Putting maths in context to create hooks for childrens’ learning Sounds like the holy grail, doesn’t it. But the downloadable Extraordinary Maths packages from As Creatives Connect can help you get there – by placing pupils in immersive, character-led worlds, where the maths has a purpose!
The great characters of fiction leap off the pages of the books they inhabit and into our imaginations because their authors have taken the trouble to breathe life into them, creating fully rounded beings. And now your pupils will get the chance to do that too, in our new programme, The Great Character Hunt – … 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
Working with up to 420 children to create and perform a School Poem in just one day! “Each class thoroughly enjoyed the poetry workshops and enjoyed taking an active role in order to create their ideas. Using drama to create an orchestra of sounds for our soundscape poems was fantastic to see and I … Read More
Choose from an In-person workshop, live streamed session or resource package allowing teachers to deliver our popular Bookman workshop themselves! We will also be delivering our popular “Streaming Shakespeare” and Poetry Live streamed workshops during both World Book Day week and Shakespeare Week 2023! details below. Our resource package comes complete with full instructions for … 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
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
Creativity is at the core of reading and writing, at the heart of speaking and listening. So our range of Creative Literacy programmes offers KS3 and 4 / S1 – S4 students opportunities to explore and experiment with words in different contexts. Experiential, exciting and empowering, our imaginative approaches harness tried and trusted approaches from … Read More
Our World Book Day workshops, activities, assemblies and author visits have been specially designed to help you and your pupils celebrate World Book Day 2020 by bringing your favourite books to life! “The visit was amazing, Jay (Bookman!) was a fabulous start to the day with his assembly, which really caught the kids’ imagination. I had … Read More
Get your pupils thinking about books, animals and the alphabet in a challenge designed to promote a love of stories, spelling – and research skills – perfect for World Book Day! Download the resource instructions Download the resource instructions Download the Menagerie of Books Table You can find more lesson plans and … Read More
World Book Day is one of our favourite days of the year – and it’s always amazing to see schools and their pupils (and often their staff!) celebrating some of our best known books and stories. But as these are normally drawn from Western Europe (and particularly the UK), are we missing an opportunity? This … Read More
If you are still looking for an exciting and engaging way to celebrate this year’s World Book Day then look no further! as we have a couple of slots left for our Visit from Bookman and Paige Turner’s Fiction Mission workshops left! We are sold out on World Book Day itself but have limited availability … Read More