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West Rainton Primary recently received their Artsmark Gold award. This is their third award! Art Coordinator, Jennie McVicar, has written an excellent blog to tell us a little more about their journey...

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Thank you to everyone who attended our special Artsmark celebration event on 24 June at BALTIC.

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Culture Bridge North East (CBNE) launched Secondaries Create in September 2018. It is a digital initiative focusing on creative education in secondary schools, engaging with and informing teachers of the opportunities available to them including support networks, funding opportunities and training sessions.

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Does your school take part in the Summer Reading Challenge? Opportunity to take part in national research and understand what impact the challenge has on your pupils' literacy.

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Northumberland LCEP is seeking a Chair and new members who have education expertise and a real passion for improving access to the arts for Northumberland's children and young people.

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Conference: Wednesday 13 November 2019, Great North Museum, Newcastle

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By Eileen Atkins, CBNE Area Manager

At Culture Bridge North East we are very privileged that we get to meet and support so many amazing cultural organisations of all sizes...

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Florrie Darling is a PhD researcher from the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University and shares her research on the social and cultural value of participatory arts for young people.

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By Lisa Hall, Arts and Culture Leader, Cragside Primary

Artsmark has reaffirmed our commitment to a creative ethos and has encouraged all levels of the school to see the arts as a vital element of our school development plan.

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We spoke to Ruth Brown, Head of Art & The Creative Arts Faculty and three of the young people at Duchess’s Community High School...

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Recently, I was asked the question ‘Why did you decide to do an apprenticeship?’ Seeing as it’s National Apprentice Week, I’ve been thinking about this question a lot...

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We met with Rachael Rickwood, Assistant Producer (Children and Young People) at BALTIC to discuss how the gallery is working with secondary schools in the North East to achieve Arts Award Gold.

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Priory Woods is a community special school situated in Middlesbrough. The school works hard to provide its pupils with inclusive education for students who have severe learning difficulties and those with profound and multiple needs aged 4-19.

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By Mel Carter, CBNE Area Manager

Mel talks about her experience of being part of the 2018/19 cohort for the Extend Leadership Programme, which is a professional development programme for those working in learning and education roles across all art forms.

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Often one of the biggest challenges apart from securing funding is being able to understand the real benefits of investing in Artsmark or Arts Award and in this blog we explain the main differences between these two independent arts-based schemes.

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Alex Cunningham MP for Stockton North, recently met with staff and pupils from Wolviston Primary School and Northfield School and Sports College to hear about their Artsmark journeys and to see first-hand the impact and value of cultural learning in both schools.

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A day that not only imagines but catalyses change in the cultural and education sectors.
By Megan Savage, from This is Creative Enterprise (TICE)

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Culture Bridge North East has appointed Catherine Hearne, as its Advisory Board Chair and Gemma Dyer, as Vice Chair.

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By Charlotte Jones, Curriculum Leader for the Creative Arts, Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools, Morpeth

Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools were awarded Platinum Artsmark in October 2017.

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By Joy Youngman, Assistant Learning Officer, Laing Art Gallery & Shipley Art Gallery

Laing and Shipley Art Galleries have been Artsmark Partners since February 2018. As an organisation we’re obviously huge advocates for the arts in education, and being an Artsmark Partner gives us the opportunity to really support schools and teachers to promote the arts and ensure that it becomes (and stays!) integral within their educational setting.

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