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Journalist Tom Barnes reports on Mind the Arts Gap: Creative learning for whole school wellbeing, the Artis Foundation’s first anniversary celebration event and the launch of their Annual Report.

This Bonfire Night we’ve pulled together some creative classroom activities to tell the story of Guy Fawkes and use movement and music to create fantastic firework pieces.

Artis and MK Cultural Education Partnership (MKCEP) seeks ten Milton Keynes primary schools to participate in a creative and cultural training programme for teachers which focuses on mental health and wellbeing in the classroom.

To mark our first anniversary as a charity, we are hosting a special evening of discussions, ideas and celebration for our partner schools and supporters, and anyone interested in our work. The theme for the event is Mind the Arts Gap – Creative learning for whole-school wellbeing. We know that […]

Our Artis programmes are designed to give school’s high quality, creative sessions that support children’s learning, wellbeing and creativity. Here are our top 10 reasons why Artis creative programmes support schools.

This National Poetry Day, we are celebrating by giving you some creative ideas and approaches for teaching poetry through music, drama and movement. So whether it’s Michael Rosen, Shakespeare, Carol Ann Duffy or Dr Seuss – these ideas can be adapted to suit them all…

At the Artis Foundation, we love Roald Dahl, particularly because of his creative use of language in all of his books. We want to share with you some activities to help you bring to life Roald Dahl’s magical world in your classroom, and explore texts using the performing arts.

We want to start back with a POW, with a bit of magic to get children thinking creatively and engaging with the syllabus. We want our new class to go into the year feeling excited about learning and working as a team. What better way to do that with some great introductory activities to start them off on the right foot? Read our top tips for a creative start to the new term…

As the corridors empty, the classroom materials get packed away, and the last squeals of laughter echo through the playground to start a six-week Summer – we look back at a fantastic academic year of achievements in schools and here at Artis.

‘…as the arts become more widely accepted as an effective intervention for wellbeing, our challenge as a cultural organisation is to find new and creative ways to evaluate the impact these activities are having on children and young people.’