WEDG has a range of Citizenship or Arts based workshops that boost self esteem and behaviour and help improve motivation, attendance and attainment. They can fit in with your topics, help to introduce the global dimension to your teaching or form part of a Global Awareness Week.
Workshops are 50 - 60 minutes, with a maximum of four sessions per day (unless otherwise stated). Workshops cost £195 per day to members (Price for non-members £220 per day), plus cost of travel and materials where applicable. Workshops can be customised to suit you.
WEDG is only able to deliver workshops within Kent. If you are from a different area of the UK please see the Think Global website for a list of similar organisations that operate in your area.
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Children will learn about the local materials used, colours and style based on local artefacts and the work of a contemporary Zambian artist. Using this information they design and paint their own individual piece on calico cloth.
This workshop is led by a professional Caribbean poet, and introduces children to contemporary poetry and the art of performance in poetry with either creative writing or illustration.
A workshop about child labour, that involves role play, photos, debate and other activities to encourage empathy and explore what child labour means for millions of children. Children will discuss whether child labour is always bad for children and consider how they would feel if they had to work. It could fit in with a topic such as 'The Victorians', looking at the history of working children in the UK. This workshop is aimed at KS2 or KS3.
Learn about these traditional arts from a practising artist – the history, the materials, the motifs – before creating your own piece of work.
This fun and hands-on workshop will allow participants to learn different drumming rhythms from West Africa using their own djembe drums.
A typical market day is presented to the children, featuring food and everyday essential items - some familiar, others different. Children will have a chance to handle and discuss the items, then complete a dual language English and Swahili crossword about the market.
What is everyday life for a child in India? Learn about clothes, cooking and school using artefacts and hands on activities. Children will have a chance to ask questions and find out about similarities as well as differences between the lives of children in the UK and India.
Increase awareness of gypsy/traveller culture and traditions through a carousel of fun, interactive activities that develop empathy and knowledge about the largest ethnic minority in Kent.
This session is introduced by a practicing Hindu of long standing who also explains the wider context of life and religion in India. Artefacts, stories and activities about the gods and goddesses and their place in daily life bring this colourful and fascinating religion to life.
Pupils take part in games children play in different countries using simple equipment. They are then challenged to be creative by developing their own games using natural or recycled resources.
Learn about Rangoli before creating a whole class playground piece as well as individual designs. This temporary art form of art is one of the most popular in India and is used as a way of welcoming people.
Learn about this ancient form of storytelling, and bring your own images alive through moving shadows. The class will set out to make and to animate a poem or story culminating in a performance time.
Symbols are a part of every culture. Discover British symbols in everyday life and then look at how Adinkra symbols are used in Ghanaian culture before trying your hand at printing onto calico cotton.