Start Art Education provides a wide range of resources spanning a variety of subject areas. Resources are written by an experienced educator with 20 years of Art teaching in secondary schools behind him. He also has a wide range of other specialisms including Design Technology, PSHE, Citizenship, Physical Education and Early Years teaching.
Start Art Education provides a wide range of resources spanning a variety of subject areas. Resources are written by an experienced educator with 20 years of Art teaching in secondary schools behind him. He also has a wide range of other specialisms including Design Technology, PSHE, Citizenship, Physical Education and Early Years teaching.
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.
Are you taking students to an art gallery? If so, this resource might help. It explains to students how to behave in a gallery setting and how to really get the best from the experience. A series of tasks ensure that students fully engage with the artwork and collect valuable information through note taking, photography and sketching that can then be expanded upon once back in the classroom. Ideal for Key Stage 3 and GCSE Art students. The resource is print friendly and can be given to students as a work book to use in the gallery. 17 pages.
You don’t need a lesson plan … you need a planned lesson! So cut through all the unnecessary hoop jumping with these simple, quick planning sheets. Simply print them off and scribble down your thoughts in the prompt spaces. All relevant areas are covered. This resource also encourages “dynamic” planning - changing things as you go. Space is provided for jotting down thoughts as the lesson progresses.
Provided as a PDF and also as a Word document so that you can type into it if you really want to … but sometimes a biro note is far more effective!
An easy to photocopy colouring sheet with a St. David's Day theme. A Welsh Dragon for students to add colour to. Suitable as an extension activity or as a quick starter to introduce the story of St. David.
ENGLAND are through to the quarter finals! Engage students with the FIFA Russia World Cup with these 5 colouring sheets. Students can decide which country they are supporting and colour their pictures to reflect this. Faces have been left blank so that they can draw the face of their favourite player, or even draw their own face! Supplied as a PDF file and also as a Word document so that pictures can be extracted and placed into your own documents.
This “at a glance” guide to the history of Art can be used to support A Level Art students during their studies. It is intended as a starting point for students. They can then continue their study through library research and use of the internet. The resource has been produced to be print friendly. This resource is fully compatible with the new A level Art specification.
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 "States of matter".
A big, fun Easter quiz that is suitable for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5. 25 questions covering religious and non religious themes. Provided in a clear, easy to photocopy format with questions on one page and answers on another. It can, of course also be projected onto a whiteboard if preferred.
Ideal for the last day of term, when students (and perhaps teachers) have just about run out of energy.
Why not check out these Easter resources too? https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/easter-activities-11526945
We hope that you have a happy Easter holiday when it arrives…
A quick, easy sheet to print out for students when you need a cover lesson in a hurry. The sheet provides a gridded photograph and a blank grid. Students are then challenged to draw the image using the grid to help them.
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.
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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 "push and pull".
This resource provides 5 individual visual resources:
1. Advice for Newly Qualified Teachers - a mind map of information to help and support NQTs
2. Art and Design Cross Curricular Links
3. Colours in 5 different languages. Ideal for display in classrooms, demonstrating crosss curricular links.
4. The Art and Design Process - A mind map for display in classrooms or for use as a handout for students.
5. The Golden Ratio - An information sheet demonstrating the links between Art and Maths.
Get your students off to a flying start with this fully editable 40 slide PowerPoint. The following information is provided for each of the 8 exam questions:
1. Possible starting points
2. An array of supporting photographic images for inspiration
3. A list of all critical and contextual studies documented in the questions, each one hyperlinked to a supporting website
4. Hyperlinks to an extensive range of other relevant artwork for each question
Questions covered are Childhood memories, Windows, Letters and words, Industrial landscapes, Collections, Events and issues, Cultural influences, Dynamism and movement.
Also included is a generic step by step sketchbook guide which can be edited to suit any of the exam questions. Useful for supporting struggling candidates to cover all four assessment objectives.
Also a range of photographic image files to provide even further support. Simply pass on the document to students and ask them to use the images and links to begin to develop their preparatory work.
Good luck to you and your students at this important and busy time.
The European Football Tournament has started. Join the celebrations by allowing your students to design their own football kit. They can use the templates provided to add patterns and colours.
Perhaps they would like to design a new kit for their own team or simply add colour to represent their chosen nation?
An ideal activity for form time or simply as a bit of fun at the end of a busy day. Suitable for KS2 and KS3.
Whichever team you and your students are supporting, good luck and enjoy the tournament!
A quick, easy sheet to print out for students when you need a cover lesson in a hurry. The sheet provides a gridded photograph and a blank grid. Students are then challenged to draw the image using the grid to help them.
It’s that time again when you have to justify your department’s A level results. You might find that your ALPs score is poor. This is possibly due to the fact that it is much harder to get a high ALPs score for Art than for many other subjects. This resource explains why. This information might help you present a strong rationale for the grading.
