Family Connect – a Virtual House of Creative Learning

Family Connect – a Virtual House of Creative Learning

Family Connect is a brand new resource that we’ve developed over on our As Creatives Connect website to help you and your families keep learning in creative ways while we’re all stuck at home – and your children’s creativity is more valuable than ever right now!   All you have to do is select one … Read More

Season’s Greetings for Christmas 2019 from As Creatives

Season’s Greetings for Christmas 2019 from As Creatives

Travelling by road, rail, ferry and air, 2019 has been another record breaking year here at  As Creatives. And since last January, we’ve taken our creative maths, science, literacy, history and CPD programmes to schools in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Isles, Italy and Poland – working directly with … Read More

St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School, Stockport

“The children absolutely loved the day, and all year groups were completely invested in it. The whole day ran brilliantly, and I cannot speak highly enough about Chris – he was a pleasure to work with, and was excellent with both the children and adults – he absolutely made the day as special as it … Read More

St Mary’s Hare Park

“The children had a wonderful time and every year group was inspired, challenged and excited by the activity and Jackson’s approach. We found the idea of the workshops so clever and there was such a variety of maths involved. In 14 years of teaching, it’s the best workshop I’ve seen!” 

Teaching Resource: Pirate Vocabulary – X Marks the Spot!

Teaching Resource: Pirate Vocabulary – X Marks the Spot!

Use this piratical twist on bingo to test your speaking skills and your pupils’ listening skills with thirty five Pirate Phrases we’ve identified – and learn some Pirate Vocabulary into the bargain!    Year Groups: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, P4, P5, P6, P7 Preparation: Download the Pirate Phrasebook (for you); download … Read More

Jackson’s Visit to The British School Warsaw

Jackson’s Visit to The British School Warsaw

As staff at The British School Warsaw gathered the end of August to prepare for the start of a new term, Jackson joined twenty two EYFS teachers and teaching assistants to lead a CPD day exploring the possibilities of Outdoor Learning. This was Jackson’s first ever visit to Poland – and here, couched in the … Read More

A Record Breaking Year!

A Record Breaking Year!

2018 – 2019 has been another record-breaking year for us – and it’s heartening to see that, despite severe and ongoing funding cuts, schools still value the very best in creative learning programmes. By the time the academic year ends, we’ll have take our maths, science, literacy and history programmes to more than 110,000 children … Read More

Top Five – Views

Top Five – Views

As a team, we travel tens of thousands of miles every year, taking our creative learning programmes to primary and secondary schools across the land (in this academic year alone, we’ve been to schools in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, Italy and Turkey!). We see some amazing views, both on our travels … Read More

Teaching Resource: Go Wild for the Summer

Teaching Resource: Go Wild for the Summer

The Wildlife Trusts’ 30 Days Wild initiative challenges schools to “do something wild every day throughout June”. This fun activity helps you do just that – and brings both maths and science into the mix too! Download Instructions for Go Wild For The Summer – Reception – KS1 / P1-P3 Download Instructions for Go Wild … Read More

March Top 5 – Favourite Train Stations!

March Top 5 – Favourite Train Stations!

Every week of the school year our team have the pleasure of visiting schools from Scotland to Cornwall and everywhere in between – and that means one thing, lots of trains!  Here Chris gives us his top 5 favourite train stations from the last term… (1) For all the travelling I do around the country, … Read More

Cobham Primary School

The children learnt how prevalent maths is within the world in which we live, particularly based on things that they do every single day. They realised how all aspects of maths work together during problem-solving to enable them to solve the problems and crack the codes. Even areas of the maths that we have yet to cover, the children were … Read More

St Joseph’s RC Primary School

“There was a definite buzz from the pupils.  They enjoyed being outside and using their maths skills. It was clear that the students were using a wide range of maths skills, from numeracy to reasoning, without realising it.   I was particularly delighted to see my Year 4 children using measuring skills, data handling, problem-solving, shape, … Read More