A-Z of Activities

Need an idea for your Family Learning Week event? Our list below could be just the ticket with activity ideas. You could be running an African drumming session in no time!

You can choose to do one of these or come up with something that suits your objectives, whatever you're doing please let us know by registering your event.

Please note the Campaign for Learning advise that you carry out a risk assessment before running an activity, either check with your health & safety advisor or go to the HSE website for more information.

A B C D E/F G/H I/J/K L/M
N/O P/Q R S T/U V/W X/Y/Z

Please note: this page will be updated regularly.

A

Arts and crafts activities - creative activities
Around the Word - literacy activity

B

Bio-bottles - environmental activity
Family fun with birds - environmental activity book for families
Book swaps - information and ideas

C


D

Working with dads/ male carers - information and ideas
Drawing Games - creative activity
Drawing Together - Making a storyboard and animating your drawing
Draw! - Drawing exercises for all


E/F

Easy cook recipes - cooking activities
Eggbox - science activities
Family history - information on online archiving
Funkyfitness - wellbeing activity

G/H
Healthy Sailors - wellbeing activity

I/J/K


L/M
My Spaces - creative activity
Magicbox - science activities
Making Mini-me:  Make a whole family of sculptures! - creative activity
Making Mummies and Sarcophagi  - creative activity

N/O

P/Q
Get arty with photography - creative activity

R
Ready, Steady, Cleanse... - wellbeing activity
Rhymetime

S
Skills for Life
Shopping Around - numeracy activity
Shadow Puppets - literacy activity
Shape Game - numeracy activity
Simple Steps to Health - wellbeing activity
Shy Drawing, Loud Drawing - Drawing inspired by feeling quiet, or feeling loud!
Sculpture Chain: Making extraordinary sculpture out of ordinary objects- creative activity

T/U


V/W
Woodland Walk - log book
World War II BBC People's War - activity pack
Working with Withies: Making large and small scale sculpture out of bendy sticks - creative activity

X/Y/Z