A motivational poster to encourage students to engage with their learning. Supplied as a jpeg for printing at a range of sizes or even inserting into your own documents or slideshows. Ideal for display in your classroom at revision time.

Motivational posters. Why not display these visually stunning posters in your classroom? Each one encourages students to really engage with their learning and maintain an open, growth mind-set. All messages are positive in nature and will really help develop a positive atmosphere in your learning space. All 40 images are provided as jpeg images so that they can be printed at a range of sizes or even inserted into slideshows or your own documents. For speed of download this is a zip file.

A poster to inspire students and encourage a growth mindset. Provided as a jpeg for printing at a range of sizes or inserting into your own docs.

A poster to inspire your students and encourage a growth mindset. Provided as a jpeg for printing at a range of sizes or inserting into your own docs.

Poster to inspire students and encourage a growth mindset. Provided as a jpeg for printing at a range of sizes or inserting into your own docs.

A useful checklist of duties for an Art Technician. The duties are split into daily, weekly and termly. A fully editable resource.

A huge resource (over 40 different downloads) comprising schemes of work, student and staff handbooks, support resources, image banks, marking schemes, policies, report comments, presentations, promotional materials and much more. Everything you need to get an Art Department up and running. The resource pack covers KS3, 4 and 5, but could also be adapted to support Art at Primary level. We value your feedback.

A lesson plan template that allows for quick planning. Prompts will ensure that you cover all the aspects required by Ofsted. Suitable for planning for students of all ages. The resource is provided as a word document for complete editing freedom. Also included is an example completed lesson plan to show how the prompts can be responded to.

A clear, simple to use lesson plan template suitable for use in Primary schools. The template includes prompts to help you plan effectively.

A common sense approach to assessing and feeding back to students now that levels have gone and student targets are usually set based on their performance in subjects other than Art. The focus of this policy is to provide accurate, positive, encouraging feedback and assessment which allows the student to grow as an artist rather than being left feeling that they have failed. This resource has been widely shared and effectively integrated within the Art teaching community. supplied as a PDF and also a Word document for complete freedom to edit to suit your department's particular needs.

30 beautiful photos of Christmas scenes for inspiration and decoration. Merry Christmas!

It’s Christmas! Downloaded over 1000 times globally last Christmas. Updated and improved for 2018 to include a visual round. Get your copy and give students a Christmas challenge with this big, challenging Christmas quiz. 40 questions and 10 visual questions that will really challenge students knowledge about all things to do with Christmas. If you do purchase this resource you can choose another resource from our shop free of charge up to the value of £20. Simply visit our shop, look through the 1000 + resources on offer and email me at maelmatthews@gmail.com. Click here to go to our shop and have a browse! Our little Christmas present to you! This is quite a tricky quiz and has been written with Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 in mind. Provided in easy to print list form and also as a visually festive slideshow with a slide per question so that questions can be displayed on the whiteboard. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Start Education!

Ideal form time fun for the last week of term. This fun "Who, What, Where" game challenges teams to respond to slides that describe a particular scene. 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. You might also like to give students a challenging Christmas quiz. Click here to go to the Big Christmas Quiz! Merry Christmas from Start Education!

I have been producing educational resources for just under 3 years. Last year my Art resources were the most downloaded globally and sales are continuing to rise. I have developed a twitter following of over 12,600 (@maelhmatthews) which is helping to promote resources further. This document might help you develop your own brand. Clear, unambiguous advice based on my own experiences. Themes covered in the resource include; the use of social media to promote your resources pricing communicating with buyers time management keeping the right side of copyright and other laws choosing the right topics developing a brand identity Choosing the right "look" for your resources. Managing feedback comments..... and much more. This document outlines a philosophy which is working for me and it might help you develop your own way forward. Good luck!

Four different resources focussing on friends and friendships. Ideal for older KS2 and younger KS3 students. Use these resources when you want to encourage positive friendships. Included are: A quiz about friendships to encourage students to consider what type of friend they are. A lesson plan and supporting resources on bullying A writing frame encouraging students to consider their friendships An activity encouraging positive relationships and warning against unhealthy friendships.