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Who We Are
- History The establishment of Curious Minds as an independent Company Limited by Guarantee and Registered Charity.
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What We Do
- Bridge Organisation Connecting young people with great arts and culture
- Arts Award A national qualification that supports young people to develop as artists and arts leaders.
- Services for Schools Curious Minds offer for schools for the 2011-12 academic year and more
- Curious Project 6 Engaging young people in the regeneration & renewal of their community
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Community & Ideas
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- Forum Join in with discussions that are important to you to get your voice heard.
- Blog Read the blog from the staff and colleagues of Curious Minds
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Contact
- Staff Meet the team who work for Curious Minds.
- Board of Trustees Find out who’s who on our Board of Trustees
- Map and Directions Access the map and directions to our offices in Burnley and Liverpool.
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Resources
- Logo downloads Download funding logos related to Curious Minds and the programmes that are delivered.
- Videos and Films
- Case Studies An online database of case studies from the Curious Minds’ programmes.
- Our Impact Curious Minds' impact in schools
- Curious Minds Change Schools 10/11 Curious Minds Change Schools 10/11
- Curious Minds Enquiry Schools 10/11 Curious Minds Enquiry Schools 10/11
- Safeguarding Policy Download Curious Minds Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct
- Trustees Report and Annual Accounts Curious Minds trustees report and annual accounts 09/10
- Membership Network Curious Minds Schools Membership Network
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News
- Working with Initial Teacher Training
- Children tell Curious Minds how to develop a good story
- Parents, Community and School working together
- Burnley Community Festival Evaluation
- Curious Minds Around the World
- Flexible Approaches to Time and Space
- Bolton Celebrates Arts Award Success
- Creative schools in the North West help boost UK economy Creative schools in the North West help boost UK economy
- Creative Agents Reflect and Share Practice on 'Brokerage'
- Accrington Academy On World Stage
- The North West's Cultural Sector Looks Positively to the Future
- Profile of a Practitioner - Paul Gent
- Mount Carmel Catholic High School
- Drama to Encourage Enterprise Skills
- Pupil Voice at Sefton School Use of Pupil Voice in the creative curriculum by Bedford Primary School in Sefton.
- Arts Award & SEN Online Forum Summary Summary from Online Networking Session Arts Award & SEN 28 October 2010
- Building links with families
- Telling Tales together....
- praXis Arts and Health Conference
- ‘I Value the Arts’
- Remaining CulturEuro seminars in 2010
- Capital funding for community buildings
- Donate your Dust
- Wellness Day
- ‘What’s All The Fuss?’ gets off to a flying start!
- Burnley Community Festival Evaluation Report
- Having A Curious Blast In Clitheroe!
- Youth Arts Transforms Lives – FACT!
- Cameron Herold argues: 'Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs '
- Fantastic new video reasserts the case for creative teaching and learning
- School profile: Wallasey - from good to outstanding!
- Curious Minds and TiPP ready to support Youth in Focus bids
- Curious Minds joins Liverpool BSF Creativity Networking Group meeting
- Curious Minds music practitioner Sarah Marks wins Music Teacher of the Year
- Arts Award advisers' forum - online on 25 November
- CCE Impressed By Region
- Sharing and Reflection, What’s All The Fuss About, Pods
- 16th & 17th December - FREE Training for budding ICT and New Media Practitioners!
- Meet Curious Minds - Lindsey
- vinspired goes mobile
- Education White Paper
- 4Talent Inspiration Day
- Mining the Gold - Creative Documentation and Evaluation
- School Project Updates
- Pendle Vale Wins Regional Philip Lawrence Award
- Meet Curious Glen
- Whiston Willis Asks The Question
- What are Schools For?
- Creative Consultancy at St Kentigern’s Pupil voice and decision-making, consultancy, out door spaces, Lancashire
- Schools environment Day: FREE CPD event for teachers
- Why Not Back a Curious Future
- Creating a Love of Learning
- A Curious Future for Arts Award in the North West...
- Action Learning
- What’s Outside Matters!
- Arts Award gets a big Welcome at the Brewery Arts Centre
- Induction Event for Cheshire Settings: 7 January 2011
- Creative Documentation...who, why, what and how
- The Return of What's All The Fuss About?!!
- Brilliant Partnerships, Collaboration & Possibilities...
- Piloting future school networks
- Pupils travel back to Victorian Liverpool
- Meet Curious Jane
- Archbishop Beck Teachers TV
- Meet Curious Alice B
- Meet Sarah Pickering and Family - The Curious Minds Effect - Creative Agent
- Free Training To Help Creative Practitioners
- Magic Carpets and Mermaids
- Getting Write to the Point
- Schools Tackle The Great Outdoors
- You Say Picasso, We Say PQASSO
- Three Separate Subjects into an Integrated Curriculum
- Community Cohesion Matters! Free Workshops pennine schools cohesion
- Creative Documentation Workshops for Schools
- The Investigators – De La Salle Humanities College, Liverpool
- Creative Futures Welcomes Arts Award at The Brewery
- Curious Minds Film
- Citizenship in Schools
- Understanding how studying the arts supports independent learning
- Bill Lucas Seminar
- New co-mentoring programme launched
- Practitioners Ponder Family Engagement
- Curious Project 6 goes Dutch!
