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How Reay Primary School are using the arts to strengthen their diverse community
, 10 minute readCreativity 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.
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In our second Artsmark in action blog we hear from Alexis Pelling, Artsmark Lead at Cheam High School, a secondary school in Cheam, Surrey.
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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.
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The Artsmark Award has been a part of Havelock Academy for over ten years now, holding a Gold award under the previous framework, and in 2017 we gained our Platinum Award in the new, refreshed framework.
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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.
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Rosie Gill, a Year 9 student at Ballard School, is one of the youngest people to achieve Distinction as an associate of the Royal School of Music and Trinity Music College.
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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.
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Artsmark is ready to help your school take its art and cultural education to the next level.
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