Artsmark is the creative quality standard for schools and education settings, awarded by Arts Council England, recognising their commitment to high quality arts and cultural education.
WAT is proud to be supporting schools and education settings on their Artsmark journey, inspiring children and young people to create, experience, and participate in great arts and culture.
We offer education settings who are working towards, or currently hold an Artsmark Award, with the following opportunities:
WAT uses artistic and creative approaches to bring history and heritage to life so that children, young people and communities can engage positively, having access to knowledge and experiences that will excite, engage and inspire them.
Read on to find out more, or click here to contact us and talk about how we might work together.
Find out more about Artsmark at www.artsmark.org.uk.
WAT is proud to be supporting schools and education settings on their Artsmark journey, inspiring children and young people to create, experience, and participate in great arts and culture.
We offer education settings who are working towards, or currently hold an Artsmark Award, with the following opportunities:
WAT uses artistic and creative approaches to bring history and heritage to life so that children, young people and communities can engage positively, having access to knowledge and experiences that will excite, engage and inspire them.
Read on to find out more, or click here to contact us and talk about how we might work together.
Find out more about Artsmark at www.artsmark.org.uk.
WAT actively involves children, young people and communities in research, creativity and creative collaboration thus promoting inclusion, equal opportunities and diversity alongside an authentic sense of belonging and ownership.
On a practical level this can mean:
On a practical level this can mean:
- helping groups or schools to seek appropriate funding and support
- training and supporting children, young people and communities to research their histories
- bringing in academic support
- writing plays
- writing books
- writing schemes of work
- delivering local history stories in the curriculum
- creating and directing performances
- creating heritage walks
Specific One-Off Artsmark Opportunities
We have two pre-prepared packages we can offer schools -
“Cynisca of Sparta”
This one-day package offers Key Stage 2 the unique opportunity to engage with and perform a bespoke script written in the style of Ancient Greek theatre for young people.
Led by Gertie Whitfield, the workshops will enable the pupils to effectively experience the entire play in a day.
Pupils will also learn about Ancient Greek culture through the story of Cynisca, the first woman to enter and win the Olympics.
In addition to actively engaging with an exciting, inspiring and inclusive artistic experience –
The Drama will include;
We have two pre-prepared packages we can offer schools -
“Cynisca of Sparta”
This one-day package offers Key Stage 2 the unique opportunity to engage with and perform a bespoke script written in the style of Ancient Greek theatre for young people.
Led by Gertie Whitfield, the workshops will enable the pupils to effectively experience the entire play in a day.
Pupils will also learn about Ancient Greek culture through the story of Cynisca, the first woman to enter and win the Olympics.
In addition to actively engaging with an exciting, inspiring and inclusive artistic experience –
The Drama will include;
- a chorus
- squabbling gods
- reported action
- working on a thrust or open stage
- optional mask work
- An unknown Ancient Greek woman’s story
- Ancient Greek gods
- Ancient Greek theatre
- Ancient Greek states of Athens and Sparta
- Ancient Greek Olympics.
- studying and applying knowledge of characters through performance
- studying and applying knowledge of grammar through performance
- detecting and applying meaning through performance
- word derivation and detection
- knowledge and performance of a complete play.
- creativity
- collaboration
- working effectively in groups
- developing their confidence
"Ernest"
This one-day package offers Key Stage 2 the unique opportunity to engage with and perform a bespoke script telling the true story of Ernest Misson, a Sheffield schoolboy, and his experience of World War One.
Led by Gertie Whitfield, the workshops will enable the pupils to effectively experience the entire play in a day.
Pupils will learn about the lives and experiences of Sheffield children and families during World War One.
In addition to actively engaging with an exciting, inspiring and inclusive artistic experience –
The Drama will include:
- three people playing one role
- working on an open or thrust stage
- addressing the audience
- a true World War One Home Front story
- an understanding of the era and structure of First World War society
- a taste of school life
- film and photographs from the time
- how people survive dreadful experiences
- studying and applying knowledge of characters through performance
- studying and applying knowledge of grammar through performance
- detecting and applying meaning through performance
- word derivation and detection
- knowledge and performance of a complete play.
- creativity
- dealing with sensitive content
- collaboration
- working effectively in groups
- developing confidence
