We know that teaching can be murder sometimes, but our unique Murder Mystery INSETs have an amazing track record in putting the spring back in everyone’s step, integrating new teams, consolidating existing ones and probing problem solving skills – and all to the backdrop of a room filled with laughter! The process starts when you … Read More
Author: Jenny Liggins
Also Festival
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
Teaching Resource: Welcome Letters – Transition Activity
With the end of the academic year in sight, many of your children will be thinking about making the transition to the next year group. And who better to help them than their peers? Your current eleven year olds will know more about Year 6 than anybody else – and your current five year olds will … Read More
Science Workshops for Primary Schools – Creative Science Workshops for EYFS – KS2
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
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
Life After SATs Creative Maths, Science, Literacy and Visual Arts
Once the dust settles after the Year 6 SATs are over, you’ll want to give those pupils opportunities to move beyond the curriculum and enrich their learning. So we’ve adapted some of our most enjoyable and stretching creative maths, science, literacy, history and visual arts workshops to extend thinking, develop skills and deliver new content. … Read More
Teaching Resource: Observational Maths Bingo
Welcome to Observational Bingo! We at as creatives love looking for Maths in everyday life, so we’ve had great fun putting this together – and we hope you enjoy it. Your task is to find an example of each item on one of the five downloadable and printable Observational Bingo Grids, make a note of … Read More
Refugee Week 2019 – 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!
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: Learning Outside the Classroom Creative Maths, Science and Literacy
We’ve been promoting the benefits of Learning Outside the Classroom ever since our foundation, ten years ago. Over that time, we have developed a whole range of methodologies, sharing our passion for and expertise in the area with tens of thousands of children and young people right across the country. And, with a reputation for … Read More
Case Study: The Pirate’s Challenge!
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
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
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