It’s one o’clock in the morning and I’ve woken up in a panic in a Premier Inn in Northampton. A sleeping concern has proved so troublesome that it’s woken me up. “Do you need a visa to travel to Turkey?” I’m googling. It turns out that you do. But it also turns out that one … Read More
Apply now for a Kick Start grant and organise your own event during British Science Week 2019! Kick Start grants provide funds for schools in challenging circumstances to organise their own events as part of British Science Week. Applications are now open and close on the 12th November 2018 at 5pm. There are three types of … Read More
Celebrate British Science Week 2019 with one of our fantastic, hands-on, drama based, creative science workshops for primary and secondary schools. Rather than presenting big and colourful experiments, the sparks in our science workshops are ignited by the children’s creativity! And our drama-based approaches both cementing existing knowledge and introduce new concepts and content. Engaging and exciting workshops such as Interplanetary … Read More
It’s World Space Week next month – and this free resource has been specially designed to help primary schools learn about space and, in keeping with the 2018 theme, remember that “Space Unites Us All”. There’s a different Question, Fun Fact or Activity for each school day from October 4th to 10th. All you have … Read More
National Poetry Day is almost open us and we have some quick and easy ideas to get your pupils creating their own poetry! all of our ideas are free to download and we would love to hear how you’ve got on with them – you can tweet us @ascreatives Outdoor Poetry Whatever the time of … Read More
Grants of up to £500 towards a mathematical activity listed in the online STEM Directories are being offered by the Royal Institution, funded by The Clothworkers’ Foundation. The scheme is designed to help integrate maths Enrichment and Enhancement activities into school practice and to support teachers’ professional development. The deadline for applications to the Mathematics Grant Scheme is the 12th … Read More
I’ve made many visits to Scotland over the last couple of years, taking as creatives’ learning programmes to primary and secondary schools in Clydebank, Cumbernauld, Dundee, Dunfermline, Glasgow (lots of trips to Glasgow!), Johnstone, Kilmarnock, Langholm, Paisley, Renfrew and Troon. As part of our ambition to promote creativity in education, we’ve developed the Five C’s. … Read More
Living with the War is a schools’ play specifically designed to support the exploration of World War One at Key Stages 1 – 4. Available to schools across the UK, over 5,000 children and young people have taken part in our WWI Schools play and workshops over the last two years.
National Poetry Day is always one of our most enjoyable -and busiest – times of the year. This year it falls on October 4th – and we have a whole range of enjoyable and engaging Poetry workshops for you, all tied into the 2018 theme of “Change”. Longer workshops will also see pupils gaining experience … Read More
Interplanetary Tours A fast-paced exploration of our solar system in which pupils learn and teach each other key facts From Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon to the photographs sent back by Juno on its historic and ongoing mission to Jupiter, we’re all entranced by our neighbours in the solar system. And space exploration nowadays, of course, is … Read More