This is our 7th year of running the Arts Awards at Newminster and Chantry Middle Schools.

Some pupils in Year 8 are taking part in the Bronze Award which encourages you to try new things and reflect upon your progress in creativity, communication, leadership and an arts form development. It is a nationally recognised award and you will achieve a Level 1 National Certificate on completion.

Doing your Bronze Award means you will:

• Take part in an arts activity (working with an artist, designing a backdrop, developing a personal challenge) .
• Go to an Arts event.
• Find an Arts inspiration, research their story and discover how they got to where they are today.
• Share your skills by helping to run a workshop or by giving a demonstration to others.

Pupils taking the art Bronze Arts Awards will be involved in a project called ARTiculate with the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle.

The Explore Arts Award is being run for students in Year 6 and is also a nationally recognised award and you will achieve an Entry Level 3 qualification on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) certificate on completion. As their main project they are embarking on a project to create wall art for the steel pan room.