Here's the updated list of Cultural Partners in the CCA Network for your records. There will be a new Culture in Education directory in the Summer available from Monday 2nd July at the CIE Showcase 2007. Invitations to the CCAs and teachers will be sent out soon.
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The theory and practice documents for the above project, involving young people in decision making and responsibilities, are attached here...
Unique and unusual gifts from the region's cultural and heritage centres
Looking for a present that's just a little bit different? Go online to www.thenortheast.com The UK's first region-wide, one-stop shop for buying heritage and historical memorabilia and merchandise.
Our region's museums, libraries and archives have brought their online shops together into one place where you will be able to buy that unique and unusual gift. A wide variety of the North East's cultural and heritage organisations
now sell online. You are sure to find a great surprise for that special someone. Are they passionate about miltaria? Are they artistic? Do they really love EVERYTHING to do with local history? www.thenortheast.com is the doorway
to inspiring gift ideas.
June Parker who led the development of the new website says :" www.thenortheast.com is totally different. It offers the shopper access to the past - it could be a book no longer in print or even booking a family ticket to Beamish museum"
Neil Bowerbank Head of eStrategy at MLA North East notes: "The funding for this website has come from the Regional Development Agency Single Programme, European Regional Development Fund and MLA North East. The
partners firmly believe the new website will successfully generate additional income for the North East and, hopefully, convince its users that the North East is the place to visit to enjoy our history, our museums, our libraries and our archives.
Lara Robinson who has worked across the region with the museums, libraries and archives online stores says
" We have everything on sale - from membership of the prestigious Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, the largest independent library outside London - through to teach yourself electronics for budding science enthusiasts. Local history is in huge demand. www.thenortheast.com is the ideal place to find reproductions of old photographs, rare prints and specialist books."
www.arts-consultants.org.uk
Search the database yourself for a consultant or trainer - or use our Advertise for a Consultant service where we notify all of our consultants of your needs by e-mail.
Download a printed version of the register for use at your leisure.
Our consultants can and do update their descriptions and recent work examples as often as they wish - we update the on line database every day - and the printed version every week.
The site is used daily by arts organisations throughout the UK - and has a growing worldwide audience.
We are usually number one for arts consultants with all of the leading Internet search engines - Google - MSN - Yahoo - AOL etc.
Artists - Administrators - Fundraisers - Managers - Freelance workers - Performers - many more
Soon to be added: - www.peopleinart.co.uk - a site where anyone involved in art can record their career details and anyone who may want to find them and read about them can - go to www.arts-consultants.org.uk/people/ for more details.
There is no need to look for an Unsubscribe button - this is a once only mailing to remind Arts Council staff and the arts organisations that they represent that the services at www.arts-consultants.org.uk are free to use.
The site facilities are all free to use.
Derek Handy
Database Manager
postmaster@arts-consultants.org.uk
08707 500651
Living Streets are the champions of streets and public spaces for people on foot. They work on practical projects to create safe, vibrant and healthy streets for all.
Their belief is that "local streets are a service that we all use but that for decades, traffic priorities have been allowed to overwhelm them, and they have been left dirty and unsafe. Vibrant streets help to revitalise neighbourhoods and reconnect people."
Living Streets organises two national Walk to School campaigns every year.
Read on for the details and contact information, but the campaign meets on the fourth Tuesday at Gateshead Civic Centre at 6.45pm, nine times a year (not Christmas, Easter or August)...
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You can no log on, find out what the ideal virtual school looks and sounds like on the Virtual Vision website and post a comment (scrolling to the Explore menu (right hand side) and clicking onto 'Thoughts and Ideas'):
Click onto:
www.virtual-vision.org
Virtual Vision - Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd of June 2006
We invite you to review our flagship project, where Gateshead teachers worked one-to-one with our Cultural Partners to create a virtual creative school, creative curriculum and creative management model.
Artswork, the national youth arts development agency, are now offering two 6 day youth arts open courses accredited with Middlesex University - Youth Arts Project Management; and Young people, the arts and social inclusion. The courses are part of the successful Artsplan programme of training and publications for youth arts professional development. Artsplan is also the in-house training provider of the English National Youth Arts Network (ENYAN).
Read on for full details:
http://www.artswork.org.uk/
The link above is the website for Artswork: an independent youth arts development agency committed to developing creative opportunities for young people aged 12-25.
