CPD Session Recording Index

AccessArt runs an ongoing programme of Zoom CPD to help support educators develop their understanding of the visual arts.

Find an index of the recorded sessions below, with links to the video.

Explore Session Recordings Below…

2024

18th November – Ten Minutes, Five Times a Week

In this session, Paula and Rachel demonstrate a simple set of drawing exercises designed to widen understanding of drawing and give non-specialist teachers the skills to facilitate an exploration of drawing with confidence.

21st October – In The Studio: Drama and Art with David Allen

In this In The Studio session, we are joined by David Allen, Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching at The University of Hertfordshire, who takes us through his collection of resources, connecting drama and art.

25th September – In The Studio: Observational and Experimental Drawing with Feathers and Shells

This practical session focuses on observational and experimental drawing exercises using feathers as the subject matter.

16th September – Pathway for Year 3 & 4: Gestural Drawing with Charcoal Pathway

As part of our pathway support sessions the AccessArt team takes you through the Gestural Drawing with Charcoal pathway.

9th September – The AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum Celebration

The AccessArt team takes you through the main features of the scheme. Guest speaker Sarah Mackenzie from a Primary School in Cornwall shares her experience of using the curriculum.

21st May – Preparing To Use The AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum

Find out how you might introduce AccessArt to staff and transition from your existing scheme or plan.

14th May – Creating School Exhibitions & Displays

This session explores how you might think creatively to create an exhibition.

8th May – Pathway for Year 3 & 4: Working With Shape and Colour

In this session we take you through the Working with Shape and Colour pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

1st May – Developing the Creativity of Teachers

Find out how can we can reconnect with our creativity, and pass this onto the children we teach.

29th April – In The Studio: Sketchbook Share Meet Up

See sketchbook examples from other schools in this recording of our Sketchbook Share.

11th March – Pathway for Years 5 & 6: Take a Seat

Find a recording of a zoom session where we take you through the Take a Seat pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

13th February – Pathway for Years 1 & 2: Exploring The World Through Mono Print

This recording supports the Exploring The World Through Mono Print pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

30th January – In The Studio: Drawing for Wellbeing

This session focuses on how drawing can be used for improving wellbeing.

22nd January – Online Introduction to AccessArt

Find out about the AccessArt ethos and Curriculum offering to Primary educators, as well as support with navigating the website.

2023

30th November – In The Studio with Joe Gamble

In this practical session, Joe shares his artistic practise centred on observation, colour and form, and sets a task for participants.

21st November – Adapting AccessArt To Suit Your Classroom

In this session we are joined by a panel of primary school teachers who discuss how they had adapted our resources.

9th November – Pathway for Year 1 & 2: Be an Architect

This recording supports the Be An Architect pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

12th October – Using AccessArt in ITE or ITT

Explore how lecturers in Initial Teacher Education and Initial Teacher Training are using AccessArt resources to support teaching.

21st September – In The Studio: Sketchbook Share Meet Up

See sketchbook examples from other schools in this recording of our Sketchbook Share.

12th September – Pathway for Years 5 & 6: Typography and Maps

This recording takes you through the Typography and Maps pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

12th July – Primary Art Curriculum Celebration Event

In this recording you’ll see presentations from teachers who have been implementing the AccessArt curriculum in their classes.

28th June – In The Studio: Sketchbook Share Meet Up

See sketchbook examples from other schools in this recording of our Sketchbook Share.

16th June – Connecting Approaches

In this session we invited teachers of ages 7 to 11, and teachers of ages 11 to 16, to come together to share the AccessArt approach for each age range.

19th April – Managing a Creative Classroom

AccessArt and guest teachers discuss tips and strategies to keep classrooms happy and productive.

2nd March – Pathway for Year 3 & 4: Still Life

This recording supports the Still Life pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

23rd February – In The Studio: Sketchbook Share Meet Up

See sketchbook examples from other schools in this recording of our Sketchbook Share.

26th January – In The Studio: Screenprinting Hack

A session exploring how you can provide screen printing opportunities on a small budget.

18th January – Pathway for Years 1 and 2: Making Birds

This recording supports the Making Birds pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

2022

29th November – In The Studio: Colour Mixing

A session exploring how you can provide children with exciting and intuitive ways to experiment with colour mixing.

3rd November – Pathway for Years 3 and 4: Sculpture, Structure, Inventiveness and Determination

This recording supports the Sculpture, Structure, Inventiveness and Determination pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

1st November – In The Studio: Figurative Drawing

Find a recording of a zoom session exploring drawing figures.

19th October – In The Studio: Using Modroc

A session exploring how you can provide children with the opportunity to use modroc in art lessons.

11th October – Pathway for Years 1 and 2: Expressive Painting

A session exploring the Expressive Painting pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

6th October – In The Studio: How to Run a Class Crit

A session exploring how you can incorporate class crits into art lessons, supporting the final stage of each pathway in the curriculum.

20th September – Pathway for Years 5 and 6: 2D Drawing to 3D Making

This recording supports the 2D Drawing to 3D Making pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

15th September – In The Studio: Shadow Puppets

A session exploring how to make intricate and inventive shadow puppets.

7th September – Start The Year With The AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum

A panel of teachers discuss how they have started to implement the new AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum in their classroom.

7th July – In The Studio: Improving Drawing Outcomes by Exploring line Weight

A session exploring line weight and how we can use it to improve drawing outcomes for teachers and learners.

16th June – Pathway for Years 1 & 2: Spirals

A recording of a session introducing the Spiral Pathway from the Primary Art Curriculum.

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