Durham workshops for schools

Education Group offers several art workshops including our Christmas Bauble Workshop, African Mask Making Workshop and Ceramic Plate Workshop. Our African Mask Making Workshop focuses on the use of Adinkra symbols on a traditional Western African Dan style mask. Using [...]

Education Group’s Mask Making Workshop is a unique celebration of African art. Each child decorates their own wooden mask sculpted in the style of the Dan Tribe from Western Africa. Masks are painted with Adinkra symbols representing values such as [...]

Education Group’s Dance Workshop gives children the opportunity to work with one of our professional dancers for a day. Whether you would like a focus on International dance, choreography from a famous show or a historical style, Education Group’s professional [...]

Education Group is celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with our Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Plate Workshop. Each child paints their own ceramic plate based on the Official Emblem or in their own patriotic style. Many schools are using these workshops [...]

Education Group’s Drumming Workshop is a celebration of African and South American music and rhythm. Each child uses their own djembe or samba percussion to recreate rhythms and songs popular in Western Africa or South America. It is also aligned [...]

Education Group’s Music Workshop meets targets set out within Key Stages One and Two of the Music National Curriculum and sets the stage for children to create their own rhythmic compositions alongside professional classical musicians. Our Music Workshop activities also [...]

Education Group is proud to team up with Derek Redmond to offer an insight into the life and training of a truly world class individual. Derek held the British record for the 400 metres sprint and won gold medals in [...]

Education Group’s Forensic Science Workshop engages primary school students with the specific techniques of science in the real world. Developed by arguably the country’s leading forensic scientist, this workshop is specifically tailored to our younger investigators. The context of a [...]

Education Group’s Story Factory workshops captures the imagination of your children. Children are encouraged to develop characters culminating in dramatic performances delivered by the children. This is an extremely popular workshop during Anti Bullying Week or on World Book Day. [...]

Website Link: www.educationgroup.co.uk/workshops/african-mask Education Group’s Mask Making Workshop is a unique celebration of African art. Each child decorates their own wooden mask sculpted in the style of the Dan Tribe from Western Africa. Masks are painted with Adinkra symbols representing [...]

Pupils will learn about the multitudes of Olympic events through creating huge Olympic artwork athletes or they could become actual animated Olympic Athletes. These huge artworks & animations are created with the assistance of Dean The Art Wizard, these are the [...]

  If your school is looking to hold an onsite team building day then The Problem Solving Company can help you to achieve this by providing the complete package. By using your school hall, sports hall, playground or field we [...]

The Problem Solving Company  has been visiting schools schools since 2007  providing  maths workshops  for Foundation stage through to KS3.  We aim for our activities to be participated in within small groups, to achieve maximum particpation levels.The activities are all hands [...]

During visit, the Soldier will arrive, as he did nearly 2,000 years ago, wearing his full armour and carrying his marching pack (impedimenta)when his legion invaded Britain in 43 A.D. All equipment worn, shown and demonstrated is copied from actual [...]

Can You Spot the Maths Behind the Magic? Maths Magician Martin Duffy will be travelling to schools and colleges to encourage the discovery and enjoyment of maths using hands-on exhibits and related activities. “The trouble with maths in school is [...]

Meet A Creature's animal handling workshops bring the school science curriculum to life, allowing pupils to see – and feel – the differences between animal groups. Our fascinating collection includes reptiles, amphibians, mammals and insects and each has been hand-reared [...]

Imagine making maths fun using soap bubbles, balloons and a clown. Picture your children visualising complex 3D shapes, followed by estimating the width of your hall, then “guessing” how many people would fit inside a cubic metre. Imagine their glee [...]

‘We all really enjoyed it and felt relaxed to start the new year!’ - Hayeswood School Staff.  Let us do the same for your school!  Discount available for new customers! NEW – Laughter Workshops!   Experience new ways to laugh,de-stress and feel amazing! I [...]

A brand new specially commissioned show to celebrate the countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games. Fusing maths, comedy, science, and sport  into a 60 minute fun-packed performance. The  show has recently been awarded an official London 2012 Inspire  Mark.   Find out the [...]

