Welcome to the 4th Cultural Education Directory, what More about the partnership a milestone we have achieved by working together! This year has been a huge challenge for We are working together across Stoke-on-Trent and many, particularly the creative & educational sectors North to ensure that the opportunity and children and young people. We have continued to to participate, achieve and succeed in vibrant high strive to bring people together and ensure all children quality arts and cultural education becomes a have opportunities to engage and participate in normal expectation for children and young people. creative activities. Over the summer we have showcased the sector with a series of short films, To find out more... worked with partners on the Stoke Creative Passport and continued to engage children and young people Email us: [email protected] through the Creative Youth Voices programme. We have also been humbled and inspired, working with Follow us: @stokeCEP young people through the Black Lives Matter movement with the Future Hopes campaign. Visit: www.stokecep.co.uk

This is a period of change, and as a movement we are working closely with strategic partners through the Our values Stoke Creates initiative, creating a constituted body to Challenging leverage investment into the area and pull together We will challenge perceptions of arts and cultural resources with Universities, NPOs and Stoke On Trent education at a strategic level, advocating for its City Council. During this transition, I will be stepping impact on young people’s lives. We will challenge down as Chair after three years and look forward to the perceptions of our city and young people, working with Natalie as she steps into the role of Chair through arts and culture and we will challenge leads the movement forward. It has been a blessing to ourselves and our young people to take part, be a part of such an incredible movement and I look learn, lead, and innovate. forward to continuing to support the CEP. Thank you to everyone who has walked with us. Fun & Innovative We will lead the way in being innovate in how we Nicky Twemlow engage and deliver arts and culture to children Outgoing Chair and young people, ensuring participation is fun and offers a positive learning experience. The last twelve months have proved difficult for all of us in ways we probably hadn’t even imagined. One of Inclusive the most effected groups has been children and their We will collaborate, encouraging diversity, educational environments. But in this year of difference and acceptance. We will encourage uncertainty and isolation it has become clearer than young people to remove divisions and barriers to ever before that the arts and creativity are a key factor involvement, engagement and participation. in the lives of children and young people, not only promote more engaging learning environments but also Inspiring to help them develop resilience and maintain their We will deliver authentic cultural offers for all mental health and well-being. children and young people in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire, making them accessible, I have enjoyed working with creative organisations and engaging, diverse, high quality, inspiring and fun. educators across the city and I’m excited to be taking We want to give children and young people the on a greater role within the CEP. As we move into opportunities necessary to be competitive within 2021, the work of Stoke and North Staffs CEP will the creative industries and become cultural arts continue to ensure more schools and education leaders. settings have the resources, skills and knowledge to widen their students’ creative outlooks and offer them Quality the best starting point for their future careers and We will ensure that all children have access to goals in life. high quality arts and cultural activities through Natalie Armitage developing networks, locally, nationally and Incoming Chair internationally. Arts Connect AB Creative We are a development agency connecting and supporting EDUCATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION. communities across the West Midlands, to enable children and young people (from 0-25) to enjoy a rich My goals are not academic achievement, that's a bonus; and meaningful arts and cultural life. they are simply to encourage and breed confidence in every participant, no matter their age or perceived ability We deliver the Bridge programme in the West Midlands for Arts Council England (ACE). STORYTELLER Fully interactive performance, involving the audience as We work with partners in education, arts and cultural participants. Stories from around the world, themed if organisations, local government and others to lead you prefer, as well as my own, including the local history change and improve opportunity of access and of Stoke-on-Trent and the Lidicé Lives Project. engagement. WRITER/POET We know that involvement in the arts and culture Creative writing, including poetry and script writing, contributes to a thriving childhood and evidence shows workshops and performance. Themed to suit you, or this. We want this for all children and young people in simply going with the flow on the day. the West Midlands. ACTOR What we do Drama workshops, including “Play in a day”; fully • Expand Cultural Education through Artsmark and Arts interactive and participatory. I'm happy to work with a Award. whole class or small group. • Develop, connect and support the workforce in the arts and cultural sector with programmes of professional I work with all school ages, and all abilities, including development and R&D. adults and SEN. All my workshops are fun, interactive, • Run programmes with networks of educational settings lively and can be noisy. connecting teachers and children. • Develop, connect and support professionals in formal See also You Tube - “Six Towns Storytelling” and informal education by offering a programme of CPD • Support the creation of place based strategic and [email protected] sustainable local partnerships to ensure the manica143.wixsite.com/manicmeanderings continuation and development of an arts and cultural offer for children and young people. • Attract new sources of revenue for work with young people through our partnership investments [email protected] www.artsconnect.co.uk

