Young Achievers Create Family Day – Midlands Arts Centre

Earn your Young Achievers Create badge at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham!

Join VICTA families at MAC’s ceramic studio where you will learn how to make wheel thrown pottery such as a small bowl or cup. Your tutor will demonstrate the key stages of clay preparation and wheel throwing before you get stuck in yourself. Learn the technique of turning to finish your work ready to be fired. Each participant will aim to produce at least two finished bowls or cylinders. By the end of this course, participants will have learned how to use the equipment in the ceramic studio safely and correctly, and a range of techniques to make a high-quality ceramic piece.

In addition to pottery, families will take part in a unique drumming and music workshop in MAC’s music studio. In this workshop, we will be taught the basics of how to play the drums and create some music! No previous experience is required and materials for both workshops are provided.

This is a great opportunity to try out new skills as a family in a safe and supportive environment. Both activities will be led by instructors from the centre. After the VICTA day has ended, you and your family are free to explore the rest of the Midlands Arts Centre at your leisure.

As part of the day, primary school aged children with a vision impairment will also earn their VICTA Young Achievers Create badge in a day and continue their way to completing their medal at the end of the year. (Siblings will also earn a Super Siblings certificate and pin-badge for being, well… super!). Special personalised Braille certificates for the Young Achievers will follow soon after the activity.

Lunch isn’t provided so please bring a packed lunch, or there is a cafe onsite.

For more information about the Midlands Arts Centre please visit Home | Mac Birmingham

To find out more about the VICTA Young Achievers Award and how you can get started, follow this link – Young Achievers Award – victastudents.org.uk

Please note, VICTA’s Young Achievers Award is aimed at those following a primary school curriculum however if your child is outside of this, we welcome your application to attend the day. Priority will be given to those families with children of a primary school age.

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Applicant details

Please fill out the details for each member of your family attending the activity.

Applicant one (VI child)

First name *

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Gender *

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If other, please explain how you would best describe yourself below

Confirmation of Vision Impairment

To qualify for this activity the lead applicant must be either registered or registerable as blind or partially sighted (sight impaired/severely sight impaired). VICTA will ask for supporting evidence post application if we have not previously received it.

Age at time of activity *

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Applicant two

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Contact details - If aged 17 or under, this section should be completed by a parent/guardian

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Email *

Contact phone number *

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Photographs and filming

Photographs and video footage may be taken during our activities. These will be used to create photo albums both on our website and on social media after the activity to share with family and friends and to celebrate the event, this may include your child’s name and age. VICTA may also use any photographs and/or video material taken during an event for marketing purposes, including being displayed on the VICTA website, on our social media channels, on charity emails and by connected third parties working in partnership with VICTA on this event/activity. Do we have your permission? *

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b. I acknowledge the need to behave responsibly at all times during the activity.
c. I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA's organisers should any information contained on the form or personal circumstances change.
d. In the event of an emergency/accident, I consent to emergency medical treatment, which may include the use of anaesthetics.
e. We are aware that some children use Whatsapp to communicate with their family and friends and each family unit will have their own rules when it comes to technology at home. It is likely that your child will meet other children on a VICTA activity that they’d like to stay in touch with. While we do not encourage the use of Whatsapp before the age of 16, we do encourage connections and friendships between children. We recommend that if your child has met someone that they would like to get in touch with after the activity has taken place, please email [email protected] and we can faciliate the exchanging of personal details / telephone numbers.
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