We run creative and engaging 60 – 90 minute workshops for up to eight referred boys and girls to feel safe, seen, soothed and secure. These sessions have worked well for children on the autistic spectrum and provide a safe space to make friends and explore creativity through animation, craft and digital tools!
Our Animation Workshops include:
What Does Kindness Look Like?
An alien-themed animation workshop where children create characters and use paper-cutout stop-motion animation techniques to make short films about kindness. Most suitable for Year 4 and Year 5 students who love arts and crafts and storytelling. A session for children to boost self-confidence, social skills, and friendship, as well as ICT skills.
What Does Doing Good Look Like?
A monster themed workshop where children will create characters and use paper-cutout stop-motion animation techniques to make short films about doing good deeds. Most suitable for Year 4 and Year 5 students who love arts and crafts and storytelling. Aims to boost self-confidence, social skills, and community spirit, as well as ICT skills.
Thinking Out Of The Hat:
Story-telling with puppets workshop. Children will draw three prompt words out of a hat to inspire a short story. They will make puppets out of card, split pins, sticks, and perform their story as a group to their friends. Most suitable for Year 5, Year 6, and Year 7 students who love arts and crafts, storytelling and drama. Aims to boost teamwork, creativity, and storytelling/English skills.
Create-A-Pillar Craft Workshop:
The group will create segments of a sensory snake. Each child will fill a segment template with colours, doodles, and textures that represent who they are and what they enjoy. At the end, all of the segments are connected together. Most suitable for students up to Year 4 who love arts and crafts and working with their hands. This workshop will specifically aim for a quiet working environment to better accommodate SEN students. Aims to boost self-confidence and self-expression through art.
Strike a Pose! – Drawing Workshop:
Children will take turns to strike funny poses and make funny faces which their friends have to draw on their whiteboards in only 10-20 seconds! Most suitable for Year 5 and above students who love to draw. Aims to boost self-confidence and drawing skills.
Traditional Paper Animation Workshop:
Children will use pencils and paper to draw 2 frame animations of a character dancing. Afterwards, the frames will be photographed and compiled into GIFs. Most suitable for Year 5 and above students who love to draw. Aims to boost creativity and drawing skills.
Mkutano huu unajumuisha mafunzo ya 60 hadi 90 ya dakika kwa watoto wa kiume na wasichana, ambao wanaweza kujihisi salama, kuonekana, na kuaminika. Vikao hivi vimefanya kazi vizuri kwa watoto kwenye spectrum ya autistic na kutoa nafasi salama ya kufanya marafiki na kuchunguza ubunifu kupitia uhuishaji, ufundi na zana za dijiti! Warsha zetu za uhuishaji zinatia ndani: Fadhili Inaonekanaje? Mkutano wa uhuishaji wa wageni ambapo watoto huunda wahusika na kutumia mbinu za uhuishaji wa kuacha-harakati za kuchora karatasi kutengeneza filamu fupi kuhusu fadhili. Ni bora kwa wanafunzi wa mwaka wa 4 na 5 ambao wanapenda sanaa na uandishi wa hadithi. Mkutano kwa ajili ya watoto ili kuongeza kujiamini, ujuzi wa kijamii, na urafiki, pamoja na ujuzi wa ICT. Kufanya Mema Kunaonekanaje? Mkutano wa kuvutia wa watoto wa kuvutia ambao hutumia mbinu za kuchora na kuchora na kuunda picha za kuvutia za kuvutia za kuvutia za kuvutia. Ni bora kwa wanafunzi wa mwaka wa 4 na 5 ambao wanapenda sanaa na uandishi wa hadithi. Lengo ni kuongeza kujiamini, ujuzi wa kijamii, na roho ya jamii, pamoja na ujuzi wa ICT. Kufikiri nje ya kofia: Storytelling na wanasesere warsha. Watoto watachora maneno matatu ya haraka kutoka kwenye kofia ili kuchochea hadithi fupi. Watatengeneza wanasesere wa kadi, watagawanya vijiti, vijiti, na wataigiza hadithi yao wakiwa kikundi kwa marafiki wao. Ni bora kwa wanafunzi wa mwaka wa 5, 6 na 7 ambao wanapenda sanaa na ufundi, hadithi na mchezo wa kuigiza. Lengo ni kuongeza kazi ya timu, ubunifu, na hadithi ya hadithi / ujuzi wa Kiingereza. Kuunda-A-Pillar Craft Workshop: Kikundi itaunda sehemu ya nyoka hisia. Kila mtoto atajaza template ya sehemu na rangi, doodles, na textures kwamba kuwakilisha nani wao ni na nini wao kufurahia. Mwishowe, sehemu zote zimeunganishwa pamoja. Ni bora kwa wanafunzi wa miaka ya 4 na chini ambao wanapenda kazi za mikono. Warsha hii italenga hasa mazingira ya kazi ya utulivu ili kukaribisha vizuri wanafunzi wa SEN. Lengo ni kuongeza kujiamini na kujieleza kupitia sanaa. Fanya Msimamo!  Warsha ya kuchora: Watoto watabadilika kupiga nafasi za kuchekesha na kufanya nyuso za kuchekesha ambazo marafiki wao wanapaswa kuchora kwenye ubao wao mweupe katika sekunde 10-20 tu! Ni bora kwa wanafunzi wa mwaka wa 5 na juu ambao wanapenda kuchora. Lengo ni kuongeza kujiamini na ujuzi wa kuchora. Katika mchezo wa kuigiza wa kawaida, watoto hutumia kalamu na karatasi kuchora picha mbili za mtu anayecheza. Baadaye, picha hizo zitachukuliwa na kutengenezwa kuwa GIFs. Ni bora kwa wanafunzi wa mwaka wa 5 na juu ambao wanapenda kuchora. Lengo ni kuongeza ubunifu na ustadi wa kuchora.