Nature inspired art by children Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre by the bedside on the wards at QMC. Wonderful engagement, pride and empowered children building self confidence and resilience 🥰🤩

Exploring transparency/opaque and light/shadow with children on the wards Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre at QMC 🤩 Torches, lights, tissue paper, glue, and textures. Lots of lovely chats and questions from curious students #CreativityCollaborativesNottm #CreativeChoice #HolisticCreativity

Provocations for play, invitations to explore. Curious Tots sessions as part of the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity with Chilwell and Eastwood Children’s centres. Early Years children and families being creatively curious together Ignite!

Exciting start of a new project Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre working with Gateway group to inject some creativity into the Functional skills qualification. This YP loves traditional portraits (& is a fab artist) she will create a 3D piece based on her sketch, to present #engaging #CCNottm

Looking forward to getting my copy of this book by Emily Wensley Author 🤩🥰

If you're at a loose end tonight, why not join us in #NewarkUponTrent for the Writing for Wellbeing Workshop at Tree Juice Bar. Book your tickets on the link below or turn up & pay on the door! tickettailor.com/events/treeofw…

Pupils at Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre Primary Pathways made Zine style books for #WorldBookDay They created stories, comics or scrap books unique to them, & discussed their favourite books & characters during the making process with parents too 📖 🎨 #CreativityCollaborativesNottm

Sci/Art creative fusion for Carlton Digby SEND school STEM week. Using my favourite materials for sensory exploration with Nottingham Contemporary #STEAM #STEMweek #SciArt #SensoryExploration

Fabulous morning Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre primary group. We worked in collaboration to build a den, focusing on resilience. Once constructed we sat inside the den making sensory lanterns and affirmation messages to hang. 🤩💪

KS2 Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre built mini dens adding a mini figure to transform the scale of the model. We then created pin & string art inspired by the Spirograph from last week. Combining Art & STEM creatively. Inspiring further maths/science ideas for teachers. #Creative #STEAM #T4C

Really enjoyed the sharing event for the Making & Believing project with Take Art Derby Theatre great to speak on the panel about my experiences, hear Susan Young also @sueyoung.bsky.social ‘s findings, see my illustrations & speak to like minded early years professionals Supersparkleco Richard Tomlinson

Had a lovely art day focusing on wellbeing at Ashover Primary School with the whole school from nursery to Year 6. We explored silk painting, with a nature theme, and let our imaginations be as creative as we want, encouraging happy accidents. They are beautiful! 🤩

Enjoyed seeing the spark of creativity in pupils Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre exploring creative habits of learning. From one STEAM starting point & freedom to experiment so much self directed learning occurs. Deepening of understanding, Collaboration, Innovation 🤩 #CreativityCollabotatives

Wonderful day Beardall Head Primary School as part of careers week. I shared my journey of being an artist and we created a collaborative collage of careers the pupils might want in their future. Such a lovely day and wonderful school 🤩

Bumped into Lee Upton taking James Robinson on a day out! First flag seen in the wild on our first Glasto ever! Chris Moyles Pippa Taylor Tarrant Chris Longman Dominic Byrne Radio X #Glastonbury #glastonbury2024 #flags #CheekyLittleWizard

Fabulous day at the Summer Festival Hospital and Home Education Learning Centre - crafts, cakes, ice cream, pizza, music, tombola, glitter tattoos and superheroes here for the kids to have a day out when they can’t go out. A real party feel 🎉 🥰 #QMC #ChildrensHospital #SummerFestival #ChildrensFestival

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More kites flying around Arboretum Park in Derby as part of their family fun day with @derbycc & Derby Theatre Sharing information on #MakingItREAL a literacy project with @national_childrens_bureau A fun day out! 🪁 ☀️

Dioramas being created by families today Erewash Museum for story characters. Who would you make your house for? 🐻 📖 🎨 🏠

Lovely first session on this exciting project 🤩