Artswork Audio

At Artswork we have been busy refreshing our Artsmark support offer. After listening to your feedback, we understand that time is valuable and the need for flexibility is crucial. We have now adapted our live support sessions and turned them into shorter bitesize videos and podcasts. Don’t panic, we still plan to offer live sessions. In the final of 3 podcasts, listen to Artsmark trainer, Sonia Hyams, and Director of In-Focus education & Development, Xavier Fiddes talk about the best ways to make sure you're getting the right evidence out of your Artsmark project. Alongside this podcast, we have a three-part video series. Watch them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMVdK9TjnXIs8VSrTVWReYjcklJ005sIS Find out more about Artsmark: https://artswork.org.uk/programmes/artsmark/ Recorded by InFocus: https://www.infocusedu.co.uk

At Artswork we have been busy refreshing our Artsmark support offer. After listening to your feedback, we understand that time is valuable and the need for flexibility is crucial. We have now adapted our live support sessions and turned them into shorter bitesize videos and podcasts. Don’t panic, we still plan to offer live sessions. In the second of 3 podcasts, listen to Artsmark and Arts Award trainer, Louisa Clark, and Director of In-Focus education & Development, Xavier Fiddes, discuss the best ways to plan activities that are related to a setting's Artsmark Award, using a theory of change model. Alongside this podcast, we have a three-part video series. Watch them here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMVdK9TjnXIs8VSrTVWReYjcklJ005sIS Find out more about Artsmark: https://artswork.org.uk/programmes/artsmark/ Recorded by InFocus: https://www.infocusedu.co.uk

At Artswork we have been busy refreshing our Artsmark support offer. After listening to your feedback, we understand that time is valuable and the need for flexibility is crucial. We have now adapted our live support sessions and turned them into shorter bitesize videos and podcasts. Don’t panic, we still plan to offer live sessions. In the first of 3 podcasts, listen to Artsmark trainer, Sonia Hyams, and Director of In-Focus education & Development, Xavier Fiddes, discuss ideas on how best to get back on track with an Artsmark journey, and exploring barriers to moving forward. Alongside this podcast, we have a three-part Artsmark Support video series. Watch the first one here: https://artswork.org.uk/resources/back-on-track-reignite-your-artsmark-journey/ Find out more about Artsmark: https://artswork.org.uk/programmes/artsmark/ Recorded by InFocus: https://www.infocusedu.co.uk

In this special episode of Artswork Audio, we interviewed four of our Artsmark Trainers, Fiona, John, Julie and Sonia, asking them - What are you inspired by from Artsmark? - What's your favourite thing about Artsmark? - How did you become an Artsmark Trainer? - Why would you recommend Artsmark to schools? These interviews have been split into two parts, with the other half available as an article on our website. To read it, click here: https://artswork.org.uk/news/our-artsmark-trainers-answer-questions-about-their-experiences-of-artsmark/ To find out more about Artsmark, click here: https://artswork.org.uk/programmes/artsmark/

Sam Martin, Assistant Headteacher at Kennet School, Thatcham, tells us about their approach to delivering extra-curricular activities. Kennet School is Artswork's Artsmark Creativity Champion lead school for one of the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes groups. Sam shares tips for supporting full-time and part-time staff's wellbeing, while making time for extra-curricular activities, developing buy-in and balancing the workloads that everyday school life brings, and different ways to format extra-curricular activities to mould them around the staff and pupils time, such as workshops, small-scale projects and using external facilitators. View Sam's PowerPoint presentation here: https://artswork.org.uk/resources/artswork-audio-series-1-arts-in-schools-episode-3-delivering-extra-curricular-activities

Sarah Lewis is Headteacher at St. Mary’s Primary School, Oxted, Surrey, which leads the Tandridge Teaching Alliance and is an Artsmark and Arts Award school. Sarah is a champion and advocate for arts and creativity in education and has worked closely with Artswork for a number of years as well as being on the Steering Group of Culture Box Surrey, the Surrey Cultural Education Partnership. Jane and Sarah talk about enriching the school learning environment with creativity, engaging in projects that see staff and teachers learn and develop alongside the students, staying together during the pandemic, and Sarah details case studies of creative projects that St Mary's have undertaken to evolve and enhance learning for all. Useful links: Dance Detectives - Dance and Literacy/Wellbeing project that ran pre, during and post-lockdown at St. Mary’s with accompanying resources and CPDL. Maths, Movement and Mastery - Experimental Dance/Movement and Maths project that ran across a number of schools in Surrey. ChitChat - Pupil-led newsletters that ran during lockdown and were distributed to the school community.  Find in the 'newsletter' section Express Yourself Arts Club - After school art club Mrs L's YouTube Channel - Sarah's YouTube channel that St Mary's used during lockdown

Eleanor Markland, Artsworks Education Development Manager for Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, is joined by Jonathan Harris, Head of Academy Music at The Premier Academy, Bletchley. Jonathan is also one of Artswork’s Artsmark Creativity Champions. In this episode, Jonathan details how sustainability can be brought into arts and cultural education. He shares how his school has connected with other schools across the globe enabling both sets of pupils to learn about different cultures. Jonathan also shares many resources that teachers can use to broaden their understanding of sustainability and how they can get their school involved. Find a list of useful links and resources related to this topic, and Jonathan's presentation, at https://artswork.org.uk/resources/artswork-audio-series-1-arts-in-schools-episode-1-creativity-and-sustainability Our website: artswork.org.uk Our Twitter: twitter.com/artsworkltd Our Facebook: www.facebook.com/ArtsworkLtd Our Instagram: www.instagram.com/_artswork_ Our YouTube: www.youtube.com/artsworkltd

Welcome to Artswork Audio, Artswork's brand new podcast. This short trailer explains what and why we're starting a podcast. Our first series, Arts in Schools, launches on October 5th. To find out more about Artswork, visit Our website: https://artswork.org.uk Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/artsworkltd Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsworkLtd Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_artswork_/ Our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Artsworkltd