Staffordshire Teachers ARTS Network For EYFS, Primary, Middle , Secondary and SENDL teachers wanting to access quality ARTS continued professional development and learning opportunities.

Networks are available to join for Primary ARTS, Secondary Visual Art, Secondary Dance and Secondary Drama. Our programmes will deliver quality ARTS focussed CPD for teachers in partnership with artists and arts organisations across the region of Staffordshire.

The CPD network events are delivered in partnership with Stoke and North Staffordshire CEP and Cannock Chase CEP and generously supported by Arts Connect West Midlands.

For more information contact [email protected] Angela Marie James - Author Appetite I am an author of books for children and adults. As well Appetite aims to get more people in Stoke-on-Trent and as a performance poet and storyteller. the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme to experience and be inspired by the arts. We do this by working with I deliver engaging and interactive performances and/or local people to co-create world-class, unforgettable arts workshops to nurseries, schools, colleges, universities, experiences in and for their communities. clubs (e.g. brownies, scouts, holiday/after-school clubs, etc) and at community events. Both in person and Appetite began in Summer 2013 as a programme for virtually/online. Stoke-on-Trent and since then has presented a feast of family-friendly, breath-taking cultural events in places Workshops are themed and encourage age-appropriate and spaces across Stoke-on-Trent enjoyed by discussions, creative writing, performing and a love of thousands from across the city. Working with our reading. Bespoke themes can also be arranged. community decision makers Supper Club, our partners and Volunteers, we bring the arts to communities. I am also available for project work with other organisations and able to deliver talks about my work In 2019 the Appetite programme was supported by Arts and career. Council England to expand into the neighbouring Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. We’re looking Please visit my website to download my Author Visits forward to collaborating with residents and partners Pack which details the workshops I offer. across the area to create life-changing arts experiences in new communities.

[email protected] [email protected] www.amjames.co.uk www.appetite.co.uk

BODY MOVES & GROOVES with ART BRASIL Primary School Workshop Programme for 2020-21

Body Moves & Grooves is a jam-packed whistle stop tour of Brazilian carnival traditions, using dance and body percussion to experience a range of styles including ART BRASIL is a non-profit arts organisation based in samba, samba-reggae, maracatu and many more. Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire, providing outreach and community projects in Brazilian Workshops are delivered by a lead dance/music artist percussion, song and dance. We are passionate about and supporting musician with a full set-up of samba delivering high quality arts and cultural workshops drums to energise and engage pupils with live which aim to develop skills, increase confidence and accompaniment, bringing the carnival vibe to life. Get self-esteem, and encourage a healthy and active ready to explore the wonders of the land of carnival lifestyle. through style-specific body rhythms, musical ideas and easy to follow choreography.

[email protected] To comply with safety guidelines, the workshops can take place outdoors or in any suitable indoor space that allows www.artbrasil.org.uk for safe social-distancing between our team and your class bubble, and doesn’t require any equipment to be used by pupils and school staff. B arts Belinda Latimer Designs B arts is multi-disciplinary, participatory arts Belinda Latimer is a professional Artist and Creative organisation. We work with artists with specialisms in 3- Mentor, formerly of Stoke-on-Trent, now living in D and 2-D making (lanterns, carnival images, textiles, Cornwall. kite-making, costume and set design, illustration); creative writing, story-telling and performance (poetry She works in a wide range of media from textiles, and spoken word, song-writing, photography and video, painting, metalwork, mixed media, printmaking and animation, puppetry, interactive theatre); and cooking, ceramics. Her inspiration comes from her surroundings bread-baking and gardening. and the feelings attached to them.

