Northamptonshire 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 [...]

Educational Healthy Workshops | Fun Fitness Sessions | Alcohol and Drugs Awareness | Online 7 Day Healthy Challenge/Quiz A-life provides hands-on healthy living workshops, fitness sessions and alcohol and drugs awareness sessions that encourage and educate children to develop healthy [...]

‘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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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. [...]

The Fun Food Company runs a series of activities ranging from Sixth Form Culinary Survival School to our most popular event, the "3…2…1…GET COOKING!!" roadshow. The 3…2…1…GET COOKING!! show comprises of 2 parts, the first being a highly interactive session teaching the importance of [...]

“…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 [...]

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 [...]

High-energy hands-on Japanese Taiko Drumming Workshops for whole class sizes. Stand-alone day workshops or full length performance projects.

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 [...]

  The Mind Adrenaline Academy is dedicated to bringing innovative and educational workshops to all young people. Our aim is to encourage creative thinking and teach some of the fundamental skills required for a successful career.   Our workshops are [...]

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 – [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Stretching Minds provides STEM(Science Technology Engineering and Maths) workshops to schools, activity centres and to the public. LEGO® education resources underpin all of our courses. Our courses are fun, confidence building and are linked to the curriculum. Geraldine, who designs [...]

Sock Puppet Making and Puppeteering Workshops Lipsinc capable Television style Puppets. 1 Day combined Puppet Making and Puppeteering Workshops for Schools and HE. The 1 Day Workshop Schedule is usually Puppet Making in the Morning with on Screen Puppeteering Workshop [...]

  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 [...]

“…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, [...]

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 [...]

Children love to get hands on with clay, it's so tactile!   The tricky bit is what to make with it?  That's where I can help!   I have been running clay workshops in schools for the last ten years [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I try to inspire the pupils to be writers and illustrators, using my own books, original artwork, sketches and roughs to stimulate discussion and ideas. Then I encourage the younger children to do big loose drawings of a character of [...]

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 [...]

skip-hop are an exciting, fresh and passionate company, who have rebranded skipping to make it appealing to the masses. skip-hop have taken over schools and their playgrounds all over the country with a whole new concept of mixing traditional skipping [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yoga for Infants children is delivered through a story based approach and with the older children more sequence work and partner work is included. Sessions include warms up, breathing exercises,themed content, massage and relaxation techniques. Sessions are delivered by trained [...]

  The BIG Sing aims to provide music services to help schools give their students a variety of musical experiences. We aim to provide flexible teaching and training for teachers, students, whole classes and year groups – that means that [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

FabDrumming workshops Drumming has many benefits, it encourages creativity, self expression and rhythmic coordination. It also improves manual and psychomotor skills. The players do not require prior knowledge of drumming or special musical skills.  Everyone is given their own instrument [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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The ‘Cool House’ presents a fun and inspiring approach to science and maths in the National Curriculum for Key Stages 1,2 & 3 PUPILS SHOWS AND WORKSHOPS The Cool Magic Science Show and Workshops! Inspire your pupils (and their teachers!) [...]

I am able, as an experienced Art teacher and now, as a professional Printmaker to create collagraph / relief printing classes covering, whole school, whole year, selective year group and / or teacher creative inset days. All students, whatever their [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

Theatre Workout create bespoke theatre workshops and events for school groups both in the West End and in schools across the country. Our tailor-made programmes include official education programmes for major West End shows, plus a vast range of bespoke [...]

FabDrumming workshops Drumming has many benefits, it encourages creativity, self expression and rhythmic coordination. It also improves manual and psychomotor skills. The players do not require prior knowledge of drumming or special musical skills. Everyone is given their own instrument [...]

    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 [...]

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 [...]

This year Wyldes Noyse present their new program for Xmas Tudor Music Workshops. New tunes, new songs, new dances and new costumes bring a fresh sound and look to the workshops we have been providing to schools across Essex and beyond [...]

Joodoo Drums provide unforgettable interactive drumming workshops for school children of all ages in three main styles: African Drumming : Every child receives a Djembe and we learn traditional African rhythms Brazilian Samba : Each class is turned into a [...]

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.

Meet Themistocles of Athens, Greek warrior, on his way to Mount Olympus to take part in the Ancient Olympic games. He will lead the children on an interactive journey to explore the game’s origins, development over the centuries and why [...]

Specialising in living education, Reptile Life brings your chance to experience the wonder of the animal kingdom. With our hugely diverse animal groups we provide an experience that is hands on, interactive and educational. With the animals we bring and [...]

Drum Jam bring Fun and Energy to any school event! Using our team of expert Facilitators, together we will create rhythms and sing songs that will leave young people and teachers inspired and aware of their own ability to express [...]

I am a qualified archaeologist and experienced local and family historian who has been providing workshops in schools and museums since 1992. I believe it is important for children to be able to investigate and handle real artefacts to bring [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Inta Africa run African drum workshops throughout the uk for schools, charity organisation and festivals. Children love to play drums! We aim to provide fun and educational African drum workshops that will build childrens confidence and self-esteem, whilst illustrating key [...]

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.

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 [...]

Jane Bower Art, Drama, Dance, English  –  Children’s workshops, staff Inset I am a widely experienced and enthusiastic KS1 and 2 teacher, author, artist and actor. I offer practical workshops and Inset to those seeking to develop their skills using [...]

Would you like your child to learn a new language in a fun and exciting way? Popular interactive storytelling and drama party and workshops organiser, The Action Station are applying 13 years experience of engaging children˙s creativity to new Spanish, [...]

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.

Green Up Your Act Education teaches the meaning of sustainability through workshops using a balance of discussion, practical activities and out of class learning. The project˙s main objectives are to enable children to become aware of their own carbon footprint. [...]

‘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 [...]

It’s on rare occasions that students have the opportunity to work with genuine stained glass and when they do, they are fascinated by it.  The glass is imported and some of it is from renovated panels dating back to Victorian [...]

The Junior Chefs Academy has been helping hundreds of schools across the North West to achieve healthy eating status.Their ‘hands on’ cookery workshops promote a healthy attitude to learning about and having fun with food. Junior chefs have a wildly [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  The 25th. Bomb Disposal . Co. Royal Engineers L.H.G. The Group was formed on May 8th 2004 as a non combatant group, to portray the lesser known story on the home front of the Bomb Disposal Companies of the [...]

    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 [...]

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 [...]

  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, [...]

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 [...]

Jim can provide workshops as a one off or several in succession throughout  a school day. These can be combined with a performance for the whole class or a whole school assembley where he can showcase some of his many [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

‘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 [...]

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 [...]

Brilliant interactive and practical art workshops featuring the world’s greatest artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Dali, Warhol etc. Imagine a great artist running a workshop for your children!

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 [...]

Archery4all is exactly that. We supply introductory sessions for schools, youth groups, corporate or private events. In addition we are able to support schools in the formation of an after school club. Sessions can be held indoors or outdoors. We [...]