Due to the success of our previous Autumn project, Leeds City Art Gallery and Leeds Music Education Partnership (LMEP) have teamed up once again to bring you an immersive Arts project which all schools can register a class for during the summer term. This FREE Art and Music project is aimed at KS2 and KS3 children and will take place in Leeds Art Gallery on selected dates in the summer term.

Project outline:

• This project will link Art activities with music composition and improvisation through a common theme.
• Leeds Art Gallery will host an online gallery visit for each visiting school, and introduce the themes of the visit and provide interactive activities prior to the session at the Gallery.
• A morning or afternoon visit for a designated class to the Art gallery either on Friday 28th June or Friday 12th July, which will include an opportunity to make music and art in the gallery space, and gives the chance for children to explore the latest Art exhibition at the gallery.

The project is fully funded by Leeds Art gallery and LMEP, and you will be able to get support with transport costs to the Art Gallery via LMEP’s innovative grant. Two-form entry schools are welcome to take part. To register your interest, please email LMEP.ArtForms@leeds.gov.uk and state your preferred date.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Truscott at LMEP.ArtForms@leeds.gov.uk or Amanda

Philips Amanda.Philips@leeds.gov.uk.

Sarah Truscott – Assistant Head, ArtForms (LMEP)

If you would like to share any of your work through the newsletter, please contact jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk .

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• the Leeds Creative Skills Festival;
• the upcoming Cultural Education Conference;
• projects for young people and schools;
• loads of music opportunities;
• and much more.

The newsletter can be found here and previous issues are on this page.

9 November 2023

9.30am – 1.30pm

venue to be confirmed

Delegates will learn practical skills to teach children of all ages how to prepare and cook healthy nutritious recipes. The course will cover progression, assessment and ensure delegates are confident to teach a wide range of cooking skills safely, including chopping techniques. You will have the opportunity to try out different cooking techniques in a real school kitchen and work in groups to prepare and cook a range of healthy recipes. We will work as a team to explore barriers and solutions for delivering an effective cooking curriculum.

To book your place, please visit Leeds for Learning.

Wednesday 11 October 2023

1.00pm – 3.30pm

Leeds Art Gallery

For the first time since the pandemic, our How to be an effective Art subject leader training session will be face to face.   This course is targeted at primary Art subject leaders who are new to the role or are in need of a refresher.  This course will provide delegates with the essential ‘need to know’.  There will be the opportunity for delegates to review their art curriculum, considering progression of knowledge.

Booking is though Leeds for Learning.   If you have any questions, please contact jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk.

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3.45pm – 4.45pm

Thursday 28 September 2023

online

All primary art subject leaders and class teachers are welcome to join our online Primary Art Network.   Our focus for the first session of 23/24 is on ‘traditional, modern and contemporary’ and what that means in Art.  This is in response to teachers’ requests.

Places on this free session can be booked through Leeds for Learning. If you have any questions, please contact jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk .  Please note this network is for Leeds schools only.

Our first Primary Music and Arts Newsletter will be winging its way to you next week.  In the meantime, we’ve compiled the LEEDS 2023 schools programme of projects and events into one bumper edition, which can be found here.

If you want to share any of the brilliant music and arts taking place in your school, please contact: jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk.

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Please take a look and, if there’s anything you would like us to include for future editions, then please get in touch with jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk 

If you are interested in signing up, so that you don’t miss out in the future, then please ask your School Business Manager to create a user account for you on Leeds for Learning.