Interest in ceramics education is dwindling: Our response is a national clay programme to "re-fire" kilns in schools and inspire learners. A national programme of networked-learning in ceramics, Firing Up has been developed by the Crafts Council through a steering group of representatives from the National Arts Learning Network, the National Society for Education in Art & Design, University of the Arts, Clayground Collective and Ofsted.
Firing Up will provide teachers with the skills to teach ceramics in a creative and enjoyable way, finance the maintenance of kilns and train staff how to use them, delivering inspiring school workshops with Clayground Collective and local ceramists.
Firing Up will support schools in using clay creatively and confidently, and will showcase the work of young people, optimising the educational value for students and demonstrating the links between clay and the wider creative industries to show working in ceramics as a viable career choice.
Firing Up is a very significant scheme for the future of ceramics in schools as it will create sustainable links to ensure the continued presence of ceramics within secondary schools and HEIs across the UK. Rosy Greenlees, Executive Director, Crafts Council
Firing Up will be delivered over a three year period starting with an initial cluster of 3 higher education institutions and 15 schools in 2010-11 expanding to 11 clusters and reaching 55 schools in total.
Potclays Ltd. are proud to support the FIRING UP programme.
We are offering the following to schools participating in the programme:
Reduced engineer's hourly rate of £35/hr for travelling/labour (usually £50/hr) in respect of kiln deliveries/sitings/installations or kiln repairs.
Free-of-charge initial site visit/survey if your school is within one of our catchment areas or if you are teamed up with other local schools. Site visits may otherwise be offered free of charge in certain circumstances - for example, if our engineer already has plans to visit a certain area on a particular date and you can be flexible.
Replacement kilns and spares at 10-15% discount when you quote Firing Up.
Use your £200 ceramics supplies budget and receive £300 (before VAT) worth of materials and delivery.
Free of charge technical advice on any aspect of ceramics - please mention Firing Up when you call!
Crafts Council registered charity number:280956
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