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Our resources aim to inspire and provide top tips for creative lessons. They are designed to offer a huge variety of ideas and activities to try in the classroom, from top tips on teaching mental health and wellbeing through the arts to how to bring maths and science lessons to life.

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Open book with its pages folded inward to form a heart shape, casting a shadow on the text.

Bringing books to life through drama

A book can give us the opportunity to visit places we may never be able to go, to learn about people we may never meet & to have adventures.

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Child in a blue shirt passionately singing into a microphone with one hand raised.

Behaviour management through the performing arts

Working together, listening, focus and concentration are as important in the performing arts as they are in a classroom environment.

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A colorful wooden abacus with rows of blue, yellow, green, and red beads against a soft-focus background.

Be maths smART

This resource is designed to provide inspiration & ideas for teaching maths through the performing arts.

  • Ages 7-9, 9-11
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A large yellow sunflower with bees on it against a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.

Once upon ATOM

Find out how storytelling and science go hand in hand and that creativity is the catalyst not just for Shakepearians but for scientists too.

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Open book showing the title "The Tragedie of Macbeth" with reflections of stained glass windows in the background.

Awesome oracy

Talk helps build not only language and communication, but self-esteem and collaborative skills.

  • Ages 7-9, 9-11
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A stack of colorful children's books with a cartoon-themed coffee cup on top, placed on a wooden surface.

Fresh approaches to popular texts: Handa’s Surprise by Eileene Browne

Discover ways of bringing books to life and exploring the world outside the text, using the performing arts.

  • Ages 5-7, 7-9
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A colorful wooden xylophone with eight metal bars in different colors and a wooden mallet resting on it.

Adventures in the instrument cupboard

The instrument cupboard! That often neglected territory where no teacher dares to tread.

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Three colorful wooden dinosaur toys are arranged on top of a stack of books against a plain white background.

Creative ways to teach poetry

The perfect place for some creative ideas and approaches for teaching poetry through music, drama and movement.

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Resource 10: Some/One…exploring identity

Some/One is made of thousands of metal ‘dog tags’ – identity tags worn by soldiers around the world. They are joined together to make a robe

  • Ages 5-7, 7-9, 9-11
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