We often combine different artforms to create immersive Belinda is a former Secondary Head of Art, having 14 experiences at the same time as achieving specific years experience as a teacher of Art, Graphics and outcomes. For example, our Little School of Improbable Textiles. Her role now is to deliver creative workshops Cooking project aims to improve literacy and inspire a and classes to adults and children in person and online, love of reading and writing alongside exploring healthy as well as to businesses and other organisations. She eating and cooking skills for children and young people focuses on the well being of those taking part, using art through the creative framework of magical catering and craft as a means to engage, express and challenges; Codename Tomorrowland uses a mix of communicate feelings, thoughts and ideas. performance, play and 3-D making to explore children’s ideas for rebuilding neighbourhoods in response to [email protected] climate change; New Futures Lab worked with young facebook.com/BelindaLatimerCreative people to explore issues around youth safety through the scripting, filming and editing of a short horror film.

We see the people we work with as co-creators, and our work includes child and young person-led activity. We often work with partners to fund-raise together to make arts projects happen. We also support schools and colleges to achieve the Artsmark award.

[email protected] www.b-arts.org.uk

Claire Pring I can help to take that uncertainty away & give the Dance is a funny subject to teach, it doesn't have a simple steps to make your dance lessons a success. logical, linear format, which I think makes it 'equally My CPD and resources are easy to follow and take the cursed as blessed'. Once you feel confident with it as a stress away from planning. subject it gives you great freedom - but until then it feels difficult to grasp. I work from a theme or topic based approach - the lessons support and consolidate learning in other subject areas and allow creativity to flourish; skills to be developed and are accessible for all abilities and levels of experience.

So when you ask the question ‘What are they learning?’ the answer will be clear.

[email protected] www.artbrasil.org.uk British Ceramics Biennial Claybody Theatre Company The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) is the single largest Claybody Theatre is a Stoke-on-Trent based company ceramics event in the UK, bringing great art and creative whose work is inspired by the lives and experiences of energy to Stoke-on-Trent, in addition to a vibrant year- local people and the history and heritage of North round education and community engagement Staffordshire. Founded by playwright Deborah programme. McAndrew and director Conrad Nelson, the company creates new dramas for non-theatre spaces in the city. Through the development of engaging, hands-on Our Patron is the award-winning actor, Toby Jones. activity, the BCB’s education programme uses big ideas and innovation to stimulate enthusiasm for clay across We have a thriving community company, and a growing the curriculum at all stages of learning: EYFS, Primary, educational offer. Productions include: Ugly Duck at the and Secondary. Our primary objective is to have a School of Art (2013); Digging In, a play for positive impact on individual and community life in the schools about the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike (2015); Dirty city of Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding area, Laundry (2017) Hot Lane (2018) and The D Road specifically facilitating an understanding of self and (2019) at Works, Stoke. Education work includes place, pride, creativity, and a connection to heritage production linked schemes for Stoke 6th Form College, which includes the diversity and regeneration of the city. and workshops for YMCA. Other production linked These aims are supported by our partnerships across education resources are available on our website. 2020 education, industry, and cultural sectors. work includes: drama podcasts The Call, and Dirty Laundry, and online community choral project We offer workshops, CPD sessions, opportunities to Greenwood Dreams with linked education resources. participate in larger projects, and support with getting clay, ceramics and creative learning embedded within Creative Director, Deborah McAndrew is a qualified the curriculum. Drama and Special Needs teacher, and has worked as a freelance practitioner in a variety of educational settings over the past 20 years. In 2017 she was a National [email protected] Literacy Trust Writer in Residence at Ormiston Horizon www.britishceramicsbiennial.com Academy. [email protected] claybodytheatre.com

Creative Youth Voices A Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffordshire Cultural Those involved have already begun their journeys Education Partnership project, led by Kreative towards working with us to co-design arts provision Foundations, with the support of the New Vic Theatre, across the city, and feeding in to an array of sectors to Endon High & The City Learning Trust. ensure young people’s needs and interests are met.

