A school’s best and most valuable resource is of course, its staff. But there are times when everyone can benefit from a fresh approach and an injection of new ideas. And that’s where As Creatives can come in. Our Creative CPD programmes and INSETs, which have been delivered to thousands of teachers and teaching professionals right across … Read More
Experiential, exciting and empowering, our imaginative and cross-curricular approaches harness tried and trusted approaches from the worlds of drama, visual art and creative writing and are all rooted in the Curriculum. Approaches specifically developed to support EYFS – KS2 / P1 – P7 children in developing their reading and writing skills – and to boost … Read More
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
Creative Literacy Programmes for Primary Schools in Ireland including In-person and Live Streamed Poetry, Shakespeare and Creative Literacy workshops. We’ve adapted some of our most popular workshops to allow us to work safely with smaller groups, with no props / resources to handle – and in compliance with individual schools’ Covid-19 policies. The Great Grammar … Read More
Our Outdoor Poetry activities offer a number of ways of exploring and playing with words – and are particularly appropriate at a time when the benefits of outdoor learning are more evident than ever before!
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
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
The value of Learning Outside the Classroom, and the positive impacts it can have on teaching and learning, is supported by an enormous body of evidence. But as experience is just as important to theory, our experiential INSETs always provide staff with opportunities to recall and reflect on their own outdoor memories. Combining expert thinking … Read More
Outdoor spaces provide wonderful opportunities to explore how numbers and shapes create both the built and natural worlds. Every year we work with schools across the UK to help realise the potential of their outdoor space/s for creative learning opportunities. Outdoor MathsSchools’ outdoor areas offer a wealth of stimulus for learning in Literacy. Whether it’s an observational poetry … Read More
A nostalgic whim took me on a detour recently, to show my kids where I had built dens amongst trees and bracken as a dirty-kneed nine year old. It was the same spot, I told them on our approach, where my big brothers regularly rode their bikes on dirt tracks, over obstacles and down dips … Read More
Investigative Maths Bingo (Outdoors!) provides pupils with a great opportunity to conduct their own number investigations. And, of course, to explore maths in the great outdoors! Download the resource here Download the Bingo Cards Download the Number Cards View more creative resources here For more information about our Outdoor Learning Opportunities in Maths … Read More
With more and more schools looking for meaningful ways of using their outdoor areas as learning areas, our range of tailor-made Outdoor Learning Trails is proving ever-more popular. Providing engaging and multi-sensory approaches in Maths, Literacy and Science, they have been designed to meet all budgets and are developed to support your particular needs and … Read More
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