The New Year is barely two weeks old and it has certainly been eventful. Coronavirus continues to dominate and once again the places and spaces where we work have been disrupted and reshaped.
The heroic efforts of everyone working in education to support learners have been really incredible. Everyone is feeling the strain but amidst the darkness the creativity, the kindness and the humour of our community shines through.
My thanks go to you all, and particularly those who are sharing tips, ideas and resources for remote learning and online live lessons.
Artists always respond to the challenge of constraints. My special favourite this week was a post on the NSEAD online Facebook group sharing images of a year 7 task to assemble a colour wheel using household items. To the young artist trying to persuade his dog to stay in the brown section of his colour wheel, thank you - I laughed until I cried!
Keep shining, all of you.
Michele Gregson
General Secretary NSEAD
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In partnership with the OAK Academy, NSEAD has worked with our expert educator primary phase members to create a Curriculum Plan for Art, Craft and Design at key stage 1 and 2.
The Art , Craft and Design Curriculum Plan will support primary teachers and subject leads to plan an outstanding local art, craft and design curriculum.
The plan, which includes subject structure and sequence, can be downloaded as a pdf or word doc formats - making it easier to adapt the plan for your school and locality.
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iJADE, Volume 39, Issue 4 'Discomfort Zones': Special Issue
Dr Miranda Matthews, iJADE co-editor and author of this issue's editoral, has helpfully summarised 39.4's themes. She writes: 'Each artist, researcher, and practitioner in this Discomfort Zones special edition of iJADE has connected with the theme in relation to their practice research. The uniting concept recognises the importance of boundary‐work that encourages the expansion of learning capacity, of connection and difference.'
To access this issue please
1. log in to the NSEAD website
2. Visit the iJADE section. 3. Use the search facility and writing the issue's title in the search box e.g. 'ijade discomfort zones'.
4. Click 'View' and you will be taken directly to 39.4.
Cover image: © Dr Rachel Payne
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Earlybird registration closes 15 January
The iJADE 2021 Conference, Hybrid Spaces will be hosted online. The Conference, which takes place Friday 26 - Sunday 28 March 2021, will focus on new and adapted conceptual, digital and physical spaces for our practice.
The Conference will run over three days, each with a different theme:
• Societal, environmental and political impact
• Participation, inclusion and access
• Creativity and wellbeing
Find out more about our Conference and how to book tickets here. There are reduced fees for NSEAD members.
Read more how submit a paper here.
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The 3rd International Disability Studies, Arts and Education (DSAE) Conference (hosted entirely online) will take place 7 - 10October, 2021. The conference will be hosted entirely online.
The conference will bring together researchers, students, and members of the disability community who share an interest in, or whose work addresses the intersections and interplay between critical disability studies, arts, and education.
Click here for a preview of the call for proposals.
In addition to a general call for proposals, there is also a themed call titled Disability Justice: Decentering Colonial Knowledge, Centering Decolonial Epistemologies.
The deadline for submissions is 15 March, 2021.
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You change lives
As 2020 drew to a close we reflected on our community had achieved – nothing could be more clear: Individually and collectively, locally, nationally and internationally, you change lives. Whether online, in classrooms or studios; in regional groups or with organisations; in Zooms or in face-to-face meetings – our subject, our learners are all the better because of your work, ambitions and belief that our subject makes the world a better place.
Every newsletter we will be sharing what our community is doing, or plans to do. If you have any member/community news or plans you'd like to share, please let us know and we'll post regular updates in our newsletters. Please email sophieleach@nsead.org with your updates.
Our first snap-shot of community activity includes:
The Anti-Racist Art Education Action (ARAEA) Group's third meeting took place on Monday. As well as looking at our strategic plans, the ARAEA Group have been collectively writing anti-racist art education publication and curriculum checklists.
Last Saturday the Special Interest Group for Examinations also met to discuss art and design moderation in the time of COVID. Our collective response will be shared with examination authorities.
On Saturday 23 January Council and Forum will be meeting - Watch this space for an update and news about both meetings!
Also, look out in this newsletter for the NEATEN and NEAAT jointly organised online event. Everyone welcome! (Cost: £5.00 donation to the FareShare food hunger charity).
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Summer Exam series
Today, Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson has written to Ofqual asking for 'mini' external exams to help teachers make assessments.
We will keep members of updated as more information is available and the implications for assessment in our subject.
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Workplace update
The start of term brought chaos for schools in England, as Government directives for lockdown created uncertainty and difficulty for our members.
Many of you are being required to work on site supporting large numbers of vulnerable and key worker pupils. The percentage of attendance in some schools has been reported as high as 80%. NSEAD advises all members to insist upon updated risk assessments that address the changing circumstances.
In more news for members in England Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson called on parents to report any concerns about the quality of remote learning provision to Ofsted. NSEAD made our position clear to the DFE - teachers are adapting to an entirely new way of working with little training and sometimes inadequate resources. Ofsted must support teachers at this difficult time, not create unhelpful pressure.
The NSEAD offices remain closed but our team are all working remotely and will respond promptly to any Trade Union queries sent to info@nsead.org
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Join two regional network groups NEATEN and NEAAT as they join forces for a special online CPD event. Sunday 24 January 2021 | 10.30am-12.30pm, online via Zoom.
Practitioners from both networks will share share their experiences of remote teaching with a diverse range of young people, using a variety of platforms and formats – they will share how it has gone, (or not gone!)
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The Young Artists’ Summer Show is a free, open submission exhibition for young artists aged 5 - 19 years studying in the UK and British schools overseas.
Registration is now open. Submission closes 26 April 2021
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The Photography Movement's, Show and Tell date for submissions has been extended until 14 January. The nationwide exhibition for 11-18 year olds asks, ‘How are you feeling?’ and to submit an image and word that expresses this feeling. Rankin has just been announced as one of the judges. Billboards will be used to display winning entries.
Show and Tell also offers online workshops to help students compose, connect and communicate image.
If your learners are able to enter their photos, please use The Photography Movement's special NSEAD FOLDER FOR SUBMISSIONS.
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Once again in Lockdown, #NSEADcreate: Resources for remote learning has become a very popular resource. Organised by phases, you will find lots of reviewed weblinks to resources and ideas for lockdown art, craft and design projects.
Thank you to Juliet Alcarez, teacher and NSEAD Council member, who is kindly updating the site.
On instagram and Twitter, please use the hashtag #NSEADcreate to share and see artwork made in lockdown.
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New vacacnies for art and design external examiners are sought at Falmouth University and The University of Hertfordshire.
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