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Art and Design Workshops for Schools

Creative arts and performing arts

Looking for art workshops that bring creativity directly into your UK school for inspiring hands-on sessions?

Art workshops delivered in-school feature drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and mixed media projects, encouraging self-expression, technique development, and links to history or science topics while giving every child a chance to shine artistically.

The art themed workshops on this page are designed to allow your children to explore their creativity and self expression. These workshops often cover a wide range of topics including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, collage, graffiti, theatre, drama, dance, beatboxing, DJing and music, allowing children to explore different forms of artistic expression.

These workshops offer plenty of opportunity to get their hands messy with different media, or get energetic with movement. Topics may also include exploring famous artists and artistic movements, helping your budding artists to further their understanding of art history.

These hands on art workshops include activities that not only encourage them to work on their artistic flair, but also encourage them to think critically, to problem solve and to tell stories with their work. The workshop companies who run these courses will help make are fun, engaging and meaningful.

The value of these workshops to children extends beyond developing technical skills, they also help with confidence and self expression, allow them to think imaginatively and to express themselves confidently.

Find a workshop to visit your school to learn about following Art topics: Animation, Bookbinding, Comics, Craft, Design, Drawing, History of Art, Multimedia, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Urban Arts, and more.

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Popular school workshop July 2026 !

Alice through the looking Glass

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Art Join Alice on an adventure through the looking glass and enter a fun space to gently explore complex themes of friendship, resilience, and wellbeing.

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Educational Dance Workshops
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All of our workshops help bring the subject to life, mainly through movement and dance and includes spacial awareness and build on confidence.
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Rosa Parks-A Time for Change
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Explore what America was like in the 1950's, with our 10 second picture game Through improvisation, act out Rosa's story and discuss what sparks a 'movement' Create a 'time line' of ordinary people who have done extraordinary things Act out Rosa's story and perform a poem about her life
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Seaside Holidays of the Past
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Drama days and workshops are a great way for children to make memories and retain topic information for years to come! Drama is a great way to explore History topics, allowing children to learn...
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Arctic and Antarctic
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to ensure your chosen topic is as accessible and engaging as possible for your pupils.
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Decades Dance Workshops
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All of our workshops help bring the subject to life, mainly through movement and dance and includes spacial awareness and build on confidence.
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Anglo Saxons
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Rainforests - Above and beyond the Canopy
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Olympic Games
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Toy Making Experience Days
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Although our Toy Making Experience days have a strong Design Technology element, there is complete scope for the children to express their creativity on their toys. We advise them to create their design first and then apply colour, however the methodology and design is completely up to the pupil.
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Space Travel
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At The Drama Hut all of our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, group activities, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Safer Internet Day Workshops
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Our approach to education uses theatre and drama to bring learning to life for students on important topics. In our online safety workshops students take part in role-play activities to help them to apply new skills and strategies to stay safe online.
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Stone Age
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Anti-Bullying Workshops - Online
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OpenView Education are a team of professional performers who are also subject specialists. Drama is embedded throughout our approach and delivery. All online anti-bullying workshops and shows are full interactive. Students will take part in role-play and group activities.
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The Great Fire of London
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Roald Dahl
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All of our activities are designed to support children's learning in Drama and Performing Arts. Through carefully planned activities and exercises, children use their bodies and voices expressively, develop their imaginations and learn new theatrical vocabulary.
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Black History KS2
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Flamenco & Spanish Dance
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to...
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Shang Dynasty
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All our workshops use drama, dance and/or movement to stimulate learning and capture children's imaginations. Our team of performing arts professionals have a range of activities up their sleeve to ensure your chosen topic is as accessible and engaging as possible for your pupils.
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Anglo Saxon Workshop
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Hands-On Building Workshops For KS2 to fit in with the curriculum on Settlers & Invaders. Complimenting our Viking Longboat workshop and Roman Villa. Pupils build a Saxon Roundhouse 6m in diameter, 3m high, large enough for them to all occupy
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WW1 Workshop
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Our workshops include tailored, fully interactive, drama games, role play, teamwork exercises, songs, movement and more, led by a professional costumed actor.
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Four subjects to take outdoors this summer term

We’ve reached that point in the academic year where lessons need freshening up, and taking learning outdoors is the perfect way to add excitement to National Curriculum topics. Take a read and...

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Theatre Workout is a unique company, spanning the education, theatre, and travel industries, creating unique opportunities for schools to engage with creativity and culture first-hand. Their energy, passion, and expertise has won...

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