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Whether helping students develop their design and illustration skills, or breaking down those participation barriers in drama lessons, we look at how arts teachers can encourage their classes to experiment and engage with powerful forms of creativity How can teachers cultivate the skills needed to appreciate and embrace different artforms? FOCUS ON: THE ARTS THE AGENDA: 56 APPLYYOURSELF Hannah Day explains why applied art and design warrants a place within a curriculummore typically concerned withmatters of painting, sculpture and the like… 59 STAGE FRIGHT All KS3 drama teachers will have encountered students reluctant to engage with the subject’s practical demands – here’s how to reach them, writes MartinMatthews 60 GETONTHEIR WAVELENGTH Listening is that crucial component of KS3/4 music lessons that can often seemhardest to get right, observes Helen Tierney – so how can we help students become more attentive listeners? 55 teachwire.net/secondary S E N D