Linked to LEEDS 2023, the University of Leeds are leading a research study to find out what creative education and enrichment activities are taking place in schools across Leeds. This information will provide an overview of creative education across the city. All schools that participate, will be entered into a prize draw. We only need one submission from each school, so we are asking you to share this with your headteacher to complete.
Full information about the project and a link to the survey can be found here.

Leeds College of Music and the University of Leeds, in partnership with Leeds Music Education Partnership, are launching a new programme called Musicians for Life.

The programme is introduced by a talk and workshop in your school, with input from students who are currently studying music at university or conservatoire.

For those who then want to know more, there are further workshops between March and July at Leeds College of Music and the University of Leeds.

Please encourage your students, and their parents, to take advantage of this brilliant offer. It’s a great way to let them know about the wide range of higher education music courses available, how studying music can be a route into a whole host of careers, and how you can get onto a course even if you don’t have GCSE or A Level Music.

Students can book places on as many of the workshops as they want….they don’t have to sign up for all of them, and it’s all FREE.

To find out more and book a place for your school visit https://www.lcm.ac.uk/courses/junior-lcom/musicians-for-life/

Within the primary curriculum, craft can often be ‘lost’, despite having links with Maths, Science and STEAM. Craft education develops creativity, inventiveness, problem-solving and practical intelligence. It also produces the makers of the future.

ArtForms, the Crafts Council, Leeds Arts University and the University of Leeds are working together to develop a professional development project for primary school teachers and artists, based on craft. This training day is part of the project development and will explore what ‘craft’ is within the Leeds primary school curriculum.

The Craft Development Day is designed to develop delegates practical skills in different aspects of craft.  The sessions will also interrogate the relevance and value of art within the twenty-first century.  Thanks to funding and support from the University of Leeds and Leeds Arts University, delegate places on this course are free.

To book your place, please visit Leeds for Learning.  If you have any questions about the Craft Development Day or about craft within your curriculum, please contact jane.zanzottera@leeds.gov.uk