Guidelines:
- Craft School Teacher statement
The Teacher Statement invites you to reflect on your approach to Craft School: Material World's creative briefs, rooted in our Make First approach. Your statement not only contextualises your student’s work, but it also informs our selection process for the Teacher Prize!
- Craft School Learner submission form
The Teacher Statement invites you to reflect on your approach to Craft School: Material World's creative briefs, rooted in our Make First approach. Your statement not only contextualises your student’s work, but it also informs our selection process for the Teacher Prize!
Student statement
Please provide a statement from each learner in which they talk about their work and making journey. This can include a description of the idea and why they chose the materials and techniques. This should be either up to 100 words (depending on age and ability of the learner) or a 1 minute audio or video file.
Images
You’ll be asked to provide evidence of the student’s making journey. Please collate all evidence on a PowerPoint slide, with no more than 3 slides per entry. Evidence can include, images of 3D work, sketchbook pages and the learners reflections. Make sure to keep all documentation on file - as we may request additional images later in the process.
Additionally, we request images of the final submitted work, including one of the whole piece and two close-up images.
Images should be in jpeg format and no more than 3mb in size
Please label each of your files using the following format:
[School Name]_[Learner Name]_[Date]_[Title or Detail Description].jpeg
Examples:
St John School_Joe Smith_2024_Blue Play Park.jpeg
St John School_Joe Smith_2024_Blue Play Park Detail1.jpeg
St John School_Joe Smith_2024_Blue Play Park Detail2.jpeg
Important Note: If you have indicated that a learner should not be named publicly, please replace their name with a generic identifier such as "Learner 1", and use consecutive numbers for subsequent learners (e.g., "Learner 2").
Please note that images of work submitted for Craft School: Material World, and the names of schools and learners involved, may be used by the Crafts Council for social media and other publications. You will be asked two questions in relation to this
- Can the name of this learner be shared publicly by the Crafts Council? This might include in the press and for printed, digital, social media or other promotional materials. Yes/No
- Do you have permission for any images which show this learner to be used by the Crafts Council for future promotional and exhibition materials in relation to Craft School: Material World - printed, digital, social or other? Yes/No
If you have told us that this learner should not be named publicly, please replace their name in the image file name with ‘Learner 1’, using consecutive numbers for subsequent learners where this also applies
We will not seek direct permissions for use of images of learners. If you say ‘yes’ to this, you are declaring that your school has been granted prior consent from parents or carers for any images provided which include their child to be used for promotional or exhibition materials by organisations working with your school, including the Crafts Council.