The project endeavours to put children and young people This is an ongoing mission for us, so if you’d like to at the heart of Stoke CEP; ensuring young voices are learn more about the Creative Youth Voices project, or rooted in what we do, and lead the way! to find out how to get involved, please contact [email protected] Through the project those children and young people involved, also known as our Cultural Explorers, are supported to:

• CHALLENGE their perceptions in order to gain a deeper understanding of arts and culture • EXPLORE and PARTICIPATE in a wide range of arts and cultural activities, both locally and nationally • Encouraged to SHARE their findings Feasted Glenn Martin James – Author & Storyteller Feasted believe that every individual has the potential to Glenn Martin James is a highly accomplished unlock their unique skills. practitioner offering a fully rounded workshop experience for his clients. We offer an introduction to the Feasted Gastronomy programme which is available through our partner Stoke A published author and illustrator, he works with On Trent College. children throughout the key stage range in schools, nurseries, higher education, and with adults in all Journey with us through the history of Stoke On Trent manner of community projects. and discover a world of opportunity where the Potteries provide the foundations for our future food system. A practiced master of original storytelling and writing, Glenn builds solid ongoing relationships with schools, Cooking that delivers in skill, excitement and career working throughout the year to deliver programmes development. developed between teachers and himself, progressing through each class in school. Examples of engagement. All workshops can be delivered in virtually allowing students to do practical He tackles subjects throughout the curriculum, as work at home or in the classroom. diverse as the Spitfire, The Romans, the Gunpowder Plot, Viking invasions, H.G. Wells and photographer of KS1- Once Upon A Plate. Story writing and food Vivian Mayer, and has a range of stories featuring his well-loved character Mr. Columbine for younger children KS2- Bread making- sugars other alter egos. (with accompanying cartoons) and his very well received “To-Be-Continued” fantasy/adventure stories KS3 and KS4 focusing on creative writing. - Science in the kitchen, an introduction to molecular gastronomy A highly versatile illustrator he also works with children - Telling stories with food developing their artistic skills. He specialises in history, - Fermentation and future food systems STEM Subjects creative writing, literature, storytelling, - Introduction to Feasted Gastronomy at Stoke On Trent performance, journalism and script writing. Mr James is College a dyslexic author who offers encouragement, support and empowerment for everyone. Glenn was a radio [email protected] producer and presenter for 10 years- he works feasted.co.uk excellently by remote link and is available for virtual visits by Zoom, etc. [email protected] www.gmjames.co.uk

IAAME IAAME using photography and video to create a new social view of the local areas within Stoke on Trent and the surrounding area, using the voice, visuals and the written word to look and explore the personal stories.

IAAME Work with schools and students using camera technology from the 1880’s to the modern day, blogging, vlogging and podcasting allowing the young voice to investigate and explore what is important to them within [email protected] the curriculum. www.iaame.com Ingestre Hall Residential Arts Centre Kreative Foundations Ingestre Hall is home to the UK's only dedicated Kreative Foundations are an alternative education and Residential Arts Centre. community development company; developing wellbeing and community engagement for learners of all We deliver unique, transferable learning experiences ages and abilities. through expressive and creative arts such as music, drama, visual art, dance, film, photography and Our ethos is: animation. ‘To build lives without limits, because everyone has the right to their positive potential.’ An Ingestre Arts residential is unlike any other; in our inspirational setting, programmes are developed in We deliver our services through educational workshops, partnership with schools and groups to give students the aspirational training and mentoring. We offer a wide opportunity to imagine, create and express. Students range of activities, all of which are flexible and embark on a journey of creative discovery and comprehensively link to the National Curriculum, transformation, realising and releasing creative potential including: along the way, and developing core skills to help them - Confidence through Drama grow as creative learners and producers. - Confident Me! - Creating Aspiring Minds Our practitioners are skilled at delivering appropriately - Body Confident challenging, memorable experiences and addressing a wide range of arts and creative learning outcomes. We also develop bespoke activities – challenging Programmes can be fully integrated with school ourselves to create unique workshops and training that curriculum and ethos, inclusive, designed to meet really benefit your group’s needs e.g. Stoke CEP’s students' specific learning needs and planned so that Creative Youth Voices Programme. learning is embedded and reinforced back at school. All of our programmes strive to support learners to School and group leaders are always welcome to visit reach their potential, personally and professionally. We Ingestre Hall to learn more about what’s on offer and endeavour to change the mind set of those who have how our programmes can help children & young people become, or are becoming, disengaged or disillusioned succeed. with various elements of their lives such as their communities, their academic achievements, or their [email protected] own self-belief; providing our services in a way that www.ingestrearts.org.uk reignites creative and reflective thinking. Additionally we relish the opportunity to support those who wish to further their development and increase their skills, who want to go all-out to support their communities.