“…excellent relevant performances…the variety of skills pupilswere required to use-excellent…better than expected, varied and packed activities…” Mrs Caton (Teacher Saddleworth High) Newfound Theatre has over 10 years experience within education. Working alongside partners such as Aim Higher, The Greater Challenge, [...]

Mr. Beetle is a huge ukulele playing insect complete with the requisite number of legs, wing cases, antennae, compound eyes and Dr. Marten's boots! Adults find him scary but children of all ages think he's funny. The show is packed [...]

Are you looking to introduce that “wow” factor to your history topic? I will arrive in costume and bring a huge collection of stunning historical resources – both genuine and reproduction – along to your school and offer a hands [...]

Echange Theatre Workshops offers workshops for primary and secondary school. We can easily adapt them to your needs. Our workshops are fun and very educational at the same time. Here is what we offer in more details: French for Kids [...]

The Maths Outreach team from the University of Liverpool provide a range of workshops for pupils of all ages. These include the Liverpool Maths Society’s FunMaths Roadshow, The Dragon Quiz, GCSE Revision Days, and workshops ranging from Maths in Art [...]

Theatre tots – Imagination for the Everyday! Theatre tots provides workshops and shows for early years foundation stage and children with Special educational needs. All our work is original and unique to Theatre tots.  For our programme list and details [...]

Chris and Julie are a husband and wife team who have over 20 years experience in providing Workshops and Shows for Primary School children.  With their central location they work all over the UK. Punch & Judy Shows – 2012 [...]

  Bang On! have designed workshops for all ages which explore all aspects of unusual instrumentation, teach basic rhythms and show that music can be made from anything!  All workshops are preceded by a twenty-minute performance from Bang On! to [...]

Gerry provides entertaining shows and workshops in Maths and Science. Working with teachers to choose the most useful curriculum areas, he uses Magic,.Puzzles, Novelty and fun to enthuse and educate.Age range is 3 to 13.  Maths can include  number, money, fractions, [...]

Primary: Large interactive storytelling sessions Smaller class-based creative writing workshops Talking about books Deep Learning/Spectacular starts: Ice and Fire, Africa, Great Barrier Reef Secondary: Creative writing workshops on Short Fiction From Picture Books to Short Stories

Comic, author, poet Ian Billings’ literacy workshops and stand-up comedy shows address key objectives for KS2 Literacy. Ian presents LITERARY WORKSHOPS about creating character, action and narrative to convey story, themes, emotions and ideas – Using dramatic techniques to explore [...]

Circus Jim can provide workshops for all ages and abilities, from nursery to college students, targeting the skills and delivery so that all achieve success. Jim Riley, a qualified teacher and youth worker has been teaching performing and circus skills [...]

ADANTA uses dance and drumming workshops to engage young people from primary to secondary school age. We tailor the dance or drum workshop to meet the schools requirement or study theme. Please visit our website on www.adantadance.co.uk to book or [...]

‘We all really enjoyed it and felt relaxed to start the new year!’ – Hayeswood School Staff. Let us do the same for your school! Discount available for new customers NEW – Laughter Workshops! Experience new ways to laugh,de-stress and [...]

An interactive drawing workshop for all ages covering every aspect of the animation design process. The purpose is to develop the students drawing skills by creating characters using shape and structure along with composition and perspective.

  With a mission to 'Keep Kids Animated!' Theo Godley & Leo Altarelli founded Lunchbox Films in 2005. Combining their film and music skills Theo & Leo have been carrying out their unique animation and music workshops in schools and [...]

    Learn To Be Fit & Healthy For Life! The Freddy Fit team are extremely proud of the positive impact the project has had on thousands of pupils up and down the country over the past ten years. Through a [...]

Kaya run Interactive Drumming, Culture, Craft and Arts Workshops for Education, Team Building and Therapy. Tailored to suit your group or organisation our workshops are beneficial to anyone and everyone – no matter what your age or ability.

Specially designed with the Olympics in mind, this proposal can be shaped to fit your class, school or special needs students. Please download the PDF file which is a example of a previous proposal.

