Would you like to join a group of schools to help you with your Artsmark journey?

Artsmark is the creative quality standard for education settings, accredited by Arts Council England.  IVE are working with the Leeds Cultural Education Partnership and the Leeds Music Education Partnership on a new consortium to support schools who are interested in achieving Artsmark.   To find out more about Artsmark and the Leeds Creative Schools Consortium, schools are invited to attend an online information session on Monday 3 October, 3.45-4.45pm.
The session will include information about:

• the Artsmark Award, including how to register;
• support packages available from a range of partners;
• benefits of being part of a consortium group and participating in peer network sessions;
• local Artsmark schools, including the impact Artsmark has had on their whole school settings.

Please book your place at this event through Eventbrite.

The Artsmark briefing session will take place at New Bewerley Community School on

Tuesday 27th November, 4pm – 5.30pm.

It is free to attend and is open to anyone to teachers, subject leaders, senior leaders and governors.  For further information and to book your place, please click here.

Find out about the Leeds Music Education Partnership Artsmark registration subsidies here.

Find out about ArtForms as Artsmark Partners here.

If you are considering going for Artsmark and your development plan includes Music, ArtForms Music offer an Artsmark Registration Subsidy.  Please click here for further information or contact jo.richardson@leeds.gov.uk.

ArtForms Arts Development and ArtForms Music are both Artsmark partners.  We can help you through the Artsmark process.   If you wish to discuss this further, please contact jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk

The Artsmark Partnership Programme, run by Arts Council England, is an endorsed network of organisations who support Artsmark registered schools on their journey to embed arts and culture across the curriculum.

Jo Richardson, Partnership Manager at ArtForms, says:

“We’re delighted to have been awarded Artsmark Partner status. Schools embarking on their Artsmark journey can be confident that music activities and support services provided by ArtForms and Leeds Music Education Partnership (LMEP) are approved and appropriate for inclusion in their Artsmark music development plans.”

Schools who are working towards Artsmark can access a range of support including Innovative Activity grants and Artsmark registration subsidies.

To find out how ArtForms and LMEP can support your Artsmark journey, contact Jo Richardson (Partnership Manager) on 0113 3782852 or jo.richardson@leeds.gov.uk.

Find out more about Artsmark at www.artsmark.org.uk.

This twilight teacher training is delivered by experienced teacher and artist, Anna Pickard, and will explore how felt making can be used across the curriculum providing a vehicle for literacy, history, geography and science.

For more information please see the link to the flyer below:

Felt Making For All Flyer (PDF)

October sees the launch of a totally revamped Artsmark award from Arts Council England which will help your school target priorities in your school development plan with support from arts and cultural organisations and practitioners.

Cape UK are offering schools in Wakefield, York and Leeds an exclusive preview of the new-look Artsmark and the chance to meet some of the region’s arts and cultural organisations at our Artsmark Briefing and Marketplace event on 30th September at Leeds West Academy from 4pm to 6pm.

The new Artsmark has been designed with teachers to support connections with schools’ own strategies and is aligned with the National Curriculum and planning cycles. For those who have achieved Artsmark before, the biggest difference you’ll see is that Artsmark is now forward looking rather than being an audit of past work. The feedback from pilot schools who tested the new process last term has been very positive.

After the briefing session there will be a marketplace where you can meet arts and cultural organisations and practitioners to discuss your needs and find new ways of working together to achieve your aims.

Places are limited so to book your place at this FREE event – click here

The key to enriching Britain is to guarantee a broad cultural education for all

The Warwick Commission, 2015

Meeting twice a year, the network support teachers to develop and implement a strategic plan for the arts in school.  This will include information and support around Artsmark.

Dates for 2015/16 are:

2nd October 2015, Leeds City Museum

4th March 2016, Leeds City Academy