[email protected] www.kreativefoundations.co.uk

Libby Ward Contemporary Jewellery I create a range of jewellery made from precious and non-precious materials all inspired by natural textures and forms. My love of lichens and moss informs my work and helps me to create tactile pieces that connects people to textures and their environment.

I studied 3D design at university where I explored a [email protected] variety of techniques including metal work, ceramics and www.libbyward.co.uk plastics which I still use in my practice today. Loving learning Through Creativity Make Some Noise Loving learning Through Creativity is a partnership Make Some Noise is one of the leading music charities project between Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire in the West Midlands. Cultural Education Partnership, Arts Connect (West Midlands Regional Arts Council England Bridge Our vision is that the lives of children and young people organisation), Partners in Creative Learning (PiCL), will be significantly enhanced by opportunities to make YMCA North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent music. We explore innovative approaches that work Opportunity Area. towards better access to music.

Working with 11 schools in the Stoke on Trent area the We are passionate about music and believe in music project was developed in 2018 to tackle persistent inspiring young people and being used as a catalyst for absences through an “artist in residence” style project. positive change. Each school identified priority year groups and works with the team and an artist to deliver weekly in school Our incredible team of professional musicians are sessions, additional extra-curricular breakfast and trained to work with a variety of groups from babies, afterschool sessions all linked to the artists own practice. toddlers and their families, to challenging or excluded young people, in community centres, theatres, schools Our aim is to engage young people, who are disengaged or specialist forensic and psychiatric units helping to or at risk of disengaging with with school through the build confidence, skills and experience in music making. use of arts activities and positive role model/artist. [email protected] All sessions are linked to the curriculum to reignite the www.make-some-noise.com young person’s love of learning and make positive associations with school as well as; learning new skills, increasing confidence, finding new ways to express themselves and develop positive relationships with peers, teachers and the artist.

The programme also includes additional trips and activities to local, regional and national arts organisations, linked to their arts and cultural work as Middleport Pottery well as showcase opportunities to celebrate their work Middleport Pottery provides an immersive educational and share it with their families. experience for all ages and abilities, where students can discover the processes that revolutionised pottery Currently due to Covid 19 our work in Schools is paused production and how this impacted other aspects of however our some of our Artists have continued to society. Absorb yourself in Stoke-on-Trent's historic support schools through the development of resources pottery industry by visiting the last remaining working to continue engagement in the Arts. Victorian pottery in the country.

[email protected] Walk inside the sole surviving bottle kiln, see our www.picl.uk.com/project-loving-learning original steam engine in motion and experience the creation of ceramics using the same methods that have been used on site for 130 years. Hands-on workshops will enrich the visit and allow you to experience the medium of clay in creating something which you can take home with you. Our friendly and knowledgeable learning team will create an experience which you will want to share with your friends.

