Keep your students happy and busy in the last week of term with this Easter themed resource. 10 mazes of increasing difficulty. Challenge your students to get to the egg. To make it even more challenging, perhaps give them a time limit! Happy Easter from START!

Are you holding on for the end of term? Are you looking for a printable activity to keep your class happy during the last week of term? This Easter word search might help. A clear, photocopiable resource suitable for all ages. Happy Easter

Updated for 2017-18. This resource provides user friendly background information for teachers and students regarding Bloom's Taxonomy and Growth Mindsets. Also includes an easy to use questionnaire for students so that they can test their own mindset style.

This resource provides a simple, distilled explanation of Bloom's Taxonomy and how the theory can be applied to questioning in the classroom. It is presented in an accessible manner, allowing teachers to grasp the theories quickly. A suitable resource for photocopying and handing out to colleagues to encourage deeper questioning in the classroom. Beneficial to all subjects and levels.

Save time with 20 pages of differentiated comments for Art reports. Suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 student reports. Here is an example: This year NAME has been developing his creative skills through mask making, the dramatic representation of landscapes and artwork relating to recycling. This has allowed NAME to focus on painting, drawing, and 3 dimensional modelling in a range of materials. NAME has performed satisfactorily most of the time but would have benefitted from working harder at disciplines that don’t always come easily, such as drawing. The quality of NAME’s homework usually demonstrates effort and commitment and usually deadlines are met. NAME has shown an openness to try out new techniques which is helping him to improve the standard of his final outcomes. Well done NAME, you should be proud of the progress that you have made this year.

This resource provides a clear, straightforward alternative to the outgoing National Curriculum levels. A simple to use table cross references the new marking system with percentage equivalents. It also demonstrates a "projected grade" approach, linking to the new numeric GCSE grading system.

Save yourself loads of time with this report bank. 20 pages of Art report comments. All fully editable. Simply copy and paste the chosen comments into your reports.

Children love to draw faces but often become frustrated with their work. Faces are difficult to draw, and difficult to teach. This resource provides a simple step by step guide, leading the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 child through the process one bit at a time. They will learn how to use simple guide lines to get the features in the right place. They will also learn they everyone looks different and that hair colour, eye colour and skin colour varies greatly ..... basically, we are all unique. The slide show is self explanatory, reducing the need for you to do lots of preparation. all that is needed are pencils, pencil crayons, paper ...... and children! This resource has been produced by Mael Matthews, internationally exhibiting artist and Head of Art at one of the UK's leading Grammar schools. The resource has been trialled extensively and very successfully in Primary schools through Summer Art Camps run by Mael. also included is a photographic slideshow faces for inspiration. We hope that you enjoy using this resource with your students. Please don't forget to leave feedback ... we value your views.

Have you ever spent time finding images on the internet for students to help provide them with inspiration? This resource might help. Over 500 fully copiable, high quality photographs catalogued into 24 PowerPoint slideshows. Ideal for all ages and most subjects (in particular, Art, Creative Writing, Biology, Geography, Graphic Design). Topic covered include: Autumn Landscapes sea Rust Insects Numbers People Textures Birds Buildings Sky Water patterns Trees Colour Patterns Faces

A clear simple comparison between the current GCSE grades and the new numeric grades. An ideal hand out for staff, students, parents and governors.

This huge resource (154 pages) offers 38 linked lesson plans, leading students through the key elements of Art, Design and Creativity. Each lesson plan provides differentiation, lesson outline, lesson structure, materials required, and homework. Each lesson also provides a photocopiable information sheet for students, written in a student friendly style. Topics covered include drawing styles, observation, abstraction, figure drawing, mask making, sculpture, landscape painting, portraiture, ceramics, colour theory, architecture .... and much more. The lessons have been purposefully written to lead on from each other, allowing students to build upon their ever increasing skills sets through the Key Stage 3 years. The resource has been written by Mael Matthews, experienced Head of Department, Senior Art Moderator and Professional Artist.

Give students a relaxing colouring activity. Evidence suggests that colouring exercises are effective in calming busy minds in both adults and children. Teachers successfully use them in the classroom to help students re focus. Unfortunately most colouring books are prohibitively expensive. This affordable collection of beautiful original drawings is the solution. 65 beautiful mandalas ready for printing out and adding colour. All drawings are original and have been produced by Mael Matthews.

This poster compares the current GCSE grades (A -G) with the new grading system (9 - 1). Suitable as a poster around school or a hand out for staff, students, parents and governors. This resource has been developed by Mael Matthews, experienced teacher and senior examiner for the largest UK examination board. If you have found this resource useful, why not check out our other resources ...... there are over 600 other Art education resources in the shop. You can visit by clicking here Why not follow us by clicking here for regular education news. Please don't forget to leave a comment. We value your views.

This fun form time game challenges teams to respond to slides that describe a person or animal in or on a place or object doing something. One person then draws the scene whilst team mates try to guess. This PowerPoint provides rules, descriptive slides and score card. This is a resource that I have produced to use with my classes this week to give them a well deserved end of term treat. Merry Christmas from Start Creative

Christmas is nearly here .... but we will be handing out the GCSE Art External Task papers as soon as we return in January 2016. Reduce your holiday workload with this resource. These documents provide a structured guide for students, outlining a week by week approach to developing preparatory work and emphasising the importance of fully covering the Assessment Objectives. Included is a checklist to help students keep themselves on track. Also, a visual prompt sheet for analysing the artwork of recognised artists. The resource is provided as a PDF and also as a Word document so that it can be easily edited to suit your school's specific needs. These resources have been devised by Mael Matthews, Senior Art Moderator for the UK's largest Art Exam board.

This "at a glance" resource provides a clear, concise explanation of the new GCSE numeric grading system and how it relates to the present system. A useful photocopiable document to share with colleagues in the run up to the first use of the grades.

Take the pressure off and give the students a Christmas themed treat with this range of Christmas activities .... Included resources are: Christmas pictures colouring sheets Christmas patterns colouring sheets Christmas images for inspiration Christmas clip art Christmas word search A step by step guide to drawing Santa! Make your own Christmas jigsaw Santa and his elves colouring sheets. Happy holidays from Start Creative

30 high quality photographic images with a Christmas theme. A PowerPoint containing easy to copy images suitable for insertion into Christmas cards and presentations.

Christmas is coming and Santa and his Elves need colouring before they can get on with their work! 12 different Elves and Santa himself ready for colouring by Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 students. Merry Christmas! Original drawings by Mael Matthews.

This fun, festive resource provides a step by step visual guide to drawing a picture of Santa Claus. 56 Slides progress from a blank page to a fully coloured Santa. All that children need to do is follow the visual instruction. Each slide shows a little bit more being added to the picture. There is also scope for them to personalise the picture with their own background. They could even use their pictures to make their own Christmas cards. A fun activity to keep younger students engaged and happy in the run up to the holidays. Merry Christmas from Start Creative. See many more resources at https://tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mael