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Planning a drama session for a group of incredibly talented performing artists for training was both exciting and daunting.  It was fantastic to watch Artis Specialists throw themselves into my exercises. Three activities really stood out:   We told an ‘Emotion Story’ of an Artis training day. Pausing at each emotion […]

The recent invitation to Artis from the South Korean Government to support creative education in their schools felt somewhat ironic. Whilst the UK Government is looking to Korea for how to excel in le ague tables, Korea is recognising that their top ranking status comes with challenges. Their focus is beginning to […]

It’s always such a pleasure to welcome our wonderful Artis Specialists to training, seeing the familiar faces and getting to know our new Specialists who have recently joined the panel.   As with all our training days, it was a time for reflection, evaluation and development. Last weekend first year […]

In this activity children copy the teacher’s sequence of four actions tapping different parts of the body and keeping a steady rhythm. To make the activity more challenging the teacher says “switch”, so that children drop out and join back in but one step behind. They will have to use […]

From developing story lines to composing the soundtrack, children produce their own film during weekly sessions and gain knowledge of the film industry. Teamwork is essential; through taking it in turns to be director, camera person, actor, or sound technician, children express their ideas, listen to each other’s opinions, and […]

Guest blogpost by Artis Specialist and Mentor Caroline Hotchkiss (Toot)   At Artis training last term, Louise Klarnett delivered a brilliant workshop on dance and the Early Years. These are the 5 activities I most enjoyed:   Feathers 1. Create a line with masking tape on the floor; in partners the children […]

Interdisciplinary learning is not a new concept, but is now needed in education more than ever as our economic, social, and cultural environments develop at accelerating speed. Interdisciplinary thinkers such as Albert Einstein and Leonardo Da Vinci saw no boundaries between subjects. Without the restrictions of subject boundaries, they found […]

Howard Gardner is a leading thinker about education and human development and has studied and written extensively about intelligence, creativity, leadership, and professional ethics. In his talk at Nesta last month he looked at how young people today differ from those of earlier decades with particular attention to the effect […]

As the debate over the future of arts subjects within the EBacc continues, Artis and the Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts demonstrate the value of integrating arts within core teaching in the UK.   The partners launch Artis Impact, an extensive professional development programme that matches Artis Impact Mentors […]

Artis is delighted to announce a new partnership with Sing Up, the singing in-school specialists who help schools put singing at the heart of the school day.   Sing Up CEO, Michelle James says: “Sing Up and ARTIS share many of the same beliefs and approaches to working with schools. Both […]