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- Artsmark 20
- literacy
Creating the perfect whole-school environment to inspire a love of reading
29 March 2022Race Leys Junior School's environment is very bespoke, with each communal area focusing on a classic children's book such as Harry Potter, or JM Barry's Peter Pan. Find out how they redesigned the school environment to improve a love of reading for pupils.
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- creative careers
Meet the women putting young people at the heart of what we do
7 March 2022This International Women’s Day, we interview two of our Directors from the Arts Council’s Children and Young People & Learning team; Anne Appelbaum, Director of Children and Young People and Hannah Fouracre, Director of Music Education.
- Blog category
- creative careers
Artsmark Coordinating Assistant chats career aspirations
2 March 2021This National Careers Week meet Emma Thorpe, who’s joined us for her placement with The University of Manchester.
It’s National Careers Week and we’re shining a light on creative careers.
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- secondary school
- wellbeing
- Artsmark Gold
How we use arts and creativity to boost student and staff wellbeing
5 November 2020In our second Artsmark in action blog we hear from Alexis Pelling, Artsmark Lead at Cheam High School, a secondary school in Cheam, Surrey.
- Blog category
- literacy
- cross-curricular
Creativity captures pupils' imaginations on World Book Day
4 March 2020To celebrate #WorldBookDay we’ve spoken to three recently awarded Artsmark schools to find out how they infuse their English curriculum with creativity.
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