Active Listening
March 22, 2024
Curiosity Connections
Learn more about Curious Minds with a series of free online introductions and tasters to the work of Curious Minds available for school.
We are thrilled to announce a series of free online opportunities for you and your team to engage with Curious Minds. These sessions are open to all types of schools and all teaching levels, with the aim of sparking a passion for creativity, culture, and education while getting to know Curious Minds.
All sessions will be conducted online and are completely free for schools. Don't miss out on these fantastic FREE training tasters and introduction webinars!
Online
In this session, we'll be introducing professionals from the education and cultural sectors to Curious Minds. During the session, participants will learn about our organisation's journey, vision, and mission. Additionally, you'll gain insight into our services and programs, how to get involved, and the potential impact on their practice or organisation. We'll also introduce you to Curious Minds' facilitation style. By the end of the session, we are sure you'll feel inspired and excited to reach out to our team.
In this session, we'll be diving into two important topics. Firstly, we'll explore how cultural education nurtures essential skills and unlocks the potential of social mobility for the future world of work, which will be crucial for everyone regardless of their subject choice. Secondly, we'll take a closer look at the various roles within creative and cultural industries, the pathways to a creative career, and the key information that young people and their supporters should be aware of regarding this exciting field. Looking forward to sharing these insights with you!
In this taster of our commissioning cultural Activity programmes for schools, we're excited to offer you a sneak peek into our sector-leading development programme for school arts leads, Leading the Arts in Schools. Here, you'll gain an introduction into how to choose the right practitioner or organisation for your programme. Additionally, you'll learn how to cost a project and contract artists or organisations. Furthermore, we'll outline the roles and responsibilities of the artists, lead staff, and wider team. Lastly, you'll have the opportunity to develop your ideas for the next steps.
4-6pm
Join us for this webinar, where a diverse team will lead an interactive session for an hour and a half. We can deliver it online, providing an opportunity for conversation and provocation through discussion. Additionally, this webinar aims to get people to think about why inclusion is necessary and how it adds value to their work and practice.
4-6pm
School trips can be a fantastic way to enhance learning experiences and foster a deeper connection to the subjects being studied. When done well, they provide engaging and immersive opportunities for students to develop empathy and emotional connections. This taster session introduces our full one-day program, focusing on how teachers of all ages can seamlessly integrate cultural trips and visits into their curriculum. These experiences help build a broad range of soft skills and directly link to curriculum targets. Plus, they're a great way to meet Ofsted's requirement for including cultural capital in the development of children and young people. It's a win-win for everyone involved!
