The Primary School Art Zone

Hey lovely art teacher,

Reports are finished. ☑️

You’re packing up your art room.

Your brain is already on holiday.🏖️

But…

There's still a week or two to go before the ACTUAL holidays.

SERIOUSLY???? How is this not over yet???🥴🫠

And…

How do you keep your students engaged without messing up what you’ve already cleaned up?

The answer…

Use these 5 end of year arty activities to keep students engaged and your packed-up room intact.

Hang in there my art teacher friend! You’re nearly there. 👍🏽

Yasemin 💚💛🩷

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Hey lovely art teacher,

Woohoo!

You made it to December my art teacher friend!

Well done you!

As the end of the year approaches, I hope these 5 handy tips will help set you up for your end of year clean up. I know they definitely made my life easier when I was teaching.

I know you’re buggered at the moment, but your refreshed January self will thank you for any effort you can muster up now, to get things in place for the first day back next year.

Just do your best.

You got this!

Yasemin 💚💛🩷

P.S. Here’s a BONUS TIP: If your school has a washing machine, wash all the art smocks, and if it doesn’t then take them home to give them a wash. It doesn’t take long for art smocks to get a bit gross, but washing them at least once a year (twice if you can but let’s be real, that probably won’t happen) helps make it less gross!

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Hey lovely art teacher,

If you’ve been asked by your leadership to integrate other subjects into your art program and you’re not quite sure how to do that, these brief examples will help get you started.

Take care of you!

Yasemin 💚💛🩷

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Hey lovely art teacher,

Here are my 5 Art book recommendations to help you out with your planning over the coming weeks and art teacher life in general:

Art Skills Handbook F-6
Sequential Planning Guide For Teachers
By: Kate Hart

Longman Visual Arts For Secondary School
By: Allan Sieupersad

The Artist’s Manual
The Definitive Art Sourcebook - media, materials, tools and techniques
Vy: DK, Consultant EditorL Rob Pepper

What Adults Don’t Know About Art
Inspiring Young Minds to Love and Enjoy Art
By: The School of Life Press

Art - A Children’s Encyclopaedia
By: DK, Susie Hadge and David Taylor

Take care of you!

Yasemin 💚💛🩷

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Hey lovely art teacher,

If you just found out that you’re the art teacher next year, congratulations!

You’re going to have a ball!

These five joyful art teacher moments are only the beginning of what you have to look forward to.

Take care of you!

Yasemin 💚💛🩷

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Hey lovely art teacher,

Whether you’re a graduate or experienced art teacher, or even if you just found out you’re going to be teaching art next year, the three reasons I mention here only just hit the cusp of why you as the art teacher are so valuable to your school community.

You’re amazing! Don’t ever forget that.

Yasemin 💚💛🩷

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