Schools & Education | Norfolk & Norwich Festival

Festival Bridge believes that all children and young people should have the opportunity to experience and be inspired by great arts and culture both in and outside of the classroom as part of Arts Council England’s Cultural Education Challenge.

We can support all education settings to develop their arts and cultural programme, and to form sustainable relationships with arts and cultural organisations in our region through Artsmark, Arts Award and our Local Cultural Education Partnerships.

Our dedicated Education Managers Abi and Jen can offer support and advice to schools and educators across our region.

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Summer Schools Guidance

Following the DfE’s newly released guidance on 2021 Summer Schools, if you’re an education setting or freelancer Festival Bridge are on hand to offer support and guidance

Resources Bank

We have collated and curated a resource bank of all the fantastic digital resources available for educators and children and young people to use.

Creating The Future Films

A partnership project building effective careers education, information, advice and guidance on pathways to the creative industries

Artsmark

Awarded by Arts Council England, designed by schools, Artsmark helps schools to deliver a high quality arts and cultural education

Arts Award

Arts Award’s set of unique qualifications supports children and young people to develop as artists and arts leaders

CALSA

Find out more about our Cultural & Arts Leaders in Schools and Academies programme

Local Cultural Education Partnerships

Join your LCEP to share knowledge and understanding with fellow educators and form links with arts and cultural organisations

Cultural Education Map

Search for NPOs, Music Hubs, Museums & Heritage, Libraries, Arts Award Supporters and Artsmark schools across the Festival Bridge region:

Get in touch

Email: bridge@nnfestival.org.uk
Tel: 01603 878285

Blog Posts

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Introducing: Native Creatives!

Moving IT On - How To Get Started With Going Digital

Q&A with Gecko’s Amit Lahav

Review: South West Sky Series

Our Top 5 recommends: Dance Resources

Evaluation Consultant - Early Years

Heritage Resources - Top 5 Recommends

Museum From Home Review

Theatre & Performance: Top 5 Recommends (round 2)

Visual Arts: Top 5 recommends

Top 5 Resources - Literature Round 2

Review: Norfolk Music Hub - Prehistoric!

Top 5 Resources: Music - Round 2

Frozen Light's top 5 SEND recommends

Call Out for Commissions

Animagine Review

Our Top 5 Recommends: Film Resources

Our Top 5 Recommends: Dance Resources

What to consider when delivering dance classes online - DanceEast's approach

100 Objects Review

Our top 5 recommends: Heritage resources

Treasure Island Review

Our Top 5 Recommends: Theatre & Performance Resources

Our Top 5 Recommends: Visual Arts Resources

Using Book Creator to respond to a National Centre for Writing prompt

Our Top 5 Recommends: Literature Resources

Our Top 5 Recommends: Music Resources

Headteacher Symposium on Creativity & Education

Why you should be confident presenting your arts and culture provision to Ofsted

Is your Curriculum Ofsted ready?

Exploring the new Ofsted framework with the help of Mary Myatt, Amanda Spielman, and Artsmark.

5 ideas that enable children and young people’s creativity, curiosity and agency

An insight into ‘cultural capital’ and why it’s important to understand the difference it makes.

Responding to the Ofsted consultation

A broad and balanced curriculum has to include Arts and Culture

Returning to teaching, refreshed and ready!

“Really? You must be mad!” Cried my friends and colleagues as I announced that after a two and a half year gap I was about to return to teaching…

CALSA blog: working together is success

Supporting best practice in Early Years Arts...

A new blog post by our Education Manager Abi Marrison

CALSA blog: an introduction

In the first of a series of blogs, Stephen Hughes, one of our team of Cultural & Arts Leaders in Schools and Academies introduces us to his CALSA journey….

Heritage Hack Model Making Lab!

We are very excited to be hosting this workshop as part of NessFest Youth Arts Festival happening on Tuesday 23 October

Artsmark Festival

A round-up of our Artsmark Festival on Saturday 13 October

Pop Up Creators

Stephanie Peachey visited the beautiful Tallinn in Estonia to meet with artists and fellow partners in the Pop Up Creators programme…

Are we creating the creatives of the future?

Our Senior Manager Stephanie Peachey asks if we are preparing young people for a future in the creative industries…

Five new cultural learning trials with the EEF and RSA

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) are looking for primary schools to take part in trials of cultural learning approaches

New Artsmark Levelled Schools!

Bringing learning to life through arts and culture…

Culture Connect

Networking events connecting teachers with the arts and cultural offer in their region

Artsmark levelled schools!

Bringing learning to life through arts and culture…

People. Place. Potential Conference

A round-up of our conference for cultural education leaders and organisations held on Wednesday 8 November 2017.