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Classroom Ideas

Classroom Ideas

Curious Monday (or Curious Anyday!)

Curiosity is the oxygen of creativity. It drives us to question, develop new ideas and solve problems.

A child in a red shirt sits on a white blanket, pointing at a book illustration of a rocket launching into space. The rocket image shows flames coming from its engines.

How to find out what’s already going well

If you are inspired by some of the examples on Creativity Exchange and want to develop creative thinking in your own school, a great place to start is by finding out what is already going well.

In a classroom, a teacher in a dark blazer and white shirt stands beside a wooden table, high-fiving a student in a striped sweater. The student is seated with notebooks and pencils in front of them. Another student sits at the same table, writing in a notebook. A large window in the background lets in natural light and shows some greenery outside.

Embracing constraints in lockdown

Jon Nicholls, Director of Arts & Creativity at Thomas Tallis School explores the relationship between creativity and freedom

Collage featuring a central cutout of an elephant's face on a red background, with a person in colorful traditional clothing on the left and another person in dark clothing partially obscured by foliage on the right, set against abstract red and blue shapes.

Teaching creativity in a ‘locked-down’ society - Get Up And Do!

Emma Jane Aubrey, Headteacher of Dowdales School in Cumbria, shares her ideas for teaching for creativity during lockdown

Collage of twelve clear glasses showing colorful density column experiments with layered liquids in red, green, blue, yellow, brown, and clear. Some glasses contain beads or fruit pieces suspended at different levels. Central image includes the text 'Amazing density columns.