Ignite Learning and Creativity
Unforgettable African Activities Workshops For Primary Schools
School workshops as seen on CBeebies!
Discover a world of vibrant and educational experiences with African Activities, the UK’s leading provider of African-themed primary school workshops. Our engaging sessions, as featured on CBeebies, go beyond drumming, offering a rich tapestry of African arts tailored to meet your learning objectives.
African Art Workshops for Primary Schools
Explore a diverse range of options crafted by our professional African artists. Choose from our tried and tested workshops or collaborate with us for a bespoke piece that aligns perfectly with your curriculum.
Immerse students in the world of African art, fostering creativity and cultural understanding.
African Music Workshops for Primary Schools
Dive into the world of rhythm and melody with our music workshops. From drums to xylophones, students will not only learn the instruments but also delve into the historical and cultural context of African music.
A dynamic exploration of drums, dance, songs, shakers, bells, xylophones, and more.
Things we can do for you
Community Interest Company
We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting African arts in the UK. Our team of passionate professionals ensures your event meets your needs. Click to find out more about our team our or our motivation.
Extensive schools network
With practitioners across the UK, we have garnered testimonials from hundreds of Primary schools and thousands of children. We work with a hugely diverse range of institutions from some of the most exclusive to some of the most deprived.
OUR SUPPORT IS THE BEST
Our dedicated back office staff provide quick quotes for your Primary School Workshops. We work with you providing timetable and administrative support to ensure that you get the best from your day.
How our primary school workshops work
How do we timetable for schools?
Our team will work with you to get the best outcome to reach your objectives.
A session can be from 7 separate classes a day or we can work intensively with one class.
How Many Primary Students can we accomodate?
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 Primary School Workshop 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 In a Primary School?
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
How Much is it?
Options run from 50p – £16 per student. Please fill out our quick quote form and we will get right back to you with a proposal.
All our school workshops aim to introduce positive views of Africa and challenge stereotypes. Activities are unifying, adapting to the differing abilities of those within the group.
What African Activities can we do?
African drumming!
An engaging and fun way to get everyone working in rhythm. Everyone gets a drum to play on for each workshop.
Dance Workshops!
High energy but easy to follow moves from EYFS to Year 6. A really fun way to get a full body workout!
Recycling workshops!
Learn about the world largest e-waste dump and turn milk bottles into useful objects, masks, elephants or birds.
Painting
Working with Kwame who was the artist in residence at Ghana’s Centre For National Culture. Learn his unique style and recreate paintings with your own twist.
Pottery schools
Explore African traditional pottery artefacts and then set about making your own. Learn a simple coil technique and then use Adinkra to decorate your pots.
Storytelling workshops
Learn about Anasi the cheeky West African Spider. Question and answer sessions facilitate student led learning, bring Africa right into your classroom.
Adinkra
Explore a wide variety of cloths from Ghana. Learn about Adinkra symbols and the proverbs the represent and make your own cloth to take home or to form a large installation within school.
Kente
Explore a wide variety of cloths from West African including Kente one of the most famous and expensive. Looms mean there is a 15 student limit for this workshop.
Beads
Learn about the history of West Africa’s trade beads, explore some artefacts and make your own colourful beads from magazine and newspapers.
We are proud of our primary school workshops
“Excellent! Each session was tailored for the year group and managed in a fun but firm way. The children got a lot out of them. Thank you!”
“Informative, lively and culturally fascinating”