North West Artsmark schools are warmly invited to join Curious Minds online in the next instalment of our online support surgeries.

This session will focus on the how you can effectively develop pupil voice on your school’s journey.

The session will be a vibrant combination of guest speakers, updates, a refresher of key dates and processes, as well as Q and A; all designed to support you on your Artsmark journey.

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Curious Minds would like to invite Cultural Organisations and creative freelancers who work with schools, PRU’s SEN Schools, 6th Form Colleges to attend an information briefing regarding the Arts Council’s Artsmark Partnership Programme. This should be of particular interest to any Arts Council England,Goal 5, National Portfolio Organisations.

The Artsmark Partnership Programme

Arts Council England programme to support cultural organisations to understand and meet the needs of Artsmark schools.

Curious Minds have put together a briefing event to outline the new Artsmark Partnership Programme and help NPO’s and other organisations get involved.

Attending a briefing is a pre-requisite to becoming a Artsmark Partner.

Schools from PRU settings in the North West region are invited to attend the next in our series of Artsmark Peer to Peer Network meetings.

This second session will focus around delivering Arts Award within a PRU setting.

You will hear from other PRU’s and you will also have the opportunity to ask questions and raise any personal challenges you 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 at Discover and Explore level, supporting children and young people while they are working towards their award.

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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.

Artsmark schools from the North West region are invited to attend a digital Artsmark Peer to Peer Network meeting from the comfort of your own school.

This themed peer to peer network will focus on employability and careers for young people and how settings can proactively develop their careers programme.

The meeting will be a lively mixture of guest speakers, discussion and Q&A.

Although the meeting will have a focus around the Artsmark Programme, the session is not exclusive to Artsmark schools, but is open to all small and rural schools from across the North West.

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