🌟 Are you looking for hands-on creative workshops to spark children's curiosity and to ignite their learning? 🌟 We are offering a limited number of FREE workshops to support the great work you and your team are doing to support children in education.
Do you want to support the excellent work your teachers are doing, by providing co-curricular-based learning opportunities?
With over twenty years of providing creative workshops to over 1.5 million children and families, The Creation Station team are here to help you achieve these goals.
As the UK's MOST recommended children's activity provider you can rest assured that the workshops will be educationally valuable as well as LOVED by your pupils and your team. Our team of 100+ Creation Station leaders are DBS checked, first aid and health and safety trained and we cover most of the UK.
Below are some examples of the workshops we can provide you.
To apply for one of a limited number of FREE workshops, please contact us with details of your school, your postcode and the type of workshop you would like us to run for you.
Children’s Mental Health Week In February
It’s been a challenging time for many pupils who are struggling with the pressure of everyday life.
The NHS report: ‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020’ reported that 1 in 6 children aged 5 – 16 are likely to have a mental health problem.
Here’s how The Creation Station is supporting pupils with a free positive mental health ‘Let's Connect’ workshop in collaboration with Children’s Mental health week during February.
The free creative ‘Let's Connect’ workshop helps children thrive by making connections in healthy, rewarding and meaningful ways.
The workshop includes hands-on creative fun activities, to help your pupils achieve the following:
- Build connections with other pupils and the wider world
- Relationships: Strengthen friendships and create new friendships
- Enhance their wellbeing
Enhance children’s positive mental health in your school with a free ‘Let's Connect’ workshop.
World Book Day Workshops- March
The National Literacy trust state that the recent disruption to education is likely to leave a long legacy, particularly for children and young people from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. In their September 2022 report, they found that only 1 in 2 (52.4%) children aged 5 to 8 said that they read daily, while 1 in 13 (7.7%) say they never read at all.
The Creation Station is supporting pupils with fun and interactive reading and comprehension [or writing] activities with a free ‘‘Once Upon A Picture’ workshop as part of World Book day activities.
The creative workshops help children learn to love reading by being inspired by a book and discovering how to create their own unique bookmark
The workshop includes hands-on creative fun activities, to help your pupils achieve the following :
- Increased vocabulary range and spelling
- Reading comprehension
- Love of reading to help progress their learning
Enhance children’s love of literacy in your school with a ‘Once Upon A Picture' workshop.
National Numeracy Day In May
We know the importance of offering pupils a range of opportunities to support their understanding of basic numeracy.
In a report by the University of Exeter and University College London, half of pupils who fail English and Maths GCSEs were behind as five-year-olds.
The Creation Station is supporting pupils with a free ‘Arty Number Party’ workshop as part of National Numeracy day in collaboration with the National Numeracy Association.
‘Arty Number Party’ workshops help children understand and work with numbers in their day-to-day life to spark better opportunities and brighter futures.
The workshop includes hands-on creative fun activities, to help your pupils achieve the following:
- Understand that numbers help us with everyday activities.
- Practical use of numbers in money, weights, multiplication and division
- Collaborate with others to problem solve
Engage more pupils in practical use of numbers within your school with an Arty Number Party’ workshop.
World Space Week In October - ‘Robotic Space Explorer’ Workshops
Women represent half of the UK workforce yet only 22 per cent of people working in STEM jobs in the UK are female.
UNESCO recognise that schools play a central role in determining girls’ interest in STEM subjects but we know that some schools struggle to engage girls in STEM.
The Creation Station is engaging more girls into STEM with ‘Robotic Space Explorer’ workshops as part of space week during October 2023.
The activities are co-curricular embracing parts of the primary National Curriculum and guidance objectives for Key Stages 1 and 2
The creative ‘Robotic Space Explorer’ workshop helps engage more girls in STEM by:
- Enabling them to use their creative skills
- Providing them with a collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Observing closely, using simple equipment
- Using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
- Compare how things move on different surfaces (Key stage 2)
Enhance children’s understanding and love of science with a free ‘Robotic Space Explorer’ workshop.
Anti-Bullying Workshop in November
We know that many children are concerned about bullying.
Bullying behaviour is the main concern for children aged eleven years or under, who have called Childline (20% of calls).
The Creation Station team area supporting pupils with an ‘Anti-Bullying’ workshop in collaboration with the Anti-Bullying Alliance, during Anti-Bullying week in November.
The free ‘Colours of Kindness’ workshop helps children reduce bullying by making connections, thinking about acts of kindness and in healthy, rewarding and meaningful ways.
The workshop includes hands-on creative fun activities, to help your pupils achieve the following:
- to recognise how their behaviour affects other people
- to listen to other people, and play and work cooperatively
- to identify and respect the differences and similarities between people
- understand there are different types of teasing and bullying, that bullying is wrong, and how to get help to deal with bullying.
Enhance children’s stand for Anti-Bullying in your school with a ‘Colours of Kindness’ workshop.
