We’ve had another fantastic festival this year with over 500 school registrations and more than 35,000 children and young people participating in festival events, projects…
We’ve had an amazing response to our language activities and events for children in this year’s festival, with over 30,000 taking part, many of them…
Benfield School in Newcastle has been exploring different themes for their poems, from Spring, to homeland, relationships and even an original piece about a paper…
With over 180 North East schools registering so far for FREE activities and more than 24,000 children and young people across the region signed up…
We have been overwhelmed by the response to the Peace Cranes project, which has been led by Durham County Council’s Brian Stobie on behalf of…
We are delighted that 75 North East schools and groups have signed up to engage nearly 6000 children in performing the Festival Song, Happy by…
We are already getting some beautiful submissions from across the North East for the Mother Tongue Other Tongue children’s writing project. Thank you to Rashda…
Festival participation and British Council’s International School Award Festival organisers promote the involvement of schools with British Council’s International School Award (ISA) as a means…
Fun with Japanese – free online taster session and resources for children aged 5-11 (Available January to 31st March 2026) Get a taster of Japanese…
Stories for young learners in French Storytelling for young learners in French at KS1 and KS2. Bring stories to life for children, listening to French…