Cultural Education

Leeds Dortmund 50 writing & music festival announces full schedule

The LD50 (Leeds/Dortmund 50) literature festival has announced an exciting schedule of music and literature events as part of Leeds’ 50th...

Leeds and Lille pupils take part in hip-hop cultural exchange

This week pupils from Leeds based Allerton Primary Church of England School travelled to France to take part in an urban cultural...

A taste of France for la Petite Ecole

Earlier this year, students from La Petite Ecole, a Saturday school for French nationals based here in Leeds, travelled to Lille and...

Happy Spring Festival – 春节快乐

5th of February marks the Chinese Lunar New Year 2019 and this year we are saying goodbye to the Year of the Dog and welcoming the Year...

“European Christmas” in Brno

Over the Christmas period, Leeds’ partner city of Brno in the Czech Republic has been teaching its young people about how Christmas is...

Learning about language in Romania and France

Today’s guest blog is from Sally Hall from Leeds City Council’s Learning Improvement Team which is involved in a European funded project...

Celebrating 50 year of partnership between Leeds and Lille

October 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the partnership between the cities of Leeds and Lille. We have delved into the history of the...

Roots Alive tour to Chemnitz

Roots Alive is the City of Leeds Youth Folk Group. It is run by ArtForms Music (part of Leeds City Council’s Children and Families...

Lessons from Finland

The final visit of the ERASMUS+ funded PACE project, which looks at Partnerships in Arts and Cultural Education, took us to Espoo in...

Sharing arty ideas in Malmö

As part of Leeds City Council’s ongoing PACE project, a group of teachers and headteachers from Middleton and Valley View primary schools...

Dortmund presents its cultural education offer

Last week saw another visit of Leeds City Council’s EU-funded Erasmus+ project PACE (Partnerships in Arts and Cultural Education) go to...

Happy New Year of the Dog

February was a busy month for the Chinese community in Leeds, with celebrations taking place throughout the city to mark Chinese New...

Erasmus+ visit sparks partnerships in arts and cultural education

PACE is the snappy title of an EU-funded Erasmus+ project on Partnerships in Arts and Cultural Education which Leeds City Council...

Leeds steelpans experts in Lille

Last week we told you about the recent educational agreement which was signed between Leeds and Lille city councils and the education...