<p>This groundbreaking toolkit for Primary schools has been produced by Turner Contemporary (Margate) and Turner Prize-winning arts/architects’ collective, Assemble and published by Five10Twelve for <a href="http://culturalplacemaking.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CulturalPlacemaking</a>.</p> <p>The toolkit include more than 30 activities, creative/play-based sessions, warm-up sessions and reflective exercises which support and empower young children to:</p> <ul> <li>Develop critical thinking and research skills</li> <li>Build confidence, self-expression and leadership skills</li> <li>Connect with and explore their home town and its heritage</li> <li>Understand the built environment and think about how towns work</li> <li>Think about the role of art, public art and creativity</li> <li>Develop and express civic pride / pride in place</li> </ul> <p>The Manual for Child-led Placemaking builds on learning and sessions delivered through an 18 month project, led by Assemble and Turner Contemporary, which culminated in two groups of primary schoolchildren developing a brief, interviewing and commissioning world-renowned artist, Conrad Shawcross, to produce a new public art sculpture to their brief for their hometown.</p> <p>For more information about the underlying project, visit<br /> <a href="https://culturalplacemaking.com/case_studies/conrad-shawcross-beacons-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://culturalplacemaking.com/case_studies/conrad-shawcross-beacons-2021/</a></p>