CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Old Vic Pen Pals
Sign up your school for Old Vic Pen Pals and give your students the opportunity to connect with community members aged 60+. Responding to creative challenges by email, letter and calls will offer lots of reading, writing and speaking practice.
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Renga: collaborative poetry
An inspiring icebreaker from The Young Poets Network that introduces your pupils to haiku, couplets...and each other! It could even be a whole class challenge!
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Corali’s Dance and Arts Challenge
Are you up for the Corali challenge? Corali, Lambeth's leader in dance created by artists with learning disabilities, take you through some simple and inspiring dance activities exploring movement and creative expression.
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Life Under the Sea
Can you imagine what it would be like to live at the bottom of the sea? The Imperial War Museum interviews Ed from the Royal Navy who tells us all about what it’s like to work on a submarine and spend months living deep beneath the waves.
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Share your Shakespeare
Have fun with Shakespeare and help your students feel more comfortable and confident exploring and expressing the Bard. Film or photograph favourite quotes, speeches and moments and share with the RSC.
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Poetry Academy
The National Literacy Trust brings you a wealth of writing tutorials for all ages from top poets. Find out about different poetry forms, get writing prompts, performance tips, and learn how to edit poems.
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My Dear New Friend
The National Literacy Trust know that children who write letters regularly are more likely to be more confident writers and have more positive attitudes to writing. This project connects your pupils to people living in care homes so you can support their literacy while they brighten someones day!
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Drama at school
London Bubble brings you a great pack of easily accessible drama games for KS1...and every one comes with it's own social distance guidelines!
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Calling all budding astronauts!
Great Zlod, the friendly leader of Mars, has invited your pupils to visit his planet! Zlod wants them to design their own Space Pod to get there! What will it look like? Where is the toilet? It's time to design!
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National Theatre online
Give your students the best seats in the house with the very best of British theatre streamed in the classroom or at home. Over 30 theatre productions: Small Island, Frankenstein, Romeo & Juliet and many more.
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Make a Protest Poster
There's a lot to say right now, so the Tate is taking you through how to make a sign showing what is important to you. Put a positive message out into the world!
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Homework for Punks
Get familiar with some of the iconic artists that have played the Roundhouse stage – Bowie, Blondie and the Ramones – whilst covering curriculum areas such as Media, English and History along the way. For age 11+.
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ROH resource hub
Discover, explore and immerse your classroom in the world of opera, ballet and theatrecraft through the Royal Opera House’s bespoke resource hub for teachers.
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Squish the Fish A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed specially for children aged 3+ (15 mins)
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Make your own Ear Gongs
The Science Museum shows you how to make surprising and intriguing sounds with just a metal coat hanger (or spoon) and string.
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Look Up!
Listen to Puffin Books story of hilarious, science-mad chatterbox, Rocket. Then children can draw-along with Illustrator Dapo Adeola, as he shows you in six easy steps how to draw Luna the Cat from Look Up!
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