- Tackling Transition
- Talking about feelings in school
- Royal Cross children make waves!
- Leyland St Mary’s takes part in national architectural scheme
- New Legacy Network talk ‘Fundraising’
- Little Heads, Big Ideas Pt. 1
- A Taste of 2 Cultures
- Making Dragons - Making Films
- Sir Ken Robinson on Passion
- Meet Curious Rosie
- Rainhill St Ann's C.E. Primary School immersed in history
- Thumbs up from CCE
- Arts Award 7-11 pilot: applications now open!
- Little Heads, Big Ideas Pt. 2
- Family Works helps schools
- Welcome to a Curious Future
- Breaking Through Barriers and the Road to Success
- Knowsley Park Learning Centre look at Community Cohesion
- In My Liverpool Home - St. John Fisher Catholic Primary School
- Join us for a Curious Breakfast
- Lead Artist collaborator wanted for THE BIG GAME 2011
- Bedford Primary School - Inspired To Write
- Enterprising Route to Creating Improvements in Maths
- Exploring Collaboration Workshop
- Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy
- A Trailblazer Symposium - FACT 23 May
- Policy Provocations at University of Liverpool
- Join the Curious Minds Schools Memberships Network
- Burnley Schools Working Together
- Chris May - Chief Executive, Curious Minds
- CREATE IT - PLAY IT - WATCH IT - BLAZE
- Hip Hop Genius - A Culture of Thought and Practice
- Pupils Tell Tales about a Mummies hand!
- Success of West Cheshire Curious Minds Enquiry School Programme
- Art:FX at Gallery Oldham
- Arts Award 7-11 pilot centres announced
- FREE school workshops - Northwest Architecture Festival
- Kirkby Sports College - Signage
- Curious Minds appoints Chris Finn as Acting Chief Executive
- Meet Curious Kelly
- Goosnargh pupils’ giant fairytale book
- Teams Needed for The Big Game
- Action Learning 2011
- Looking Forward Together - Wade Deacon
- Students at St John's Poulton le Fylde take transition in their stride
- On the trail of creative maths at Pendle Vale
- More Music Needs Your Vote - My Generation
- You are Invited to a Curious Celebration
- Sharing and Debate with Curious Minds
- The Big Game - Deadline Approaching
- ALTERNATIVE OLYMPICS JUST ONE WEEK AWAY
- Inspiring You to Inspire Others - FREE Taster Sessions
- Curious Work Experience
- A Very Curious Film
- A Very Curious Celebration
- Curious Minds Kirkby Cluster Project
- English Martyr’s Primary School
- In out, in out, learning all about - Broad Green
- Team Building Through Creative Design at Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College
- Hillside Community Primary
- Tauheedul Students use nature as inspiration at Wycoller
- Arts Award - Bolton Success
- The Diversity of Curious Minds!
- Hope Academy Get Creative with Digital Media Hope Academy Get Creative with Digital Media
- Artsmark is Back! – Training Available in Merseyside and Lancashire Artsmark is Back! – Training Available in Merseyside and Lancashire
- A Summary of the Share & Debate Events A Summary of the Share & Debate Events
- St Francis Primary Woodland Maths Project Adds up to a Huge Success St Francis Primary Woodland Maths Project Adds up to a Huge Success
- Arts Award and Blaze Partnership – Under the Town Arts Award and Blaze Partnership – Under the Town
- Blaze North West Festival Producer
- Kirkby Sports College ‘Media Group’
- Eastway Primary Building Learning Power
- Blaze 2011 Celebration
- What is a Bridge? What is a Curious Bridge?
- School Clusters in Pennine Lancashire and Beyond
- The Case for Cultural Learning - published
- Blackspots for NEETS
- Creative Schools: North West Taster Events
- Freelance Artistic Director Vacancy
- Working With NEETs Course
- Curious Minds appoints new Chief Executive
- IGNITE – The alternative Saturday Job
- Arts Award Regional Conference
- A Spark of Creative Change
- Embedding creative learning within Arts Award
- Curious Minds - Improving Learning Creatively
- CREATIVE LEARNING AND THE NEW OFSTED FRAMEWORK
- Preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet
- Arts Award Conference - 26 Jan
- Arts provision for schools
- Consultation with children and young people: Curious Stories
- Your Bridge – a consultation with the North West
- Red Rose Awards
- Arts Award Adviser Conference 2012
- Discover and Explore Arts Award Announced
- Fostering Independent Learners
- Developing Different Voices - Publication
- Birdwood Podcast Perfection
- Liverpool Office Closure
- somewhereto_ be creative
- Curious Stories (from Curious Minds)
- Curious Stories Book Launch
- Arts Award Advisor Meeting
- In Harmony Liverpool Launches Sea Odyssey Giant Spectacular
- Drama Education: Always Looking Forward
- Opportunities: Finance & Resources Assistant
- Access Fund Deadline
- Music Education Hubs announced
- Arts Council announce first round of touring grants
- Blaze receives Arts Council funding and gets ready to launch 2012 Programme
- Curious Minds: the perfect partner for your Summer School programme
Curious Minds Activity in Your Region
Since 2002 Curious Minds has had a huge impact in schools across Lancashire, Merseyside and West Cheshire.
Below are links to each of the boroughs we currently work within, summaries of our impact and examples of individual school success during their projects.
