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The White Horse Federation, a Multi-Academy Trust of 32 schools, joined forces with Prime Theatre to improve pupils’ literacy through drama and performance poetry. Dr Nicholas Capstick OBE, the Trust’s CEO, and Mark Powell, Prime Theatre’s Artistic Director, share the challenges they faced as they launched their joint TDF programme, the ways they’ve adapted delivery amidst Covid-19 and their plans for the future.

Supported by the Teacher Development Fund, The Forge’s Teaching Things Differently project set out to explore whether photography can support children’s progress in creative writing. Find out what they learned through this innovative programme, partnering with artist practitioners and teachers across seven schools in the North East. 

How does developing teachers’ digital art practice support children’s writing? This is the question that the Real Ideas Organisation set out to explore with teachers from the Learning Academies Trust in Plymouth. Find out what they learned together through their joint Pens & Pixels project, supported by the Teacher Development Fund.

Teachers and artist practitioners involved in A Child’s Eye View reflect on their learning journey and the Teacher Development Fund’s impact on their practice. 

The Teacher Development Fund’s Cohort Learning Programme brings together teachers, artist practitioners and school leaders across projects to share their progress and challenges. TDF Associate Greg Klerkx tells us how this programme helps nurture a thriving community of practice.

The trustees of Paul Hamlyn Foundation have committed £250,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

As 2022 begins, we look back at what we’ve learned through our grant-making over the last year.