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  1. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Partner
    •  arts partnerships
    •  wellbeing

    Let's talk about mental health

    13 May 2019

    Here at Artis, we strongly believe that the arts inspire and motivate children’s creativity, allowing them to find their voice and open up their imagination. As well as giving them a space to explore challenging themes more openly outside of the formal learning environment, the arts help to build young people’s confidence, resilience and self-esteem.

    Pupils from Elmhurst Primary School group photo with Artsmark Parter, Artis
  2. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Partner
    •  cross-curricular

    Supporting students to find their voice through creative writing

    28 August 2018

    Deborah May from creative writing charity First Story, an Artsmark Partner, tells us how their programmes can help you put creative writing at the heart of your Artsmark adventure.

    Young female pupil smiling and writing at a First Story workshop in Oxford
  3. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  secondary school

    School should be more than merely passing exams

    2 March 2018

    Peter Robinson from Our Lady's Catholic High School talked to The Guardian about how achieving an Artsmark Platinum Award can change the life of a school.

  4. Blog category
    •  dance
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school

    Activating Dance in Primary School

    31 January 2018

    Claire Somerville, Head of Children and Young People’s Dance at One Dance UK, explains more about the PE & Sport Premium and how it can be used to benefit dance in primary schools.

  5. Artsmark is ready to help your school take its art and cultural education to the next level.

    Art work on a wall outside a school
  6. Blog category
    •  cross-curricular
    •  primary school
    •  Artsmark Gold

    Artsmark and Poetry

    11 October 2017

    This National Poetry Day, Art Coordinator Sharon Palfreyman from Corrie Primary School, talks to us about how two inspiring arts and poetry projects helped them achieve Artsmark Gold

    Children playing outside