Tradansa Workshops inspires school children, teens and their teachers to learn about cultural diversity and similarities through fun, dance and movement.  The choreographies and pedagogical content of the workshops are customized according to the developmental needs of the age groups and the curriculum. [...]

DENIS BOND is an ex-teacher who has had more than 70 books published and who has written hundreds of TV scripts. He has visited over a thousand different schools throughout the UK and abroad, is a member of The National [...]

Richard Latham  has been a drummer and percussionist for many years. He has spent time studying African drumming techniques and further developed his professional skills by undergoing specialist djembe and sabar tuition in West Africa, in particular Gambia and Burkina [...]

Variety of Stop-motion Animation workshops for all ages and abilities. From one-hour taster sessions to week-long workshops. All equipment and materials provided, you would just need to provide a workspace and the students.

Kjartan Poskiit, author of the award-winning Murderous Maths series, demonstrates tricks, bizarre facts and curiosities from his books. Plenty of audience participation and follow-up resources for teachers are available. “A stand-up maths routine has children and teachers in fits of laughter… maths [...]

Dean Is The Only Practitioner Within The UK Who Assists Pupils Design Healthy Eating Superheroes Or Create Junkfood Villains. Each Design Is Then Created Into Sculptures.  Your Pupils Will Then Create A Storyboard & Write About Their Very Own Superhero [...]

The Fractal Dome is a workshop and dome experience specially designed for schools, to support learning and development in maths, science and art.   The Fractal Dome programme takes place in a mobile dome with a 360 degree screen and [...]

Kiddy Cook’s Food In Schools Project is a hands-on unit of study that uses the theme of healthy eating to enrich the curriculum and develop thinking in a range of subjects We run cookery workshops for children aged 2 – [...]

    BE PART OF THE PHENOMENOM! 0121 240 9363 TUNES TIMES TABLES is an amazing programme of music, performance rhyme and dance that everyone loves.  It is energetic, fun and it works.  For children and adults.  They remember. They [...]

Professional dance and creative workshops, after school clubs suitable for all schools and educational facilities. Our workshops have been specially created and formulated through years of  educational teaching practice and most importantly years of successful dance workshop delivery to schools [...]

Learn By Design offers educational workshops in the following areas: STEM, Science, Numeracy and the Environment Enterprise, Key Skills and Gifted and Talented PSHE and Sport Our PSHE workshops consist of a range of interactive sessions which can be delivered [...]

Former teacher and professional actor David Hall brings inspiring workshops and shows to your school. The Great Fire Project involves an encounter with Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn in the very midst of the Great Conflagration and asks the question [...]

Teacher Training     Opposite Leg are teacher training specialists, drawing directly from extensive classroom experience both primary and secondary.   We provide full and half day teacher training and staff development INSET courses, as well as one to one [...]

Dean Creates Large Scale Time-Lapse Recycled Artworks/Sculptures Or He Assists Pupils Create Amazing Charater Designs & Assists Pupils Create Illustrated Written Stories.  During the past 5 years Dean has helped schools create a number of environmentally freindly sculptures such as [...]

Percussion4U are providers of Samba Drumming Workshops, Samba Dancing Workshops, Cuban Salsa Dancing Workshops, Hand drumming Workshops and African Drumming Workshops for schools and colleges.

Bio Dome is designed to explore science, biology, oceanography and geography in an interactive way. The Bio Dome visits schools and clubs, providing an additional science resource and presenting an immersivedome and mobile planetarium to children.   We provide an immersive digital [...]

Science Dome is designed to explore science, geology and geography in an interactive way. The Science Dome visits schools and clubs, providing an additional science resource and presenting a different learning experience to children.   We provide a fully digital [...]

Workshops Our workshops for primary schools specialise in a multi-disciplinary theatrical approach to Chinese arts. Using traditional Chinese artforms such as Beijing Opera, paper cutting, shadow puppetry and Chinese stories and Myths, these artforms and stories are introduced to the [...]

  A Circus Skills workshop is a great addition to any event,  whether it’s in one of our beautiful Circus tents or not..  Circus skills appeal to children AND adults.  A highly visual attraction and a chance for people of [...]

