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We are over the moon to announce that our school has been awarded Artsmark Gold.

Here are some of the comments from the judges:

• Congratulations to everyone at Todmorden CofE J, I & N School on a successful Artsmark journey, you should be proud of all your achievements.
• You have worked to increase the access of parents and the community to the creative endeavours of their young people, creating regular and frequent opportunities for them to come into school and see the work, and also creating a greater profile in the classroom for the creative output of the pupils.
• Music and dance in particular have received a greater emphasis in your journey, have you been able to use different approaches to make these as accessible to parents beyond the tentpole events you have used to mark different points in the year.
• Pupil led performance assemblies are excellent practice, and you have opened these to parents, which must have been a source of pride to all.
• You have worked to embed more creative approaches to teaching and learning across different facets of the curriculum, notably science, and have employed a concerted approach to CPD in order to enhance staff confidence in its delivery.
• Partnerships have clearly yielded great value in enhancing your music provision, which is thriving, and also providing authentic experiences of galleries and venues which have served to enhance the cultural capital of your pupils. Your partnerships have also allowed your pupils to perform in venues beyond the school, which will also have helped to build confidence and share their talents with others.
• The addition of work with a specialist dance teacher is good to hear, and in particular the way this has helped to build confidence in boys expression.
• Your focus on integrating BSL as a focus across the school, and in using creative approaches as a mechanism through which to do this is laudable and clearly of benefit to the school community.
• Congratulations again, and we look forward to hearing where the arts take you next-we are certain that it will be a future where you soar high!

We are delighted that the teaching team’s hard work has been recognised.

A special thank you to Miss Suthers who has driven the application for our Artsmark Gold.

Our Christian Value this half term is:

Forgiveness

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