Don't miss our Start podcasts on Arts Daily at Classic fm.

Podcast 1 with Alderman Peel and Hellesdon High School students, Barry Howes, Head of English at Alderman Peel; Betsy Fowler, English Advisor for County Children's Services; Matt Field, actor in Norfolk's Rose; and Caroline Richardson, General Manager of Norwich Playhouse.

& Podcast 2 with Roberta Hamond, Education Projects Manager at Norwich Playhouse.

You can also read all about Year 1 & 2 in the Spring edition of the Children & the Arts Newsletter.

Schools taking part in YEAR 2:
Alderman Peel High School, Wells-next-the-Sea
Cromer High School & Language College
Hellesdon High School
The Hewett School, Norwich
Sprowston High School & Arts College

All Year 8 classes visited the theatre to see two productions, a thrilling ghost story, Norfolk's Rose, in September 2009 and ACE Dance and Music's pulsating new mulit-cultural dance piece, Switch, in March 2010. With in-school assembly workshops, competition offers and exhibition space for all our participating schools, it proved to be another inspirational year for everyone involved. The Playhouse is grateful for the opportunity to work with 920 young people and their teachers to demonstrate that visiting an arts venue can be exciting, friendly and easy to do.

As Norwich Playhouse ends it 2nd year in partnership with Children & the Arts delivering their Start Programme for 2009/10, we are delighted to announce that, in Year 3 we will welcoming Sewell Park College Year 8s to the project.

The Start Programme has also encouraged the Playhouse to build local partnerships, and we are especially grateful for advice and support from Norfolk County Council Marketing Department, NCC Children's Services, Norfolk Dance and The John Jarrold Trust, who are supporting us for Year 3.