They are a unique organisation with a track record for youth arts work outside the formal education sector. Their key role is to make a strategic impact on the quality and level of arts opportunities for young people.
Established in 1987, their four main areas of work are:
Training & Professional Development
Publications
Research & Development
A National Network
A new local history zone has gone live on Gateshead Council's Libraries website.
Go to www.gateshead.gov.uk/ls or click on ‘Local History’ on the horizontal menu across the top of the page.
Read the story of Gateshead, see all our local history resources, and local history groups across the borough.
This content has been developed by Jenifer Maughan as part of the iSee Gateshead project, and the site will continue to grow over the next year as the project develops. The pages will eventually link to an online archive of many of our local history photographs, a great resource for all your local history enquiries.
The Centre for Public Policy Seminars is holding a Seminar on Delivering Extended Schools That Really Work on the Ground at The Royal Commonwealth Society in London on Monday 5th June 2006.
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
Extended schools and Every Child Matters are central strands of government policy. They impact fundamentally on the ethos, activities, staffing, management and leadership of schools. Just how the policies can best work on the ground remains somewhat vague. This seminar looks at the national context and then examines in detail how policies are being made to work in one inner London comprehensive.
By 2010, schools will provide a range of services and activities, often beyond the traditional school day, to meet the needs of children, their families and the wider community.
How will we meet this target?
How well are challenges and opportunities being met? What are the obstacles and pitfalls to change? How are different stake-holders reacting and performing?
What more needs to be done to assure success? How do we achieve a sustainable win-win result for all?
This CPPS seminar, with key national and local players seeks answers
Bookings for this event can be made online at our website www.cppseminars.org.uk
We can also send you a booking form by fax if you call our booking line on (01422) 845004
We look forward to seeing you there
To see further details of this event and others we are running, please use the links below. Please note: If you have any problems using the link, copy the whole address into your browser address bar and press enter.
The Seminar
http://www.cppseminars.org.uk/site/dpb.cfm?do=ref&fldCPPSref=EXT/156&varDetProgBiog=det
An invaluable tool for teachers, parents and others working in children's care and services in the north east of England:
The whole site is worth bookmarking. There is a creativity page on the left-hand menu, too.
Saturday mornings
10am-12noon
The Mushroom Works
Each workshop, run by artists from the Mushroom Works studios will work with a different art form or technique.
March 11th Glass Painting
March 18th Printing and book making
March 25th Storytelling and illustration
April 8th Easter card making
April 15th Collage
April 22nd Textiles - bag and rug making
To book, telephone 0191 224 4011
For more information, visit www.mushroomworks.com
The Mushroom Works
St Lawrence Road
Ouseburn
Newcastle
NE6 1AR
Artisancam
See arists at work, learn how they do it and have a go yourself: aimed at Key Stages 2 & 3.
http://www.artisancamnorth.org.uk/
Engage with contemporary artists and their learning programme via this website:
http://www.axisweb.org/
World Book Day 2005 saw the launch of an entirely new campaign to encourage people to recommend a good read to friends and family. Millions of free postcards were made available throughout the country for users to send with a personal book recommendation - an easy way for everyone to participate. The response was so enthusiastic that World Book Day has created a brand new set of four cards for 2006. Free cards are available in libraries, bookshops, bars, cafes, health clubs, heritage sites and in magazines and newspapers from mid- February 2006. Users will also be able to send an e- card from the World Book Day site from mid-February The promotional material is on its way to all Gateshead Council service points already.
More info from http://www.worldbookday.com/
You might like your pupils and students to take part.
This project is supported by Claire Elliott, our Reader Developmemt Assistant at Gateshead Central Library.
0191 433 8400.
Wide variety of information here. Teachers can also find classroom and INSET - related information on the 'poetryclass' page.
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/index.htm
Forthcoming programme at the 'Lit & Phil', Westgate Road, near Central Station. The bulding alone is worth the visit.
http://www.litandphil.org.uk/programme.htm
An excellent World War I site, including first-hand recollections and an 'On this day' calendar.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/diaries/index.htm
In October 2005 the UK will host the largest world music business expo for the first time. WOMEX 2005 will be held at The Sage Gateshead on 26th-30th October, with networking opportunities for artists to meet world music producers, agents, managers, record labels, promoters and festival officials along with a wide variety of cultural organisations. The event also involves a trade fair, conference sessions, film screenings and showcases and concludes with the WOMEX Award celebrations. For further information and registration visit www.womex.com or email womex@womex.com WOMEX are based in Germany at WOMEX, Bergmannstrasse 102, 10961 Berlin, Germany. Phone 0049 30 318 61 40.
