January to July 2012

JANUARY

7 Jan  Writing Squad Kernow first meeting of the year. A group which inspires and nurtures young writers in Cornwall aged from13-19. Meets monthly on a Saturday.             Get involved!

23 Jan Shakespeare Inspires Cornwall Secondary Drama Showcase at Hall for Cornwall. Tickets from www.hallforcornwall.co.uk

23 Jan Sing to Success – Song Making working with Jane Wheeler. 10-3pm, Bodmin College Performance Venue. Free to Sing to Success member schools, £75 to other schools.       Get involved! 

28 Jan Bright Young Things at Eden. Writing Squad Kernow members.

FEBRUARY

4 Feb Writing Squad Kernow

6 Feb Cornwall Secondary Art Conference 9-4 At Tate St Ives and the Leach Pottery, St Ives
The importance of contemporary and historical fine art and craft in the secondary curriculum. Shared practice and raising standards at KS3, KS4 and KS5. £95 with 50% reduction for second member of staff. To book email  helen.reynolds@keap.org.uk by 20 January 2012         Get involved! 
20 Feb Sing Up – Indian Bollywood song and movement with Charlotte McConnell 4-5.30pm Quimperle Room, Liskeard Town Hall          Get involved! 

MARCH

5 March Sing Up – Indian Bollywood song and movement with Charlotte McConnell 4-5.30pm Chacewater Village Hall          Get involved! 

10 March Writing Squad Kernow

15 March Sing Up – West African song and culture with Amanda Pickering 4-5.30pm Praa Sands Village Hall Get involved! 

23 March Sing Up – Secondary specialist day with Mike Brewer      Get involved!

28 March Sing Up – Accessible singing activities for SEN/disabled children with Drake Music. This full day practical session focuses on how to use Drake Music’s accessible singing resources to fully involve SEN/disabled pupils in singing. 10-3pm Exhibition Hall at Kingsley Village. Get involved! 
APRIL

28 April Writing Squad Kernow

30 April ‘Resonate’ from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra visit Cornwall! Beginning with a visit to Doubletrees school

30 April Conducting Masterclass with Rui Pinheiro from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Bodmin College Performance Venue.  Get involved!

MAY

1 May Final Star Performance – Resonate from the BSO with Music Cornwall string ensembles and Tretherras and Treviglas secondary schools. Launceston Town Hall. Tickets from Helen Reynolds

2 May ‘Resonate’ from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Music Cornwall work with prmiary schools at Goonhilly Earth Station.

26 May Writing Squad Kernow

JUNE

15 June Big Sing on the Beach at Watergate 6pm. Now in it’s third year, the Big Sing on the Beach is a true community singing celebration, with community choirs, male voice choirs and secondary school choirs joining together to celebrate summer on the beach!                       Get involved!

21 June Big Sing Schools Day on the Beach at Porthcothan. 10-2.30pm A day to explore the beach and its processes, discover things that have washed up and their origins, express some of these things through dance and art and join in a massed sing at the end of the day.           Get involved!

22 June Cornwall School Games – the largest sporting activity in Cornwall with all secondary schools competing in venues across the county as a link to London 2012. KEAP is proud to be managing the Cultural Opening ceremony.

26 June Sing to Success Goes to the Movies Hall for Cornwall. A movie themed celebration by Sing to Success schools performing at Hall for Cornwall.    Get involved!

28 June Private View Secondary County Art Exhibition at The Photography Gallery at Tremough Campus UCF. Theme – Shakespeare Inspires

30 June Writing Squad Kernow

JULY

5 July Secondary Art Conference second day at University College Falmouth Tremough campus, for Art and D&T teachers.        Get involved!

10/11 July Secondary Drama Conference       Get involved!