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  1. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  primary school

    Clapgate Primary School working in partnership with Leeds Arts Gallery

    17 November 2023, 5 minute read

    Read how Clapgate Primary School have partnered with Leeds Arts Gallery to develop pupils' skills, confidence and enjoyment in art.

    Children in purple jumpers sit on the floor around a man wearing a yellow beanie hat.
  2. Promoting the arts in school benefits the whole curriculum – pupils grow in confidence and perform better across the board, writes the principal of an Artsmark Platinum Award school.

    A group of young women stand on a stage, staring at an audience with wide eyed and expressive looks on their faces. They are wearing black tops with a blue bricked wall behind them.
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    •  Blog

    Artsmark - why we’re in it for the long run

    20 June 2023, 10 minute read

    Two schools explain why Artsmark is not an end in itself, but a long-term commitment, a spur to further action and just the start of their arts journey.

    A group of young people stand on a stage acting
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    •  Blog

    How to embed creativity across an academy trust with Artsmark

    20 June 2023, 10 minute read

    Putting creativity at the heart of a school is challenging – here one trust explains how it successfully embedded the arts.

    A group of children dance on a stage in dark red lighting.
  5. To mark Stress Awareness Month, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate the important role creativity can play in reducing stress, and how this can support children and young people’s overall wellbeing. Read our top tips to reduce stress in the classroom through creativity!

    Photo @ The LPA, Xavier Fiddes Hillyfield Primary Academy Description Arts and wellbeing activity at Hillyfield Primary Academy
  6. Newcroft Primary Academy started its Artsmark journey in the summer of 2020, as Issy Veazy started her new role as Art & Design subject lead. She discusses how signing up to Artsmark helped give direction and structure to her plans.

    Newcroft - a young people's hands as they draw
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    The importance of creative communities

    9 November 2022, 10 minute read

    For Artsmark Celebration Week, Kevin Jones, one of the Artsmark assessors, reflects on the significance of cultural collaborations in the Artsmark Framework.

    Creative learning at Chorlton High School. A group of young people in a group, holding up someone in the middle.
  8. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week
    •  primary school
    •  cross-curricular

    How Reay Primary School are using the arts to strengthen their diverse community

    8 November 2022, 10 minute read

    Creativity is at the heart of Reay Primary School’s values, particularly when celebrating the multicultural identities of its pupils. Lucy Hall, Art leader and teacher, discusses how they use creativity to strengthen their school’s diverse community.

    how pupils see themselves through mixed media aiming to celebrate their varied cultural heritages.