NW Earlyarts – Engaging All Our Families: Building Relationships through Arts Activities

Earlyarts Pathfinder CapeUK and the Arts Learning Consortium, in partnership with the Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Early Years team, organised an event on Tuesday 29th March, as part of Earlyarts national programme of Professional Development Days.

24 participants from primary schools, a music service and a museum came along to find out more about ‘Engaging All Our Families: Building Relationships through Arts Activities’.

Activities were hands-on and thought-provoking and provided lots of opportunities for practitioners to explore creative ways of engaging with families and communities. An inventive icebreaker involving sculpting objects from handbags, the creation of a community using overhead projector images and plastic bottles, and lively presentations sharing case studies of successful family engagement projects made it a most enjoyable day.

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