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"Can I just tell you that you have changed my
daughter's life. She hasn't stopped talking
about the poets and people who came into the school!"
- Mother of child involved in the Arts Council's Writers
in Schools scheme.
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Every Object Tells a Story
Every Object Tells a Story is a project run by the Victoria
and Albert Museum, Channel 4 and Ultralab, encouraging people
to share stories on the web about their favourite things:
about objects with a personal meaning or relating to their
interests. If you'd like to take part in this exciting project
and contribute stories visit
www.everyobject.net
Training courses for arts advisors
The Arts Award runs training courses to train Arts Advisors
in how to support young people who wish to pursue the award
in formal or informal settings. The courses will be run
by East-Side Educational Trust and you can register through
the Arts Award website at www.artsaward.org.uk
Powers - graphic novel project
in pupil referral units
Surrey School Support Service (Four S) working in partnership
with Surrey Libraries and with funding from the South East
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (SEMLAC) ran a series
of graphic novel workshops for students in four Surrey Referral
Units (PRU).
Through the project the students were able to develop a
brief, which enabled the graphic novel artist to produce
a professional page of artwork.
For more information visit http://www7.surreycc.gov.uk/feedback/libraries/hero/hero.html
Carnegie Greenaway shadowing
scheme
The shortlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway
Medals represent a superb selection of children's books,
chosen by a panel of experienced children's librarians.
The shadowing scheme invites children and young people to
read these shortlisted books, assess them by the same criteria
used by the librarian judges, and share their views with
other reading groups. Once you are registered for the scheme,
shadowers have access to the postroom and message boards
where they can post their opinions and reviews of the books
on the shortlist.
For details visit email ckg@cilip.org.uk
Read an article about
the shadowing scheme from Literacy Today.
Creative Partnerships
Creative Partnerships is an exciting development in creative
and cultural education in which young people and their teachers
work directly with creative organisations. It aims to transform
the life chances of tens of thousands of young people by giving
them the opportunity to experience an unprecedented variety
of cultural and creative activities. Projects target a variety
of age groups; for example Imagination Time, promotes the
enjoyment of books to pre-school children and their parents,
while upper secondary level pupils are engaged in building
awareness of and producing their own graphic novels. Creative
Partnerships have taken place in 16 areas across England,
each involving between 15 and 25 schools.
For information on the Creative Partnership programme contact ruth.harrison@readingagency.org.uk
or visit
www.creative-partnerships.com
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