April 2004: Maria Evans to leave arts4
Maria Evans is standing down as Executive Director of arts4 in order to take up the post of Director of Education at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Jim Gatten has taken over as acting Executive Director with immediate effect. He commented that
"arts4's board and staff are unanimous in thanking Maria for her vision and leadership over the last three years. Under Maria's direction we have seen arts4 grow from nothing to a now well-established and respected arts education company. Her contribution to some of our most ambitious projects -- the birth and development of the arts4schools' website , the hugely successful Inspiring Tomorrow's Audiences conference and the innovative Bringing Science to Life course -- cannot be underestimated."
All future enquiries about arts4's work should be directed to Jim Gatten (see contact details above)
March 2004: arts4 invited to various conferences...
arts4 has been invited to contribute to a number of conferences on creative teaching and thinking:
Creative Thinking Conference, Birmingham NEC, Friday March. More information
National Drama Conference, Canterbury, Monday 12 - Saturday 17 April. More information .
Creativity in Primary Schools, Newcastle, Friday 21 May - more details to follow.
March 2004: Phoenix Dance Theatre
Information about Phoenix's current tour can be found .
Ydance
YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) is launching 321 GO!, a brand- new interactive Dance CD-ROM specially designed for teachers working with 4-7 year olds. 321 GO! A preview of 321 GO! is available on the by selecting the 321 GO! option.
January 2004: arts4 launches the Creative Teacher programme
Following on from the success of its project, arts4 is developing a range of Creative Teacher courses, looking at creative, activity-based techniques to increase student learning and motivation.
August 2003: arts4 publishes report into training and support for workshop leaders
arts4schools has published a report identifying current training and support for London-based theatre workshop leaders. The report, which was funded by Arts Council, London, identifies the key qualities needed of a workshop leader; current training provision; and the impact of gaps in the market.
June 2003: arts4 to deliver DfES/Wellcome Trust Creative Science project
arts4schools has been successful in its application to the DfES and The Wellcome Trust to run an exciting new professional development programme for secondary and FE science teachers/lecturers.
Bringing Science to Life will explore arts-based pedagogical skills to help teachers develop creative new approaches to science teaching. The course will be run at a luxury country house in Leicestershire over two days in November, with follow ups
in January/February 2004.
June 2003: QCA launches Creativity: find it, promote it
This is a web-based resource designed to support teachers in promoting pupils’ creativity. Creativity is the outcome of a three-year project working with 120 teachers. QCA asked these
teachers to investigate how they could develop their pupils’ creativity through their existing schemes of work and lesson plans. The resource published is based on QCA's work with them and
informed by a consultation with over 1,000 schools.
More at: .
June 2003: NFER publishes new report - Saving a Place for the Arts? A Survey of the Arts in Primary Schools in England
New NFER research highlights attitudes of primary heads and class teachers to the arts. The arts are seen by a large proportion of the teaching profession as an essential but threatened contribution to the education of all children.
These were findings from a new exciting study into arts education in primary schools by the NFER. The study reveals that class teachers and headteachers are both forceful and eloquent about the importance of the arts and their capacity to contribute to the lives of pupils, and researchers suggest, to the lives of headteachers, class teachers, parents and the education community as a whole. Headteachers and class teachers report the efforts they are making to secure a good arts education for their pupils, and express their need for support in continuing to do so.
More at
May 2003: arts4schools becomes arts4
arts4schools has changed its company name to arts4, to reflect the widening scope of its work within the arts community. The arts4schools' website will continue to be a key
feature of the company's work but in addition arts4 will be focusing on training, conferences and seminars...
May 2003: QCA launches Arts Alive!
Designed to provide support, guidance, encouragement and innovative ideas, the Arts Alive! website will help teachers to maximise the contribution the arts make to pupils’ education, resulting in school improvement and greater community involvement.
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April 2003: Arts Council produces guidance on protecting children, young people and adults involved in arts activities.
Keeping Arts Safe is available free of
charge from the Arts Council's .
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