For over 10 years, Paul Godding has been delivering his ever-popular workshops in schools throughout the UK using an excellent range of maths-related board games, card games and puzzles. Having also recently devised his own range of games, the students [...]

Tanzanian writer and multi-instrumentalist musician, Freddy Macha, hails from Kilimanjaro, highest mountain in Africa. Based in London he has been journalist and columnist in both Swahili and English languages for many decades. Recently his voice has been heard reading for BBC Radio 4 [...]

Hands on Cross Curricular workshops for ALL Key Stages and abilities. Including Art, Drama, DT, Maths, Geography, History, Literacy, and Science in 2hrs! Offering catalyst support for teachers and giving pupils unforgettable experiences. We are in all 3 STEM directories [...]

Dr Ken performs many curriculum themed shows from the Entertaining Science Circus show to the Mathamagical – It Just doesn’t add Up. Workshops are designed to compliment the shows. They are suitable for all key stages and CPD Staff workshops are [...]

Joliba West African Drum and Dance deliver a variety of professional, educational workshops including African Drumming and African Drumming and Dance. We have 10 years of experience, delivering workshops for Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Further Education, including a special needs [...]

For more detailed  information please see the attached PDF information pack which includes CRB, insurance, pricing and risk assesments as well as outlines of all the workshops available. Squire Theatre was founded in order to introduce students of all ages [...]

Singtastic Science workshops are delivered by award-winning songwriter/educator David Haines. David is nothing if not flexible and will design his visits to match your individual aims and objectives. Despite the workshop title, they don't even have to be science-based! Below [...]

JUST GUMBOOTS INC. Gumboots Dancing–African Dancing–Gospel Initiation–Brazillian Percussions–Story Teller Our Workshops will: Raise Fitness Awareness Contribute to the Cultural Baggage and Brake racial barriers Boost Self-confidence and Inspire to reach greater heights Elevate and fortify a great team spirit Perfect [...]

Welcome to The Fix Up Team – Motivating you to live your dreams. Our workshops aim to equip students, teachers and parents with the skills to bring out thier best  best performances. No more excuses, make it happen and raise [...]

Former teacher and professional actor David Hall brings inspiring workshops and shows to your school. The Great Fire Project involves an encounter with Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn in the very midst of the Great Conflagration and asks the question [...]

MAGICAL WORLD MUSIC EXPERIENCES For all children and teachers from Reception to Year 6; Choose from the Caribbean, South America, Mexico, Spain, China, Africa, Japan, India, Native America and more. Start the day with a spectacular World Music Show for [...]

“…excellent relevant performances…the variety of skills pupils were required to use – excellent…better than expected, varied and fun packed activities…”       Mrs Caton (Teacher Saddleworth High) We perceive that this year the London Olympics will provide our young people the biggest learning opportunity on earth! This exciting, fun [...]

MakeBelieve Arts is a theatre and education company offering innovative, high quality theatre and education programmes to develop the creative potential of children aged 0-15. Moving from theatre in education to theatre and education, we work with children, their teachers and [...]

This workshop gives students the skills and confidence to learn independantly whilst setting goals for themselves, both personal and academic. Delivered to between 10-35'000 students each year by professional speakers using research based content taken from interviews with top achievers. [...]

A range of exciting ‘hands on’ music workshops and extra Curriculum activities from around the world, including Samba drumming, African /Egyptian drumming, Australian Music, Caribbean, Spanish and Junk Percussion. I also run extra curriculum activities for schools,  which include a [...]

Gribblybugs provide science talks exploring the incredible world of invertebrates. Our services range from a basic handling session to enhanced packages offering a more in depth look at key topics such as habitats, life cycles, food chains etc.

The music: Steel drum music is most commonly associated with the Caribbean and this is the genre that is mostly taught. The steel pan is a versatile instrument however, and fits well with a variety of other styles including classical, [...]

Bringing Africa to the UK through songs, stories, videos, slides, dance, and costume. Workshops on Respecting Differences, Bullying. Promoting Tolerance, respect and celebrating diversity

Writing and performing high quality poetry is a real and valuable skill well within reach of all children in our primary schools. Inviting a professional children˙s poet to work in school can be a fantastic opportunity for children and teachers [...]

