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Calling all ‘Creatives in Schools’!

<h2 class&equals;"intro">Increased creative input into classrooms is incoming as applications open for the third round of the Creatives in Schools programme&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The scheme sees teachers and kaiako partner with creative professionals to provide engaging learning experiences for students and &amacr;konga&period; It will fund up to 117 projects in 2022&comma; with up to &dollar;17&comma;000 of funding available per project&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A recent Ministry of Education evaluation of the programme found that Creatives in Schools &&num;8216&semi;makes a worthwhile and valuable contribution to sharing knowledge and offering creative practices in schools&&num;8217&semi;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have been told by schools that have participated in the earlier rounds that students have increased their confidence as a result of participating&period; It has made an early difference to the students and &amacr;konga&comma; teachers and kaiako&comma; creative practitioners&comma; parents and wh&amacr;nau involved&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Creative projects are not limited to visual arts&comma; dance&comma; drama and music&period; The programme is open to other artforms such as filmmaking&comma; game design&comma; fashion design&comma; spoken word&comma; Pacific arts&comma; and ng&amacr; toi M&amacr;ori such as raranga&comma; whakairo and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Artists and creative practitioners who are keen to be in the list of creatives available for the programme can register their expressions of interest with the Ministry of Education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Schools and kura can also directly liaise with creative practitioners in their own community&comma; to plan a project together and apply for funding&period; The programme is delivered by Ministry of Education&comma; in partnership with Manat&umacr; Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage and Creative New Zealand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Applications close on Friday 20 August 2021&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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