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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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  • Drama
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 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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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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Resource 9: Public figures…exploring support

This plinth looks familiar enough. Do Ho has placed hundreds of tiny figures underneath instead of a famous, heroic figure.

  • Ages 5-7, 7-9, 9-11
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Resource 6: Paratrooper I…discovering the individual

The figure of a paratrooper appears to be pulling a parachute towards himself. The ‘parachute’ is, in fact, made of thousands of signatures.

  • Ages 5-7, 7-9, 9-11
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Resource 3: Cause and effect…investigating past influences

This piece looks, from a distance, like a powerful tornado. Look closely and you can see it is made of thousands of tiny figures swirling.

  • Ages 5-7, 7-9, 9-11
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Resource 2: Who am we? Exploring the unique

This ‘wall paper’ is made from photographs of thousands of teenagers’ faces taken from the artist’s high school yearbooks.

  • Ages 5-7, 7-9, 9-11
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