Would you like to improve Art and DT in your school? Does teaching Art and DT fill your teachers with dread? Do you want to update or change your curriculum? If you need support then the Art-Room is here to help you.
Art INSET Training for Primary Schools
Join our engaging inset training for primary school teachers . Discover creative strategies and techniques to inspire your students and foster a love for art in the curriculum!
Contact us to arrange a personalised training session for your school. Training is interactive, with lots of practical ideas and advice to use in the classroom.
For a practical, hands-on session, we can visit your school. All you need to do is pick the topics you would like to cover, finalise a date and select a full day, half day or twilight session.
Here is the list of topics we cover:
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Sketching techniques (includes advice on still life, landscapes and portrait drawing)
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Painting (using watercolour, acrylic, mixing paints, applying different painting effects)
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Working with clay
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Textiles (weaving, embroidery, collage, batik, tie-dye)
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Printing
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Using sketchbooks
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Studying artists and architects
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Fun and engaging starter activities
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Improving speaking and listening through art
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Five Steps for a successful DT unit
Staff Wellbeing - Willow Weaving
We also offer staff meetings and Inset sessions focused on wellbeing where staff can sit back and relax and learn to weave with willow. Everyone will make something to take home with them.
Willow Weaving for well-being Inset
Artwork from the new curriculum working in conjunction with Eastfield Primary Academy
Need inspiration teaching art? Click on the pencil to view our downloadable art lesson plans.
Bradfield Dungworth Primary School
Read our latest review from an INSET session in October following social distancing guidelines.
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"Staff really looked forward to our twilight session and feedback showed that they weren't disappointed."
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"Hands on and nice to have a go without the children."
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"We liked gaining the confidence in what we do and will do."
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Eastfield Primary Academy
"It was a pleasure to work with Christine. She was patient and supportive when we came to her with a bespoke request to create a new art curriculum for the whole school."
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St John the Baptist R C Primary School
"We enjoyed developing the skill of sketching and the different techniques we can model to pupils."
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"Very practical, informal, enjoyable, relevant."
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"We now have a more coherent curriculum, which has a clear rationale behind it. There is a clear overview, from which all teachers are planning. This ensures that there is appropriate breadth and balance in the curriculum."
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