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Programme lead, Kathy Coates-Mohammed shares insights from this place-based project exploring how Kirklees’ textile heritage can be integrated into the curriculum. Supported through the Teacher Development Fund, the project sees five schools across the area team up with Hatch Projects, Kirklees Art Associate Learning Partners and the University of Huddersfield. Together they aim to build more creative approaches to learning and to create a place-based curriculum.

Jo Reil, project lead for Wise About Words, provides an insight into their learning journey as they move into the second year of the programme, supported by the Teacher Development Fund. A partnership between Norwich Theatre and eight primary schools from the Wensum Trust, Wise About Words focuses on helping teachers to develop the skills and confidence to embed drama-based approaches in the classroom and across the curriculum.

As we quickly approach the three year anniversary of Covid’s onset, Paul Reeve, CEO of Into Film and TDF Advisory Group Member, reflects on the pandemic’s ongoing impact and how its long tail is affecting the arts and education sectors.

Ushi Bagga, Head of Programme – Arts, and Nina White, Data and Information Officer, reflect on the results of our latest racial justice audit.

This week celebrates Refugee Week in the UK, and it also marks my last week at PHF as Head of Programme for Migration. I’ve learned a huge amount over the past seven years from the organisations we’ve had the privilege to partner with, so I thought I would use my remaining time at PHF to share a few reflections on ideas and themes that have really resonated with me recently.

Supported by the Teacher Development Fund, the WorldBuilders project is a two-year teacher development programme that aims to build teachers’ confidence in using media arts to teach digital literacies. Dr Becky Parry of University of Sheffield explores what they’ve learned so far.

Supported through the Teacher Development Fund (TDF), the Story Exchange project uses drama and storytelling to bring the curriculum to life with an explicit focus on children’s oracy and communication skills. Dr Lisa Stephenson of Leeds Beckett University shares their progress.

Round 4 of the Teacher Development Fund (TDF) has a specific focus on blended approaches to continuing professional development and learning (CPDL). As part of the programme, the Chartered College of Teaching and Sheffield Hallam University have been commissioned as learning partners. Their first task has been to undertake a literature review on this theme. Lisa-Maria Muller shares some of the findings.

Legal aid expert Dr Jo Wilding was commissioned by Refugee Action to research and write a report mapping legal aid provision for people seeking asylum across the UK.