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"What cannot be taught through the arts is not worth teaching"
The above is a quote from a recent interview in the Times Educational Supplement, with Primary School headteacher Annie Williams, who uses Shakespeare to inspire her pupils.
ALC Newsletter: September 2008
The September edition of the ALC Newsletter is now available.
Campaign for Drawing - 'The Big Draw'
The Campaign for Drawing is running a course following the success of ‘Drawing as a Medium for Learning’ event which was held on 20th June. This will consist of two sessions and will be ideal either as a stand alone or to build upon the knowledge and experience gained from the June event.
Please see the events page for further information and booking details.
ALC CPD Programme for 2008/09 begins October 23rd with 'The Arts and Wellbeing'
With the approach of the new academic year the ALC CPD program for 2008/09 will be commencing soon. The first event sees the return of last year’s successful ‘Arts and Wellbeing’ seminar. This time the event will take place in Cumbria, at the Rheged Centre in Penrith, on Thursday 23rd October. It is a great venue and the event should be well worth the trip even for those a bit further away from Cumbria. Also delegates from ALC member authorities/organisations are entitled to a subsidised place at £25. The standard price is £75 and lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please see the events page for further information and booking details.
Community Cohesion CPD programme
A few remaining places are available on the Cape UK CPD programme, for schools from Arts Learning Consortium member authorities interested in exploring the contribution that the arts, creativity and culture can make to the statutory duty to promote community cohesion.
Click here for more information.
Art and Citizenship project
CapeUK has developed an innovative Arts and Citizenship project that uses the current Asia Triennial exhibitions at the Cornerhouse and Castlefield galleries in Manchester to explore how we see ourselves, others, our communities, and communities other than our own. Abraham Moss High School from Manchester and Helsby High School from Cheshire are the participating schools.
An exhibition documenting the project will be displayed in Manchester and Cheshire venues in Autumn 08 – details to follow.
Cultural Offer
The DCSF announced further details regarding the cultural offer on Thursday. Each child will have access to "at least five hours of high-quality culture per week". This will include the chance to attend performances of Theatre, Dance and Music, coupled with more opportunities to discover their own talents.
Children's Secretary Ed Balls and Culture Secretary Andy Burnham launched this latest aspect of the recently-announced Children's Plan at the Young Vic Theatre, in south London. The scheme will initially be piloted in 10 areas across England, with local authorities being invited to bid to take part. The news has been greeted with a degree of welcome, although there is clearly more detailed planning to come, particularly in relation to how this time will be balanced both within the curriculum and as extra-curricular activity.
Learning Outside the Classroom
The ALC's partner organisation Cape UK has completed its work on Learning Outside the Classroom, with the resulting report due for presentation shortly. The investigation was carried out on behalf of the Arts Council and as part of the process we aimed to gauge the views of those working in the arts, education and other relevant sectors, regarding the assurance of quality in children's learning outside the classroom. In this regard the team would like to thank all those who gave interviews and completed the survey.
Artsednews
Artsednews is a regularly updated web log of articles on the Arts, Education and other topics of interest. It is focused primarily on the North of
England, but also takes interest in events further afield.
