About

Narle Project founder Andrew Johnson, a former Manager at Launceston's Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, has combined his love for design, art, learning and events with a passion for instilling a sense of fun and entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation of learners and leaders. 

 

He developed the Narle Project blueprint based on delivering practical learning workshops in Tasmanian schools, inviting children to explore creative projects. The results were then displayed to their peers. Community engagement through unique exhibitions is a key point of difference for the Narle Project.

 

The concept of encouraging children to be creative, to draw and make, to experiment and be playful in their thought process is being recognised around the world as a vital part of early learning to help children become better innovative thinkers.

 

Teaching these skills and important capabilities is ideally addressed through hands on learning; making, drawing, inventing and experimenting. Children naturally have an inquiring, curious nature that should be given the opportunity to flourish. By learning these elements and developing these skills, children will become better innovative thinkers able to adapt and problem solve, all vital skills for their future.

 

Creative and Critical thinking is one of the seven ‘general capabilities’ that make up Skills and understanding, one of the three centrally important learning areas in the Australian curriculum.

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