2022 is a huge milestone in the momentous life of Queen Elizabeth II, as she marks seventy years on the throne with a Platinum Jubilee. So, knowing that schools up and down the land will want to celebrate this unique achievement, we’ve developed Long to Reign Over Us – a joyous and reflective programme of … Read More
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Creative Maths – Whole School Primary Maths Workshops for Summer Term
Rooted in drama and storytelling, our maths activity days offer opportunities to practise skills with numbers, shapes and concepts in exciting, imaginative and interactive ways. All are differentiated for age – while some also offer the possibility of differentiating for ability within a single class. And all, of course, offer you and your colleagues the … Read More
The Extraordinary World of Space – Whole School Teaching Resource Pack
The Extraordinary World of Space opens up a whole galaxy of teaching resources and activities, exploring maths, literacy, science and history – all through the topic of “Space”. Launch straight off, using our suggested timetable, or plan your own day using the editable version. There is more than enough to here to pack a day … Read More
Recovery Education – Covid 19 Catch Up Premium Funding – Workshops and Programmes
Primary Schools Many children are still struggling to re-engage with their learning after all the disruption they’ve suffered over the last eighteen months. Which is where our Catch Up programmes for primary schools come in! Fun and contextualised, yet packed full of curriculum content, they provide the perfect launchpad for reinvigorating pupils. We can help … Read More
New! Country Clerihews! Poetry Workshops for Primary Schools
Why not take a trip around the world with Country Clerihews, a lively and engaging mix of literacy and geography that will have your pupils penning poetry in droves? After a busy and interactive assembly (which can be streamed, if needs be), exploring what poetry “is” and sharing some of our favourite verses, the … Read More
The Art Of Analysis: Unseen Poetry – Secondary School Poetry Workshop
Specifically developed to support students gain both confidence and skills in analysing unseen poetry, The Art of Analysis introduces them to three of the keystones of literary analysis (theme, events and traditions) – then guides them through an ideas-generating process allowing them to write their own poems. At the end of which, working to specific … Read More
Maths Week England – School Workshops & Teaching Resources – 13th – 17th November 2023
Join the celebrations for Maths Week England – 13th – 17th November 2023 with a high-energy, Creative Maths workshop from As Creatives. There are lots of options to choose from – and with most programmes we are able to include a whole-school Maths assembly at the start of the day. Over half a million children … Read More
Transition Workshop for Primary Schools – Bags of Confidence
It’s going to be an exceptionally anxious time for the new intake of Year 7s / First Year (S1) pupils as they both cope with all that’s happened since last year and manage the transition to their secondary schools. So we’ve developed Bags of Confidence, a workshop designed to support this group of young people … Read More
National Collaborative Outreach Programme – Live Webinars, Digital Packages and Resource Packs
Over the last two years, we have worked with a number of universities on the National Collaborative Outreach Programme – delivering engaging and aspirational face-to-face workshops to students from Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 in a variety of settings and contexts. These are all still available in 2020–21, of course – but given the current … Read More
Space Workshop for Primary Schools – Journeys into Space
It’s now over fifty years since the first humans walked on the moon – and Journeys into Space allows up to 420 pupils to celebrate this extraordinary milestone in a single day. Following an assembly looking at ways that light allows us to look at the history of the stars, pupils work a year group … Read More
International Women’s Day – School Workshops
Events and courageous testimonies never cease to remind us that, despite progress, it’s still vitally important to provide girls and young women (and boys and young men too, of course!) with powerful and positive role models. So we’ve developed some exciting new programmes to help you celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8th)! Drama … Read More
Maths Workshops for Secondary Schools – In-Person and Live Streamed Workshop Options
“One of the best STEM Events that I have ever booked. The students found the workshops extremely interesting, engaging and fun. One pupil asked, “Miss, can we do this every Thursday?” Park Mains High School, Erskine Our Creative Maths workshops for secondary schools have been carefully designed to both put into context and actively promote the … Read More