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Clapgate Primary School working in partnership with Leeds Arts Gallery
, 5 minute readRead how Clapgate Primary School have partnered with Leeds Arts Gallery to develop pupils' skills, confidence and enjoyment in art.
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Promoting the arts in school benefits the whole curriculum – pupils grow in confidence and perform better across the board, writes the principal of an Artsmark Platinum Award school.
![A group of young women stand on a stage, staring at an audience with wide eyed and expressive looks on their faces. They are wearing black tops with a blue bricked wall behind them.]()
Two schools explain why Artsmark is not an end in itself, but a long-term commitment, a spur to further action and just the start of their arts journey.
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Putting creativity at the heart of a school is challenging – here one trust explains how it successfully embedded the arts.
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To mark Stress Awareness Month, we want to take the opportunity to celebrate the important role creativity can play in reducing stress, and how this can support children and young people’s overall wellbeing. Read our top tips to reduce stress in the classroom through creativity!
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Newcroft Primary Academy started its Artsmark journey in the summer of 2020, as Issy Veazy started her new role as Art & Design subject lead. She discusses how signing up to Artsmark helped give direction and structure to her plans.
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For Artsmark Celebration Week, Kevin Jones, one of the Artsmark assessors, reflects on the significance of cultural collaborations in the Artsmark Framework.
![Creative learning at Chorlton High School. A group of young people in a group, holding up someone in the middle.]()
