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Helping to make Leeds a Child Friendly City

ArtForms supports the ambition to make Leeds a 'Child Friendly City', a place where children are valued, supported, enjoy growing up, and look forward to a bright future.
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South Leeds Summer Music School 2013

South Leeds Music Centre are running their first ever music summer school. The summer school will be run over four Saturdays in August, with each morning having a variety of...
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Leeds Youth Theatre Network Festival

Performances by young people from across the city throughout July 2013 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, City Varieites Music Hall and the Carriageworks Theatre.
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'Portraits - Myself and My World'

Building stories through puppetry, writing and dramatic play. One or two day workshop for Foundation Stage, Key Stages 1 & 2 and SILCS.
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Yorkshire Schools Dance Festival 2013

Find out how your primary or secondary school can take part in this showcase of dance talent from across the region on November 16th and 17th at York University.
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FREE 'Introduction to Musical Futures' Training

Thursday 20th June, The King's School, Pontefract
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Morris the Mouse

A fun poetry workshop for KS1, developing speaking and listening skills and recognition of rhythm and rhyme.
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Love music?

Did you know there are more than 20 music groups for under 19s in Leeds? Bands, orchestras, choirs and folk groups meet every week in Leeds and they?re looking for...
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Arts Award Training in Leeds

Train to be an Arts Award 'Discover and Explore' Adviser. Three training session dates available.
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Animated Adventures

A curriculum-based introduction to stop-frame animation for KS2 pupils, using themes from Science, History and RE.
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And the award goes to......

Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners of this year's Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards.
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ArtForms' new brochure of music services now available!

Our new brochure for 2013-14 includes details of weekly delivery, music enhancement and city wide opportunities.
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Whole Class learning prices for 2013-14 - clarification

ArtForms Music offers the following clarification for schools wishing to purchase Whole Class Instrumental and Vocal Learning via a weekly delivery SLA for the academic year 2013-14.
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Let's Go Build a Kite!

A brand new workshop from Chris Harman (The Den Man!) where primary pupils work in teams to research, design and build a Team Kite.
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Peek inside the Artemis treasure trove

through the lens of Leeds-based photographer Betty Lawless. Artemis (art and artefact loans for schools) is featured in this week's Leeds Inspired blog.
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'Music Connect' and 'First Steps into Music'

An in-school Continuing Professional Development programme for teachers in Leeds primary schools.
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Your music students could work with the Grand Union Orchestra!

Leeds Music Education Partnership (the music education hub in Leeds) is looking at putting together a performance
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After School Music Clubs for young people with special educational needs

New venues for 'Jamming Dodgers' (primary) and 'Jammers Unplugged' (secondary) on Wednesdays from 4pm - 5pm during school term time.
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History's Maid - bringing history alive

An interative workshop for KS2 pupils, with a professional interpreter working in role as a character from the past with objects from the Artemis collection.
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A Sticky Business

A creative Design and Technology workshop for KS2 pupils, delivered outdoors in your schools grounds.
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Song Leaders - play, sing, develop social and leadership skills

Would you like to revitalize singing in your school playground? Would you like singing to become a natural part of daily life? Would you like your pupils to develop their social and...
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Beauty in the Ordinary

A one day photography workshop for KS2/3 pupils to explore, celebrate and see their local community with new eyes.
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Roots Alive on Youtube

Do you know about the project our youth folk group, Roots Alive, have taken on for 2013?
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Young Music Leaders

Do you know someone who might make a good young leader and role model for younger children? This opportunity for 12 - 18 year olds to gain experience running...
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Creative Writing Workshops

Two workshops for upper KS2 with Leeds-based writer Peter Spafford - exploring ideas about identity, community, transition and change.
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Word Garden

Developing language and literacy in the outdoor environment - a one day project for Foundation/Key Stage 1
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Breeze Culture Network

ArtForms recommends this new online resource which links all professionals providing or looking for cultural opportunties for young people in Leeds.
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'Every Owl Matters'

A Creative Heritage Project designed to engage KS1 & 2 pupils in discovering the history of Leeds. Revised programme for 2012 - 2013.
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ArtForms Brochure of Music Services 2013-14

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