[email protected] www.re-form.org/middleportpottery Miss Smith Drama Newave Music & Arts I am a Drama and Theatre Facilitator living and working An award winning creative organisation run by husband in Staffordshire. As a previous Secondary Head of and wife team, John and Kelly Percival. We are Drama, I use my skills and experience to provide specialists in music and creative education delivery, and Enrichment Opportunities in schools and other support schools to develop a “broad and balanced educational establishments to students of all ages from curriculum” with music and arts at its heart KS2 to KS5. Established in 2009 by John, Newave started as a small I offer a series of workshops to enhance and improve group of creative practitioners who facilitated music and learning in Drama and the Performing Arts and other arts enrichment experiences in local schools. Fast subjects such as Literacy and Humanities. These include: forward 10 years, the organisation now works with schools across the breadth of the Midlands to provide • Devising Drama year-round bespoke music and creative arts delivery. • Exploring Text • Improvisation Ultimately, we believe in the value of the arts. We are • LAMDA extremely passionate that every single child deserves to • Physical Theatre experience regular music and arts lessons. Our • Process Drama overarching mission is to promote and deliver high- quality and inspiring music and arts provision to as I can’t wait to hear from you to find out how I can be of many children and young people as we possibly can. help to you and your students. Newave provides a wide range of music and arts [email protected] services to primary and secondary schools, including miss-smith-drama.business.site PPA cover and options for parents to pay directly for tuition. We welcome all enquiries from schools and we aim to provide a high quality, value for money solution to meet your needs. [email protected] www.newavearts.co.uk

New Vic The Education team at the New Vic provides creative learning opportunities for everyone from four-years-old and upwards. No experience is needed and everyone is welcome. We believe that drama, as well as a vital art Print Garage form in its own right, is a powerful means of learning - I am an artist and screenprinter creating deeply layered, promoting problem solving skills, questioning and self- colour saturated, slow motion screen prints. discovery. The image generation is a slow process of We are committed to lifelong learning and giving experimentation, of trial and error; collecting imagery, everyone access to creative opportunities and activities. developing patterns and overlaying all the different We work both within the formal education sector and in elements until new and intriguing relationships emerge. informal settings. Much of our work is involved in The results are brightly lit beacons of balearic zen curriculum development and we deliver creative shining out amidst a visual, digital landscape that is in approaches across all subjects. From Youth Theatre to constant upheaval, upgraded and updated daily. groups for older adults, holiday projects and family learning, come and get involved. I run how to workshops demonstrating screenprinting to both schools and the general public. [email protected] [email protected] www.newvictheatre.org.uk www.printgarage.co.uk Ruff & Ruby Youth Charity PINGO ART RUFF & RUBY IS AN URBAN YOUTH CHARITY. PICTURE THIS is a combined arts project integrating photography and creative life-writing to empower young As a growing charity with a ‘big heart’ RUFF & RUBY people to consider how they might achieve their engages, energises & empowers ‘vulnerable’ young ambitions in the future. Using cameras to represent life people to realise their value, reach their potential & in and story to validate and authenticate their sense of turn re:frame their world. self, pupils participate in a series of creative workshops based around the themes of aspiration, inspiration and This is achieved by promoting positive self esteem & motivation. The photographs and stories are then aspirations through innovative programs & services that exhibited as framed poster prints at a local university culmination event, which includes a full day’s activities INFUSE VALUE, PURPOSE & SIGNIFICANCE and tour of the campus. At the end of the exhibition period each child’s print is made available for them to through a daily collaboration of topic based roadshows & take home and keep. workshops, 1:1 life coaching & mentoring, creative arts, VIP (valued individual person) Lift lifts (‘acts of Sharon has recently self-published a book themed intentional kindness) & Bedroom makeovers for young around the project called people ‘in need /poverty’ & employability experience & work readiness skill development @I The Ruff & BE CRAYJUST: Rubyrooms, INTU POTTERIES. REAL LIFE MOTIVATION BY REAL LIFE PEOPLE

[email protected] Sharon Corbett, a former graduate of Keele University www.ruffandruby.com and previous social worker delivers wellness workshops to businesses and community groups as well as working with schools, colleges and universities on projects to develop self-confidence, self-esteem and self-belief.

Sharon is currently delivering workshops online, embracing this whole new way of doing things!