With over 10 years of experience and working all over the UK Bezerkaz Circus provide high quality circus skills workshops for young people of all ages and abilities. We offer a wide range of exciting activities:  Standard workshops include juggling, [...]

Hands on Cross Curricular workshops for ALL Key Stages and abilities. Including Art, Drama, DT, Maths, Geography, History, Literacy, and Science in 2hrs! Offering catalyst support for teachers and giving pupils unforgettable experiences. We are in all 3 STEM directories [...]

Kidz4Mation specialises in raising children’s confidence and improve their behaviour and attainment at school. If your school is looking to hold an onsite confidence boosting day, Kidz4Mation’s highly skilled instructors will visit your school to provide an hour long assembly session [...]

  Dr Matt Pritchard is an award-winning magician, comedian and science communicator. His amazing performances both inspire and inform. He can be booked to bring exciting and educational science performances to your school or festival. “This show not only inspired, [...]

Beeja means ‘seed’ in Hindi. It also carries with it a sense of transformation and the start of life. In keeping with its name, the company Beeja aims to generate new ideas, new understanding and fresh creative forms. Its work [...]

Working Science – Primary Science Workshops Working Science provides innovating and exciting science workshops for primary schools. All of our workshops are ‘hands on’ and allow all pupils to engage in scientific investigations. Our workshops can either be provided in [...]

Zest Dance Workshops have been teaching in schools across the UK for 12 years. We offer exciting educational school dance workshops from Foundation to Key Stage Three and beyond. We teach all styles of dance to all ages and abilities [...]

An award-winning author of eighty books for children – from picture books to teenage novels – I offer a range of lively and fun-filled creative writing workshops on prose and poetry for all ages. Sharing techniques and strategies that have [...]

Our highly enjoyable and stimulating Thinking Day will help your pupils to develop: Thinking skills Collaboration and team working skills Communication skills Problem solving skills The ability to learn from mistakes Greater self confidence During a Thinking Day a specialist [...]

A BETT award winning diagnostic assessment tool.The software which includes a dyslexia screener, helps profile strengths and weaknesses as well as identifying what children are good at. The company is seeking new additional Ambassador schools – quote ‘schools workshop’ when [...]

Former teacher and professional actor David Hall brings inspiring workshops and shows to your school. The Great Fire Project involves an encounter with Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn in the very midst of the Great Conflagration and asks the question [...]

Hands on Cross Curricular workshops for ALL Key Stages and abilities. Including Art, Drama, DT, Maths, Geography, History, Literacy, and Science in 2hrs! Offering catalyst support for teachers and giving pupils unforgettable experiences. We are in all 3 STEM directories [...]

The group’s dynamic eco-artists, led by Rebecca Huggett and Leo Caithness, are experienced and professional project leaders. With 15 years of educational experience as arts practitioners, they can work with teachers, festival organisers and community leaders to bring almost any [...]

Hands on Science runs fun and memorable but educational workshops. Your children do the investigation guided and supported by us. Rocket Building, CSI, Firework Science, Mars Lander and Elastic Racers are just a few of over 80 exciting workshops your children could be enjoying [...]

Dinosaurs are a fascination for children.  Now you can bring the excitement of dinosaurs to your school.  Our dinosaur workshops feature selected exhibits from our museum in Hull in an interactive, hands-on experience. Please visit our web site for full [...]

The Model Rocket shop has been in business for over 12 years supplying model rockets and providing workshops to schools. We supply everything needed for your class, year group or entire school to build, launch and recover model rockets SAFELY [...]

Olympic Drama:  a day of five fantastic drama workshops that celebrate the Olympics past and present. Available for primary schools across the UK – suitable for KS1 and KS2. Workshops include: visit the original Olympics; host an Olympic bid; bring [...]

Schmedia provides bespoke workshop on journalism and media studies for school children from Year 6 and up. The workshops are fun, interactive and involve role-play. They are presented by a former BBC network news correspondent.

