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Rachel does art at St Mary's

Monday 27 April 2015

Rachel does art at St Mary's

One of Bigfoot's talented art facilitators, Rachel Lilleywhite, has been helping students at St Mary's Willesden to create their own pieces inspired by the likes of Lucien Freud and Andy Warhol during in school lessons and after school club activities...great work! 

St Barts Primary lead the way....

Monday 16 March 2015

St Barts Primary lead the way....

Bigfoot were delighted to visit St Bart's C of E Primary School in Newcastle Upon Tyne and be greeted by lots of swashbuckling Pirates ready to do battle with World Book Day 2015!

Story Tree Stories at Wilson Primary

Monday 16 March 2015

Story Tree Stories at Wilson Primary

We had a wonderful day at Wilson Primary Schoool in Reading where Adrian spent the day working with Early Years classes delivering our renowned Story Tree Stories programme.

This is what they had to say about our visit...

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Crazily Creative in Christchurch!

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Crazily Creative in Christchurch!

Students at Christchurch worked with two of our brilliant Bigfooters to explore 'Shakespeare' (Reception and year 1), 'Where the Wild things are' (years 2 and 3), 'Explorers (years 4, 5 and 6). They described our visit as....

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First World War Digital Memorial

Monday 9 February 2015

First World War Digital Memorial

Rachel Adamson, Bigfoot's North East Director,  has been working with one of ten libraries around the country who were awarded funding to work with artists to create a digital war memorial. I

 

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Bigfoot launch publicity for 2015 Summer Schools

Monday 9 February 2015

Bigfoot launch publicity for 2015 Summer Schools

Bigfoot are pleased to announce that the Department for Education is providing substantial funding for summer programmes which aim to help disadvantaged pupils make a successful transition
from primary to secondary school.

 

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Bigfoot North East funded by Lottery for successful library project!

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Bigfoot North East funded by Lottery for successful library project!

Following the success of the year-long Big Readers programme, a bespoke project consisting of monthly drama sessions, each exploring a new book and its author, Bigfoot have just received the news that they have been granted  funding from Awards for All to continue their work in partnershi…

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Bigfoot North East goes MANTLE!

Tuesday 10 September 2013

Bigfoot North East goes MANTLE!

6 of our Bigfooters are very excited to have received training by Mantle of the Expert practitioner and all round Mantle guru, Kevin Holland from Bigfoot  Brighton, ready for the new school year!

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YOUNGSTERS in Neath, S.Wales tackle vandalism

Monday 9 September 2013

YOUNGSTERS in Neath, S.Wales tackle vandalism

YOUNGSTERS in Neath have been getting stuck into a drama project to tackle vandalism at an historic site.

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Bigfoot partner with Ealing to tackle domestic violence!

Monday 9 September 2013

Bigfoot partner with Ealing to tackle domestic violence!

Bigfoot are delighted to be working with the team at Ealing Extended Services in order to visit Primary schools throughout Southall in 2013/2014.

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County Durham kids pass drama exam with flying colours as they bring a local legend to life!

Tuesday 9 July 2013

County Durham kids pass drama exam with flying colours as they bring a local legend to life!

‘I am really proud of us because it was the best we’ve ever done it!’ Explained a boy at New Seaham Academy straight after his NEA Exam.

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Bigfoot partner with Shakespeare Week

Bigfoot are delighted to be partnering with the first ever Shakespeare Week, helping to introduce the magic and wonder of Shakespeare to KS2 audiences across the UK!

Healthy Schools awards Bigfoot vouchers!

Healthy Schools awards Bigfoot vouchers!

Healthy Schools awarded 3 lucky primary schools in Redcar and Cleveland with PSHE project vouchers at their conference in June earlier this year...with fantastic results!

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