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10 Tips for Teachers: Lesson planning life hacks 

25-04-22
Top tips to help with lesson planning to start the new school term or next academic year

5 tips for teaching poetry 

17-03-22
Advice and resources for teaching poetry to your students

10 tips for exploring materials creatively with your students

10-03-22
Artist Varjack-Lowry recommend ideas & activities for teachers

6 ways to teach Science creatively 

01-03-22
A selection of resources for teachers looking to emphasise creative skills and thinking in science

Teacher & practitioner wellbeing exercises

15-02-22
Simple exercises to help practitioners & teachers check in on their own wellbeing

Creative ways to mark LGBTQ+ History Month in your school

08-02-22
Explore, embed and honour LGBTQ+ history within your lesson plans

10 Tips for Teachers: How to get your students reading

12-01-22
Creative tips, activities, and resources to help your students develop a love of reading and storytelling

Creative invention challenges for young people

26-11-21
Encourage young people to have a go at inventing something new at home with these top tips from Little Inventors

8 creative ways to teach students about the climate crisis

20-10-21
Ideas & resources for teaching students about the impacts of human activity on the environment and solutions to tackle it

How to re-imagine Black History Month in your school

01-10-21
Tara Okeke shares resources & ideas to help schools embed Black history across the curriculum & throughout the year

5 creative thinking routines to warm up your class

09-09-21
Use the five Creative Habits of Mind as lesson starters or brain breaks and introduce students to creative thinking routines

Creative ideas for summer schools

21-07-21
A collection of ideas, resources, and activities to help support the wellbeing and engagement of your summer school pupils

Music, movement & student wellbeing – new KS3 resource

07-07-21
Fran Lobo from The Roundhouse tells us how their new Teaching for Creativity resource uses the power of music to help students explore their emotions

Colonialism & the environment – new KS3 resource

28-06-21
Bridget McKenzie & Beckie Leach McDonald explain how their new resource can help introduce students to complex factors surrounding the climate crisis

Creative ways to teach historical social change

07-06-21
Aileen Gonsalves tells us how drama techniques can be used to help students understand the perspectives of historical figures fighting for change

Creative ways to bring nature into the classroom

18-05-21
Seyi Adelekun tells us how her Teaching for Creativity resource encourages students to learn from nature & use ecologically sustainable ideas in design

Creative ways to teach Black British history

06-05-21
Hannah Kemp-Welch from the London Metropolitan Archives tells us how their Teaching for Creativity resource uses sound archives to connect with the past

Creative ways to teach Relationships and Sex Education

19-04-21
Artist Abigail Hunt tells us how her new Teaching for Creativity resources can help teachers address embarrassing & delicate subjects

10 Tips for Teachers: Drawing projects to enhance curriculum topics

04-03-21
Author and illustrator Emily Fellah shares her top tips for creative drawing projects in schools including how to link them to curriculum

5 creative ways to host a virtual school trip

18-02-21
With traditional school trips unlikely to return anytime soon, we've compiled a list of creative ideas to help teachers recreate the experience online and in the classroom

10 Tips for Teachers: Follow-on activities for quick remote learners

02-02-21
A selection of self-directed creative activities for students who complete their remote learning lessons early
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