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Artsmark Celebration Week is here!

This year’s Celebration Week took place from Monday 13 to Friday 17 November.

During the week we shone a light on creative partnerships, which can come in all shapes and sizes  - from local artists, to cultural organisations, to community partnerships and school peer-learning networks. They can also bring incredible opportunities to pupils, staff and communities.

Watch the video below to see our highlights from the week. And do continue to use the resources below and read through all the lovely content for inspiration. 

Thank you for celebrating with us! 

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Shout it from the rooftops!

We’ve developed lots of tools and templates to help you shout about arts, culture and creativity in your school.  

From social media cards to show your support, to press releases and template letters to help you invite your local MP to a #CelebrateArtsmark event, as well as blogs, resources, case studies and signposting to inspirational creative education websites. 

Keep an eye on this page during Celebration Week – we’ll be sharing loads more content from schools and creative and cultural partners!

Download our #CelebrateArtsmark social media cards to use of Facebook or Twitter

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Invite your local paper or radio station using our template email invitation.    

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Invite your local MP to an Artsmark event using our template invitation letter.    

Creative arts activities and Eco Arts Council projects at LIPA Primary and High School.

Download our template press release if you're working towards your Artsmark Award.

Moogie Wonderland: Children from the Cornwall Youth Noise Orchestra making experimental music and sound.

Shout about your success and download our template press release for awarded settings.

Arts and wellbeing activity at Hillyfield Primary Academy.

Get inspired

Artsmark’s all about collaboration – finding artists, cultural organisations, community partners and even local businesses who can help bring learning to life and inspire your young people.

Read on to find inspirational resources, lesson plans, blogs and case studies. We’ll be growing this web page over the coming weeks, so make sure you keep coming back and sign up to our mailing list!

Grange Park Primary School’s culture map

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Grange Park Primary School in Sunderland have shared a lovely resource they developed to get their families out into the community to experience local culture together at low cost.

Creative Careers lesson plans

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Did you know #CelebrateArtsmark also falls on the same week as Discover! Creative Careers week?

Funded by Arts Council England, we’re thrilled to support this fantastic programme that inspires and informs young people about careers in the creative industries.

They’ve a whole host of free lesson plans for secondary schools they’ve developed with creative industry professionals, teachers and education experts. This Artsmark Celebration Week, why not plan in one of their lessons and show your students what their future could hold?

Creativity Exchange

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Creativity Exchange is hub of knowledge about teaching for creativity, with blogs, articles, resources, research and case studies to help you teach for creativity. All written by teachers and thought leaders, this is a go-to website if you’re looking for inspirational teaching resources and ideas. 

Sign up to their newsletter here

Artsmark show reel

Thank you to all the schools who have been sharing their films and videos with us - keep them coming! Grab a cuppa and have a watch…

Grange Park School 

Grange Park school in Sunderland talk about their visits to cultural venues including the National Glass Centre and Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Creative Schools

Five North East schools identified an existing or emerging need within their school and worked with a Creative Producer and young people to address this need through a cultural and creative response.

Cragside Primary School 

A film about Cragside Primary School’s Shakespeare Schools Festival project run in conjunction with Northern Stage.

Over on the blog