Uncle Brian presents – educational environmental magic Uncle Brian has long recognised the important link between childrens education and entertainment. Recycling the Magical Way ….. takes educational entertainment one step further. It was developed to help introduce environmental education and [...]

During our Olympic themed cooking workshop we'll explore the national dishes and foods of some of those countries participating, eat like an athlete and make an energy boosting smoothie.  

Blackpool Circus School was formed by retired Circus Artistes and the teachers now also include ex students who are qualified as teaching assistants in Primary Schools. All projects will be considered from taster sessions to term long after school clubs, [...]

Kenfusion watercolour workshop Kenyan sunset melt into this watercolour workshop, colours fuse together producing work of outstanding colours and depth. Join Gakonga in this workshop to learn all the skills and techniques that he uses to create his vibrant art [...]

Fun rhythm activities for all size groups – no previous musical ability required! Drumming Workshops Boomwhackers Drum Circles Body Percussion INSET Team building Watch our School Drumming Teacher Feedback Video All our workshops encourage students to relax, reduce stress and [...]

Led by African dancer musician Seby Ntege,Drum arts Ngoma is an African performing arts organisation based in London run and managed by a group of professional African dancers and musicians. This means that all our artistic engagements in the school [...]

FINDING THE WILL works with children of all ages shaking up Shakespeare!  We lead interactive two hour workshops and week-long residencies in your school on six of Shakespeare's most well-loved plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The [...]

Dinosaur Dome is designed to explore science, geology and geography in an interactive way through an immersive dome and mobile planetarium. The Dome visits schools and clubs, providing an additional science resource and presenting a different learning experience to children. [...]

Pupils are asked to design and build simple stylised sculptures which represent Olympic events as 3D iconography for the 2012 summer games. An understanding of abstract works of art is desirable, as the workshop requires huge amounts of teamwork, cooperation, [...]

WEST AFRICAN DRUM, DANCE, SONG STORY. Social inclusion and access for all are keystones of our work. Whether students are mainstream, special needs or specialist, we work within the national curriculum to bring interactive, culturally diverse workshops to the classroom. [...]

A-Life provides Educational Healthy Workshops, Fitness Sessions and Alcohol & Drugs Awareness for schools. Our hands-on, curriculum-based activities support your school’s PSHE, Science and PE curriculum and are ideal for your health week, science week or health and wellbeing week. [...]

Let˙s get your children talking!! Activities for children, staff and parents in your setting that promote language and communication for all children. Michael Jones provides inspirational training in your setting while the children are there! Michael will visit you and [...]

‘We all really enjoyed it and felt relaxed to start the new year!’ – Hayeswood School Staff. Let us do the same for your school! Discount available for new customers NEW – Laughter Workshops! Experience new ways to laugh,de-stress and [...]

With the London 2012 Olympic Games just around the corner, Ring Leaders is the perfect programme to captures pupil’s attention with a fun, interactive learning experience. It comprises of a number of different elements (modules) which makes the programme highly [...]

Trouvère are specialists in lively historical presentation, combining music, roleplay and fun! Take a closer look at our options for school visits… Trouvère Medieval Minstrels have been presenting workshops for schools for some ten years now. We started off specialising [...]

‘In a nutshell’ for busy teachers and education staff… Lee delivers the following fun, multimedia and dynamic presentation/workshop to your young people to help them achieve even more… ‘How you can be the best you can be…’ a.k.a “How To Be Sick [...]

IROKO Theatre Company, winner of The Guardian Charity Award for “its innovative approach to education”, is a theatre-in-education Company. The Company uses interactive performances and/or workshops in the art of oral storytelling, drama, music, dance, arts and craft as a [...]

Dean Is The Only Practitioner Within The UK Who Creates Large Scale Time-Lapse Artworks/Sculptures Or Amazing Animations Similar To Art Attack Seen On CITV. Dean offers many creative opportunities for schools especially developing literacy skills using art & design. During the [...]

We have a number of Motivational Workshops aimed at students who strive for academic excellence. Our enthusiastic facilitators empower students to set and accomplish goals, ensuring all participants achieve academic success and personal fulfillment from each motivational workshop. We also [...]