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  1. Blog category
    •  pupil voice
    •  Artsmark Celebration Week

    The impact of setting up a student arts council

    16 November 2023, 5 minute read

    Dagenham Park Church of England School talk to us about the importance of pupil voice and how to authentically embed pupil voice across the whole school.

    A graphic image of people sitting at a desk with lots of images of ideas above them
  2. 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.
  3. Blog category
    •  Blog
    •  primary school
    •  cross-curricular

    A Dive into Art at River Beach

    11 May 2022, 10 minute read

    The journey towards Artsmark Gold for River Beach has been long and peppered with challenges thanks to Covid-19, but embedding creativity into the curriculum really paid off when Ofsted came calling. Sandra Ackerman, Arts Specialist Teacher, talks about their deep dive into art.

    An image of two young people sat on their desk, painting. One child is laughing whilst the other has his head down, concentrating on his painting.
  4. Blog category
    •  CPD
    •  pupil voice
    •  arts partnerships

    Christ Church Primary embark on their Artsmark journey

    24 May 2021

    It’s been a year like no other for schools, with many different challenges to overcome. This didn’t stop Christ Church embarking on their Artsmark journey though! We speak to their arts lead, Nicola Bingham, about how the Artsmark framework is supporting them.

  5. Blog category
    •  Covid-19
    •  Artsmark Platinum

    How creativity supports our school community

    1 December 2020

    Horningsham Primary School received their Artsmark Platinum Award in May 2019.

  6. Blog category
    •  Covid-19
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  wellbeing

    How creativity supported us in lockdown

    14 October 2020

    In our first Artsmark in action blog we hear from Julia Wisbey, Head of Drama and Senior Leader in Personal Development at Admiral Lord Nelson School, a secondary school in Portsmouth.

  7. Blog category
    •  literacy
    •  cross-curricular

    Creativity captures pupils' imaginations on World Book Day

    4 March 2020

    To celebrate #WorldBookDay we’ve spoken to three recently awarded Artsmark schools to find out how they infuse their English curriculum with creativity.

    Two children reading a book in a library
  8. Blog category
    •  Artsmark Platinum
    •  school governor

    Q&A with Hayden Taylor, governor of 2019's Creative School of the Year

    4 November 2019

    Artsmark school, Admiral Lord Nelson School (ALNS) in Portsmouth, were named Creative School of the Year at the 2019 TES Awards.