consistently telling us how engaging she is. Burhill Primary School said that ‘Every teacher has commented how engaged the children were and how brilliant the sessions were. Lolade’s behaviour management and knowledge was outstanding.’

More recently we have been privileged to collaborate with Lolade on creating a bespoke Brixton Walking Tour for EF Educational Tours. This is an important new avenue and partnership for Bigfoot, and Lolade has worked incredibly hard to create a unique creative learning experience which is being enjoyed by hundreds of international students. EF’s Regional Tour Director told us that ‘I went on the tour yesterday and have to say that it was one of the best tours I have been on.’ Amazing!

Lolade has a gift for working creatively with children and young people. She is passionate about the power of using drama to enhance learning and is so committed to giving every school she visits the best possible experience. She is also a joy to work with behind the Bigfoot scenes; she lights up a training room!

We are so excited to continue working with Lolade again next year, and beyond! Thank you Lolade, and well done for a brilliant Summer term!

PREVIOUS LONDON EDUCATORS OF THE TERM

Spring 2024: Samantha Pears

Autumn 2023: Taj Matthews

Summer 2023: Anthony Underwood

Spring 2023: Nicole Cooke

Autumn 2022: Ben Armstrong

Summer 2022: Hannah Williams

Spring 2022: Marshall Stay

Autumn 2021: Cristal Cole

Summer 2021: Rebecca Drake

Spring 2019: Roxanne Browne