Come & Try 

A series of six evening twilight sessions delivered by the Crafts Council, the national charity for craft.

Booking for Come & Try sessions will open on Wednesday 25 September.

Each twilight offers a stand-alone evening of creativity, peer conversations and refreshments, and is designed to support playful exploration, reimagining craft for the classroom as well as for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

No prior experience is needed for any of these sessions, which will be suitable for complete beginners as well as for those interested in rekindling past interests. We aim for these sessions to be fun, supportive and enjoyable, as well as beneficial to your creative classroom practice.

Participants at each session will:

  • Work with craft educators.
  • Gain confidence in the use of craft.
  • Enjoy conversations with peers over drinks and snacks.
  • Take away resources to use in the classroom and craft materials to practice with.

Access & Inclusion

These twilights will take an inclusive approach and are suitable for teachers, Teaching Assistants, support staff and admin staff working in state primary mainstream and SEND settings. An access budget is available to support participant engagement in this programme, for example for transport, BSL interpretation or other costs.

Eligibility

Primary Arts Come & Try twilights are aimed at staff working in any role in state primary mainstream and special schools in London. This may include teachers, Teaching Assistants, support staff, and admin staff. The programme is designed to support your own personal enjoyment and enrichment through the arts, as well as supporting learning.

Your school must be in a London borough to be eligible for the programme.

If your school or a member of your school staff is participating in another area of the Primary Arts programme, you are still eligible to take part in this strand of the programme.

What's on offer?

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How to Book

There are 25 places available at each Come & Try twilight. You are welcome to book to attend more than one session; each must be booked separately. Come & Try will sessions are now available to book, on a first-come, first-served basis.

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If your chosen Go & See session is fully booked, you will be able to join the waiting list.

Please note that while these sessions are free of charge to attend, please let us know at least three working days in advance if you can no longer attend so your place can be offered to someone else.


Crafts Council

The Crafts Council is the national charity for craft. We inspire making, empower learning and nurture craft businesses. We believe craft skills and knowledge enrich and uplift us as individuals, and, in doing so, will change our world for the better.

We promote life-long learning in craft, working closely with our networks to secure the future of craft in the classroom and support learning nationwide.

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