[email protected] pingoart.com

Staffordshire Library and Arts Service Libraries produce a national calendar of annual events Staffordshire Library and Arts Service consists of 43 static and activities where we focus our support and then libraries and a mobile service which covers the whole of augment this with more localised activities working in the county of Staffordshire. Some libraries are County partnership with other cultural organisations and schools. managed and others are managed by community groups.

Libraries offer a range of services to our communities covering the following Universal Offers: • Culture and Creativity • Health and Wellbeing • Information and Digital • Reading

Services for children and Vision and Print Impaired [email protected] People's Promise are embedded in all of the Universal www.staffordshire.gov.uk/Libraries Offers. The Stoke 2000 Stoke-on-Trent City Music Service The Stoke 2000 is an art, cultural & education project The City Music Service aims to deliver a quality music celebrating Stoke-on-Trent’s industrial heritage. It sees education that enhances the lives of pupils in Stoke-on- the creation of over 2000 bottle-oven wall planters made Trent. We believe that making music is inspirational and from recycled pallet wood in various versions (classic, enables pupils to realise their potential. We promote a insect hotels, bird feeders & bird boxes). All individually culture of inclusion, team work and positive thinking. numbered & perfect for school gardens or community spaces. The City Music Service is one of the lead partners of The Music Partnership. The Music Partnership is a group Our workshops have strong links to the curriculum of the region’s leading quality music education (STEM) and provide opportunities for learners to providers, committed to working together to ensure all experience basic woodworking skills while teaching them young people have the opportunity to sing, learn an about Stoke-on-Trent’s cultural and industrial heritage. instrument and perform as part of an ensemble or choir. We receive funding from the Department of [email protected] Education via Arts Council England to deliver the thestoke2000.co.uk ‘National Plan for Music Education’.

[email protected] www.themusicpartnership.org.uk

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery is home to diverse displays of art, local history, natural sciences and the world’s greatest collection of Staffordshire ceramics.

The museum provides a range of inspiring workshops from Foundation to Key Stage 4 classes. Our workshops have been carefully developed to inspire, involve and motivate. We offer hands on, interactive workshops where pupils can get up close to our amazing collections. Our collections include: local history, natural science, fine art, craft and ceramics.

All our workshops are designed to support learning in the classroom and we are able to make adaptations to workshops to suit any access needs.

We are currently offering a selection of our most popular workshops which have been adapted to comply with current government Covid-19 safety advice.

For more information on school visits please email the Education Team [email protected] or visit the museum website.

[email protected] www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag Stoke Reads Unit Twelve Stoke Reads is a National Literacy Trust hub which aims Unit Twelve is a contemporary craft workshop and to inspire families across the city to read together, and exhibition space in a stunning rural location in helps parents to support their children’s literacy skills. Staffordshire. It hosts a regularly changing programme of exhibitions, with complementary art workshops run To get families in Stoke excited about reading and by Jennifer Collier, Iain Perry and exhibiting artists. sharing stories, we run exciting community initiatives like Story Quest which is a free initiative funded by Sport [email protected] England. A Story Quest is an exciting story trail that guides families around local outdoor spaces while they www.unittwelve.co.uk complete physical and written challenges, meet local celebrities, discover fascinating facts and travel through time to uncover local history.

The stories are written for primary school aged children to read together with their parents/guardians and the walks are suitable for all levels of fitness. Voice We also work with schools to support the teaching of Voice is a magazine and platform for young creatives literacy, and partner with local community organisations covering arts, culture, politics and technology. and businesses who support our mission to raise literacy levels in the city. It’s free for organisations and young people to use to share opportunities, research the industry and post [email protected] their own views. literacytrust.org.uk/communities/stoke [email protected] www.voicemag.uk

YMCA GO! A citywide project funded by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport and the National Lottery, aiming to provide exciting experiences, activities and opportunities to young people aged 10-18.

Working in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and local youth provision organisations, we have access to children’s centres and community spaces to provide activities in the evenings, weekends and [email protected] school holidays. www.ymcans.org.uk/ymca-go We hope to provide positive outcomes for young people which will inspire them and encourage them to develop and thrive.