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
Celebrate Shakespeare in your school during Shakespeare Week – 20- 26th March 2023, with an interactive drama-based workshop, available to schools throughout the UK and beyond. Teacher CPD workshops also available! William Shakespeare is now firmly back on the national curriculum – but he’s never actually been away. Everyone knows his face and the names … Read More
Marbella’s Aloha College are taking an exciting and progressive approach to CPD – not least by establishing cross-curricular collaborative working groups. So we were delighted to be asked to support their initiatives by designing and delivering a session exploring Engagement and Relationships for, over two days, all teachers in the college’s secondary phase. In … Read More
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
One of the many joys of working with as creatives is that I get to see and sample parts of the world I might never otherwise visit. And not just the UK (although we’ve been to all four corners – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), but internationally, too. So, having already run two as … Read More
We have been providing high quality, creative and experiential learning programmes for trainee and newly qualified teachers since 2010. As when working with children and young people, our aim is to deliver learning experiences that are both meaningful and enjoyable – and feedback from participants tells us that we succeed in this.What Makes Us Different?It’s … Read More
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
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
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
Get inspired and develop new skills by participating in hands-on activities that promote creative approaches to teaching and learning. These exciting CPD sessions, which will take place in one of Liverpool’s most innovative spaces, the Baltic Creative Campus, draw on approaches used in four of our most successful maths, literacy, science and visual arts programmes. Everything you’ll experience can be … Read More
A teacher’s voice is, suggests Philip Parkin, General Secretary of the Professional Association, one of the main tools for supporting behaviour and learning.” But at the same time, research in the UK, Europe, America and Australia indicates that teachers are up to five times more likely than other workers to experience voice-related health problems – … Read More
Key Stage 4 is an important time in young people’s lives – but how can we support them in deciding where to go next? Equally importantly, how do Key Stages 2 and 3 fit into all of this? The Key Stage 4 in Context Conference was planned, prepared and facilitated by as creatives – and … Read More
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