Why not praise your students with this Christmas “thank you” colouring certificate? A high quality image that can’t be printed onto paper or thin card and handed to deserving students in the last week of term. They can either take it home to colour or do it in school as an end of term activity.

Two fun activities for KS2 and 3. A step by step guide to drawing Santa Claus and a collection of photocopiable colouring sheets depicting Santa and his elves.

This Unit of Work provides 4 linked lesson plans that guide teaching of skills and techniques associated with color and abstraction. Each lesson plan is broken down into how the work will be assessed, the structure of the lesson, cross curricular links, homework and resources required. Also included for each lesson is a photocopiable information sheet for students, which is written in a student friendly manner. This resource is ideal for Middle School students.

Get ready for Easter with this coloring book. 20 original images suitable for younger children. A great way you get your classroom decorated!

A visual summer themed quiz for primary aged children. Questions with images which can be shown slide by slide to children. Suitable as a fun filler activity at the end of a busy year.

Check out this science word-search for Key Stage 1. STEM vocabulary for younger primary school students. Provided as a jpeg for easy printing and insertion into your own documents. The focus is "Weather".

Are you bogged down with report writing? This will help. 22 pages full of comments suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 Art student reports. Comments cover the full range of abilities and are fully editable. A useful resource for busy Art teachers who require report writing inspiration or just a bit of help with report structures. Provided as a Word document so that comments can be copied and edited.

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!

Have some Christmas fun with this quiz. 75 Christmas themed questions over 3 rounds. A general Christmas knowledge round, a visual round and a Christmas facts, true or false round. Provided as 3 separate slideshows so that you can either choose to run the whole quiz or pick one section of it if time is tight. Ideal for Primary School and Secondary School students. 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 stating which resource you would like. I will then email you your choice. It’s our Christmas present to you! Click here to go to our shop and have a browse! Merry Christmas from Start Education!

Are you worried about the new 1 to 9 GCSE Art gradings being used at the end of the academic year? This slideshow might help. An example of a grade 8 - 9 GCSE sketchbook. This example is work produced by a boy. The work fully covers all four Assessment Objectives and demonstrates high levels of skill and understanding. Ideal as a guide for students and teachers alike.

This lesson by lesson scheme of work introduces students to a wide variety of drawing styles and techniques. The lessons build towards a final outcome. Artist references, materials list, health and safety and homework are all included. Ideal for Key Stage 3.

A wide range of Art report comments for KS3, 4 and 5

If you want to challenge your students to decide if hilarious statements about Christmas are true or false, check out this quiz! A quiz in slideshow format that is accessible to all. 25 Christmas related statements that simply need students to decide whether they are "True" or "False". The true statements are as unbelievable as the false ones! I have used this with my form group and it worked really well as a fun (and funny) end of term treat. Be warned ... students will contest the truth of some of the statements! This resource actually works for all ages ... right up to adults. Have a wonderful Christmas break when it arrives.