Also Festival

1st Jul 2018News

We love taking part in Also Festival! Taking place in the stunning lake-side setting of Park Farm, Warwickshire within 50 acres of beautiful ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped grounds, the festival gets audiences involved and engaged in the biggest, boldest and brightest ideas from writers, musicians, academics and experts. For the last three years we have been … Read More

Science Workshops for Primary Schools – Creative Science Workshops for EYFS – KS2

12th Jun 2018News, School Workshops

as creatives is one of the UK’s leading providers of Science Workshops to primary and secondary schools. Always rooted in real and concrete science and taking their lead from the National Curriculum – but taking approaches from the world of the arts – our  Science Workshops for schools provide an excellent way of engaging students with … Read More

Teaching Resource: Lolly Stick Bridges

1st Jun 2018Free Teaching Resources

Looking ahead to summer by using lolly sticks in a test of design and engineering skills! – rather than using spaghetti and marshmallows to create structures destined to be tested to destruction, Lolly Stick Bridges is an open-ended activity setting a real engineering challenge! Download the resource here Resources Find more classroom ideas and resources … Read More

Refugee Week 2019 – School Workshops

25th Apr 2018News, School Workshops

For its 20th anniversary, Refugee Week is inviting us all to participate in one of its 20 Simple Acts – easy ways of showing support for refugees. And our Welcome Gems workshop will allow you and your pupils the chance to accomplish No. 15 on the list: “Spread the Word”!     The news is … Read More

Light Night 2018 – Take Part!

16th Apr 2018News

Join us for Light Night 2018 (Friday 19th May – 5pm – 8pm) for a fun (and free) family-friendly workshop at the Baltic Creative Campus on Jamaica Street! – Our workshop – Flights of Fancy will see participants of all ages transforming everyday objects into beautiful birds, fabulous fish and luscious ladybirds – helping us transform an empty … Read More

Case Study: The Pirate’s Challenge!

1st Apr 2018Case Studies, News

A one-form entry school in Bolton, Edgworth has a House system that encourages children of different ages to work and socialise together, developing relationships across year groups. So when they were planning a Maths Day where pupils would work in House groups rather than in their normal classes, they asked us if there was a … Read More

Maths Workshops for Schools in Ireland

14th Mar 2018News, School Workshops

One the UK’s leading providers of maths workshops to schools. All of our maths workshops have been carefully designed to put into context and actively promote the keystones of the Northern Ireland Curriculum. Tapping into pupils’ own creativity, our unashamedly fun workshops engage, motivate and, crucially, challenge the children and young people we work with, providing them with meaningful contexts … Read More