Children and young people can face many challenges in the modern world as they navigate their way through school and home life. Social and economic disadvantage, issues around mental health and well-being, discrimination of many kinds may all combine to hinder children’s flourishing.

Schools from PRU settings in the North West region are invited to attend a digital Artsmark Peer to Peer Network meeting from the comfort of your school.

There will be discussion during the session around some of the barriers and challenges that PRU settings face and ideas of how these can be overcome through the Artsmark journey.

You will hear from existing Artsmark PRU’s, where you will find out more about their achievements and the impact that the Artsmark has had on their setting.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask their questions and raise any personal challenges they face as a setting within this supportive peer to peer network.

Although the network will be themed around the Artsmark journey, non Artsmark PRU’s from the North West are also welcome to attend this meeting.

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Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it’s creative, valuable and accessible. Arts Award can be achieved at five levels, four accredited qualifications and an introductory award.

This course is for adults who want to become Arts Award advisers for the more advanced Bronze and Silver levels, for young people with a recommended minimum age of 11.

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Curious Minds would like to invite arts and cultural organisations to attend an event, which focuses on the Arts Council England’s Artsmark Partnership Programme.

The day will have two distinct sessions. The first session in the morning will be a briefing, which will provide an overview about the Artsmark Partnership Programme, including what Artsmark is, how arts and cultural organisations can support schools working towards their Artsmark Award and there will also be the opportunity to sign up as an Artsmark Partner. Attending a briefing is a pre-requisite to becoming a Partner.

The second half of the day will be a support session, which will delve into more detail about how arts and cultural organisations can develop their Artsmark Partner offer using the Artsmark Partner framework. There will also be the opportunity to find out more about how to contact and engage Artsmark schools in your offer and how to develop and sustain those relationships.

Every child deserves to experience the arts and Artsmark Award recognises the great art and cultural opportunities your school offers to children and young people and help you embed the arts into strategic planning.

Schools that register for Artsmark should attend a CPD Development Day, exploring the wider purpose of Artsmark and process of achieving the award. Each school should send two teachers, including a member of the SLT or the head teacher. By the end of the day you will have a much clearer idea of how Artsmark works and have made a strong start in writing your Statement of Commitment.

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PLEASE NOTE: This event is only open to schools that have already registered for Artsmark. If your school is yet to register please first do so at this link: www.artsmark.org.uk/registration.

For Artsmark schools who have attended an Artsmark Development Day and are now drafting your Statement of Commitment, we invite you to attend an Artsmark Support session. This is an opportunity for you to bring your Statement of Commitment to the session, whether it is a ‘work in progress’ or nearly complete. During this session, we will help you to revisit your:

• Self-Assessment (please bring any notes you have on this with you)
• Priorities for arts and cultural education in your school
• Statement of Commitment document (please bring a draft with you)
• Action plan

You will also have the opportunity to gain insight to other approaches, receive feedback from peers and Curious Minds advocate – Viv West, enabling you to progress onto the next stage of your Artsmark journey.

The session will be structured, but informal and supportive.

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