Art: Subject Leader Network

A chance to share successful practice, receive updates on national and local curriculum developments, and to further develop your leadership/curriculum skills. Subsequent network session content will be co-created between participants and Paul.

• national updates and guidance
• good practice sharing including resources, ideas, exemplars from schools
• OfSTED updates
• encouraging reluctant artists particularly Y6 boys
• school exhibitions
• Where to find a quality range of examples e.g. videos for sketching etc to help those teachers who are not confident artists.
• how to support other teachers as Art lead!

"Very useful, in articular how we assess"

"I’ve loved both of the sessions I’ve attended, they’ve given me so many ideas to share with the staff"

"Thank you very much. Given me lots of ideas about how to encourage the children to use their sketchbooks. I'll share with the staff."

"This has all been really helpful. Especially the fear of the blank pages and coffee stains :) "

June 2021

Kerry Howarth

Primary Art & Design specialist teacher based in the North West of England and providing school based training and primary Art & Design CPD courses.

Alongside part-time primary teaching,Kerry has also worked freelance for various arts and culture organisations such as The Wordsworth Trust, The National Trust and Cumbria Arts in Education where she worked directly with schools and practitioners on the Creative Partnerships programme. Kerry is very passionate about teacher training and for the last 8 years has taught an art & design module to local School Direct students. Kerry is rightly proud to have taught both lectures and seminars on a local PGCE course too.

Her wonderful mixing pot of freelance art education roles along with primary teaching has provided her with a greater understanding and appreciation of art education and the value it has in our lives