Libraries aren't just for senior citizens and young families! Following an idea from the East Midlands, young people in Gateshead (18-25 year-olds especially) can log on and choose a blind date - with a book!
www.whatareyouuptotonight.com/blinddate
Contact Gateshead Libraries for help with a web conference in class.
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Gateshead and Newcastle Councils' joint project brings information together for parents, carers and children. One to bookmark:
www.solutionfinder.org.uk
Newcastle Arts Centre, one of our Cultural Partners, has had the bright idea of setting up a website featuring all of the free exhibitions taking place within a twelve mile radius of Newcastle: and here it is...
http://www.newcastle-arts-centre.co.uk/exhibitions_on_tyne.htm
One to bookmark!
As you know, Northern Architecture is one of our Cultural Partners. Any schools doing projects for the 'week' may like to use the CABE (The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) website as a virtual resource.
Read on for more...
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The 24 hour museum is the UK's National Virtual Museum and a compehensive online guide to Britain's museums and galleries. The site is non-commercial and free to use. It has a teachers' page, too.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/
Connie Megginson, Headteacher at St Anne's Primary School, Harlow Green, Gateshead reports:
"Six of my teachers had an INSET day at the National Gallery in London on Friday the 26th of November and said it was one of the best they've had. They have come back really inspired. The web site is wonderful and it is good to use on an interactive white board for whole class teaching. They were given lots of ideas for cross curricular work and we are entering a competition where our work could end up in the gallery! We were the only school outside London attending that day - quite adventurous for us."Connie added that the fee was only £55 per teacher and that she got a good hotel and train deal, too. Demand is high - she booked this a year in advance!
The National Gallery education webpage is below...
Learning, Sociology, Social Inclusion and the value of museums: nine free reports to download.
Our thanks to Jim Roberts of Leicester University Department of Museum Studies and Arts Council England North East.
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/bookshop/rcmg_publications.htm
The climax of this year's festival includes fun workshops and signings for children and their parents. Authors Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore will perform 'Tales of the Dark Forest' . Writers attending include Nick Arnold, Paul Cookson and David Harmer.
Saturday November 20th at Blyth Community College, 9:45am - 4:30pm. FREE!
www.ncbf.org.uk
ArtisanCam North is a free interactive website primarily aimed at Key Stages 2 and 3,the website aims to raise the profile of regional artists and the creative industries in schools featuring:
- Live watching of visual artists at work in their studio or workshop
- Online workshops
- Techniques and questions
ArtisanCam North will feature an Artist live each term, visitors will also be able to access archived footage from previous artists featured:
- Summer 2004: Sculpture with Lizzie Farey
- Autumn 2004: Ceramics with Michael Eden
- Spring 2005: Screenprinting with Paul Scott
www.artisancamnorth.org.uk
www.artistsatwork.org
The Sunday Times NSDF invites 10 productions to Scarborough each year. Sixth form students can apply for tickets to access every production, workshop, forum and bar. To book: call 01803 864836.
www.nsdf.org.uk
'Drama in schools' describes the place of drama in a broad and balanced curriculum, and reflects good practice in drama provision. Read on for more details and ordering...
Over 15,000 images of objects from the TWM collections are now available on an extremely accessible new website at:
Bringing Mexicans and the Aztecs to life in school and the community
This entry can be found in full under 'Virtual Partners' where we will log organisations from outside the North East whose websites we consider of use to Gateshead teachers, for either a special visit or, more likely, as an internet resource.
www.mexicolore.co.uk
Whatever your interests, a huge amount of fascinating material from the North East region?s libraries, archives and museums is now available on the web.
www.wellinever.info
British books for children are the envy of the world. Countries abroad have national centres dedicated to children's books but until now no such Centre has existed in the UK.
In 2005, the first British centre celebrating children's books will open in an imaginatively converted Victorian mill in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne.
A magnet for visitors of all ages CCB will invite you on an ever-changing journey through the world of children's books. Sparking your imagination and awakening you to the endless possibilities for creating words and pictures.
Your journey will be full of surprises from unconventional exhibitions to entertaining and challenging events and activities - some inspired by CCB's growing collection of original manuscripts and artwork which celebrates the creative process - others introducing you to work travelling from abroad.