As part of our ‘Creation Station World’ of engaging activities, we also provide the following;
- Home Schooling activities
- Assemblies
- Enrichment events
- PPA cover
- Lunch Clubs
- After School Clubs
- Support for your Parent Association fundraising
- Teacher well-being creative activities
Here are some examples of other activities we deliver;
"Around the world" School workshops and Home Schooling activities
Help to discover the wonders of the world
Here is an overview of some of the most popular around the world creative school workshops:
Activities
Reception - China – Dragon puppets
- Year 1 - Africa – African Tribal masks
- Year 2 - India – Rice mandalas
- Year 3 - The Amazon – Peruvian Rain Sticks
- Year 4 - Mexico – create an Animalito
- Year 5 - Aboriginal Art – Digeridoos
- Year 6 - Japan – Blossom trees/Geisha Dolls
Key Skills/curriculum links
As well as providing enrichment activities, workshops can support topic work, enhance art weeks and also link to relevant curriculums.
- EYFS: Prime areas - PSED, Communication and Language
- Specific Areas – Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
- National Curriculum: KS1/2: Geography; Art and Design
"Art-astic" School workshops and Home Schooling activities
Be inspired by creative explorations of nature
Here is an overview of some of the most popular Art-tastic creative school workshops:
Activity
- Reception Bugs and Beasties – bug houses and beasties
- Year 1 Bird Life – paper spun egg birds and bird feeders
- Year 2 Watch me grow – mini-window greenhouses
- Year 3 Animal Antics – Roarsome poly egg creatures
- Year 4 The Deep Blue Sea – underwater world and willow fish
- Year 5 Leafy Luminaries - lanterns
- Year 6 The Changing Seasons – creating a seasons tree
Key Skills/curriculum links
As well as providing enrichment activities, workshops can support topic work, enhance art weeks and also link to relevant curriculums.
- EYFS: Prime areas - PSED, Communication and Language
- Specific Areas – Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
- National Curriculum: KS1/2: Art and Design; Science; Geography
“Art of Science” School Workshops and Home Schooling activities
Get creative with art and science after-school clubs and workshops
workshops:
Activities
- Reception - Whirligigs
- Year 1 - Gloop, glorious gloop!
- Year 2 - Wind catchers
- Year 3 - Exploring absorption – marvellous rainbows
- Year 4 - Computers and binary code keyrings
- Year 5 - The solar system – marbling planets
- Year 6 - Force and reaction – gliding robots
Key Skills/curriculum links
As well as providing enrichment activities, workshops can support topic work, enhance art weeks and also link to relevant curriculums.
- EYFS: Prime areas - Communication and Language
- Specific Areas – Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
- National Curriculum: KS1/2: Science; Art and Design
"Out of this world" School workshops and Home Schooling activities
The creative 'Out of this World' programme provides an enrichment opportunity for children.
We work with schools to help spark children's natural curiosity and learn by doing.
The Creation Station 'Out of this World' school workshops have been developed to support children at different ages and stages.
Here is an overview of some of the most popular art of science creative school workshops:
Activity
- Reception - Alien headdresses
- Year 1 - Out of this world clay creations
- Year 2 - Aliens from outer space
- Year 3 - Magical mythical consequences
- Year 4 - Twist and bend far out sculptures
- Year 5 - Fingerprint aliens
- Year 6 - Day and night
Key Skills/curriculum links
As well as providing enrichment activities, workshops can support topic work, enhance art weeks and also link to relevant curriculums.
- EYFS: Prime areas - PSED, Communication and Language
- Specific Areas – Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
- National Curriculum: KS1/2: Science; Art and Design
Key Skills/curriculum links
As well as providing enrichment activities, workshops can support topic work, enhance art weeks and also link to relevant curriculums.
- EYFS: Prime areas - PSED, Communication and Language
- Specific Areas – Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design.
- National Curriculum: KS1/2: Science; Art and Design
Play-Doh “Fantasy Island” School workshop and Home Schooling activities
Fantasy Island - Get Creative And Model Your Own Island.
For children in the EYFS, these activities have the prime areas of learning linked to self-confidence and self-awareness. This has specific areas of learning linked to 'Expressive Arts and Design' and 'Being Imaginative'.
For children in Key Stage One, the national curriculum areas of learning are 'Human and Physical Geography'.
Play-Doh “Selfie Time” School workshop and Home Schooling activities
Play-DohSelfie Time School Workshops Support Children To Explore And Develop Their Ideas, Thoughts And Designs Around Self-Awareness Topics.
For children in the EYFS, these activities have the prime areas of learning linked to managing feelings and behaviour. The specific areas of learning are linked to 'Expressive Arts and Design' and 'Exploring and Using Media and Materials.
For children in Key Stage one, the national curriculum areas of learning are 'Personal, Social and Emotional Development with the core themes of 'Health and Wellbeing.
Play-Doh “Animal Antics” School workshop and Home Schooling activities
Animal Antics School Workshops Cover The Following Key Skills:
For children in the EYFS, these activities have the prime areas of learning linked to 'Communication and Language', developing skills to speak and listen in a range of situations. The specific areas of learning are linked to 'Understanding the World' to help children explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment.
For children in Key Stage One, the national curriculum areas of learning are linked to science – to identify, name, describe and compare a variety of common animals.
Fun "Slime Making" School Workshops and Home Schooling activities
Creative and safe slime making fun
Getting the kids involved in fun and safe, slime-making sessions couldn't be any easier.
Kids will love the range of activities and ideas they can get involved in. As with all Creation Station activities, you can rest assured that the items we use have been tested to be safe and suitable for children aged four years plus. The recipe we use contains the minimum amount of diluted Boron and is under the European Union safety limit of 300mg/kg.
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