workshops for EYFS

Nursery workshops and early years workshops

As seen on CBeebies!

African Activities are specialists in working with Nursery groups and with Early years children within school settings. As the UK’s leading provider of African Activities we offer a lot more than just drumming! Here we are with CBeebies!

African Art Activities

A wide range of options from our professional African artists. Choose one of our tried and tested workshops or we are happy to work with you on a bespoke piece.

Art Workshops

African Music Activities

A wide range of options including drum, song. shakers, bells, xylophones and much more. Learn about the musics historical and cultural context.

Music Workshops

Things we can do for you

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What can we offer?

Drumming, Dance, Textiles, Recycling, Art, Song, Storytelling, libation ceremony, fire eating, acrobatics, circus tricks, contortionists, graffiti artists, Kora, Bands, pop up restaurants, stall food and much much more!

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WE ARE AWESOME AT THIS

As a Community Interest Company we are a non profit making body dedicated to the African arts in the UK. As such we work with the very best African artists available. A team of dedicated passionate professionals ready to make sure your event meets your needs.

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Who we work for

We have practitioners across the UK and have numerous testimonials; from hundreds of schools. A huge range of schools from small to huge that include some of the most exclusive and under privileged schools in the UK.

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OUR SUPPORT IS THE BEST

Our dedicated back office staff provide fast quotes for your Primary School Workshop. We work with you providing timetable support to ensure that you get the best from your day.

Nursery Children and the Early Years Curriculum

by schools | May 5, 2017 | Nursery and Early Years | 0 Comments

African Activities is proud the have worked with a number of nurseries including Yellow Dot, Paint Pots and Hungerford Nursery School. We felt you might like to know some of the activities used during Africa weeks in the nurseries. Many nurseries begin with a...

A day with Woodlands School

by schools | March 28, 2017 | Nursery and Early Years, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Rosewood is a school for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties and Kwame worked with our post 16 group. The drumming workshops led by Kwame are very popular at Woodlands School where pupils and staff enthusiastically join in with the drumming,...

So what does a day of drumming, dance, recycling and storytelling look like?

by schools | January 31, 2017 | Nursery and Early Years, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

"The mask making was brilliant. The children loved it and are now looking at everyday objects in different ways. The drumming was awesome and gave the children a sense of achievement in a short amount of time. They haven't stopped talking about it. A brilliant day!"...

Questions we are often asked by teachers interested in running Workshops in their school

by schools | January 18, 2017 | college and university, Nursery and Early Years, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

How many children can take part in one day? This does vary depending on the practitioner available. A class of 30 can have a great time exploring the majority of the activities we have available. On the other hand Kwame with 60 drums is able to see 420 children in one...

African Activities on CBeebies!

by schools | January 17, 2017 | Nursery and Early Years, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

African Activities received a request from CBeebies to be filmed for their popular 'Let's go Club' series. We were delighted to share our Key stage 1 school workshops with them. We contacted a number of schools, all of whom were delighted...

African Activities School workshops with Hurlingham Academy

by schools | December 17, 2016 | Nursery and Early Years, Secondary school, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

A wonderful day being inspired by students at the Hurlingham Academy. “This was an absolutely fantastic and worthwhile experience for our students. The performance at the end of the day made them feel incredibly proud and confident - a brilliant day facilitated...

African Activities at Henley College

by schools | October 9, 2016 | Africa Day, Nursery and Early Years, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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Black History Month

by schools | September 17, 2016 | college and university, Nursery and Early Years, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Black History Month Kwame Bakoji-Hume Founder African Activities Well this is a thorny old issue! Both the summer and black history month constitute African Activities’ busiest times of year. We run secondary school workshops and primary school workshops all month. So...

How do we timetable?

Our team will work with you to get the best outcome to reach your objectives. We are used to working across multiple sites and have visited up to 7 in one day!

A session can be from 7 separate classes a day or we can work intensively with one class.

How Many Students?

As standard we work with a class at a time, if you have space we are happy to work with 2 classes at a time (or up to 60 students) in your hall or larger room.

Maximum – 7 workshops or up to 420 students in a day with one art activity.

How Long is a Class?

We recommend classes of 60 minutes, though 40 is possible.

We are very happy to work on longer more in depth projects and instillations, as an artist in residence, or simply by working with one class for a full day.

Can We Mix Activities?

Depending on the practitioner available you may mix in as many activities as you have time for. There is no additional charge for this so why not follow an arty morning with a musical afternoon?

What Do You Need?

Very Little! We will bring all of the materials with us for your workshop. The exception to this is recycling. We can bring materials but we feel the collection is a valuable part of the process for the children