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How to design for education

How do we design for education? Creating a design for education requires experience and expertise.

Escapism Wall Art for Schools

Why is Escapism Wall Art effective? Well, picture this…

It’s a dull, rainy Monday morning. Your pupils are travelling to school whilst glued to their mobile phones. No morning chatter, nothing much to look at and zero inspiration. By the time they arrive at school, their energy is low and their enthusiam for learning is non-existent. And your job of engaging their minds and uplifting their spirits is harder than ever.

Wall Art to inspire learning and boost attainment

For many teachers, parents and students, it’s been a long summer. Some children have remained at home since the middle of March. And they may be going back to school after the summer holidays with a feeling akin to starting school for the first time.

5 most popular school Wall Art themes

School Wall Art can improve pupil wellbeing, inspire learning and invoke natural curiosity. It can also breathe new life into dull or disinteresting corridors.

Characteristics of a positive learning environment

As you already know, a positive learning environment is vital to the success and happiness of your students and staff. Covid-19 will undoubtedly alter the way schools teach and learn. So many existing practices aimed at improving pupil wellbeing and boosting attainment will need a rethink. Luckily, you’ll have many of the tools you need at your disposal already, it’s just about re-jigging them to fit in a Covid-19 learning environment!

How to make the most of school outdoor learning spaces

School outdoor learning spaces will be key as schools implement social distancing measures.

Schools have already done an incredible job of adapting to the new DFE guidance on how to stay safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Now they’re finding all sorts of innovative ways to use their existing infrastructure to support learning. One of these is creating school outdoor learning spaces that provide extra capacity, fresh air and natural learning inspiration!

How school murals can benefit your school

School murals can totally transform the interior and exterior of your school.

What is Wall Art for Schools?

What is Wall Art for Schools? It’s beautiful, bespoke artwork that can transform your school’s learning environment.

How to get creative with school signage

When you think of creative school improvement ideas, school signage may not immediately spring to mind…

Timelines for Schools – lessons from history

Timelines for schools allow pupils to reflect on past events that shape our every day experiences. Many schools that have commissioned timeline themed Wall Art have asked us to include the Covid-19 pandemic within their designs. And for good reason too – what we learn from this experience will influence the rest of our lives, and those of future generations.

School subject zones to inspire home learning

School subject zones are highly visual designs that focus on one or more subjects and highlight key facts, phrases, famous figures and photos that relate to each topic.

Why choose Wall Art instead of school wallpaper?

Trying to choose school wallpaper to brighten up your learning environment? You may think that DIY school wallpaper is the most affordable option.

Character Education in schools – Coronavirus lockdown

Character Education in schools is critical in light of the Coronavirus lockdown.

Literacy themes to fuel a love of reading

There are many ways to include literacy themes in your school.

Motivational quotes for schools

Reading motivational quotes can help us remain positive as Covid-19 continues to disrupt our daily lives.

How to develop imagination in children

It has long since been believed by many, and widely researched, that imagination is vital to successful learning in children. Children learn best when they are engaged in their learning and when there are engaging their imaginations.

Immersive Learning Environments – Howard Junior School

Immersive learning environments can have a big impact on pupils.

Self-isolation wellbeing – turn to nature

Self-isolation wellbeing is more important than ever in light of the government’s decision to close schools for the foreseeable future. If you’re currently self-isolating due to the Coronavirus outbreak, as a teacher, parent or student, it’s important to keep calm and remain positive. However, this can be a challenge when you’re stuck indoors every day!

The impact of the aesthetic environment on learning

The space we live and work in has a very real impact on the way that we feel. The way that we feel has a very real impact on our attitude towards what we need to do.

Vision and values workshops for schools

Values are the guiding principles that determine behaviour, actions and words. At the heart of a school should lie values that are clearly defined and understood. These values underpin the culture that drives the teaching and learning in school and therefore the pupil’s experiences.

The effect of the visual environment on pupil wellbeing

In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the decline in pupil’s mental health and well-being in our educational establishments and a need to address this in order to improve our children’s health and education achievement.

5 tips to help you promote your school

Keeping parents, Ofsted and everyone associated with your school up-to-date can be a challenge. We’ve put together 5 tips that will help ensure more of the right people see and understand all the great things your school does every day.

School Murals – Our Top 5 picks

School Murals are a sure-fire way to brighten up any school wall or classroom.

School Library Wall Art – a novel idea

School Library Wall Art is ideal for schools who want to inspire a love of reading and a lifelong appreciation of Literature.

Promoting character and school values

The need for schools to have a clear vision, a core set of values and a strong ethos that underpins all that they do as a school and that are communicated clearly to all major stakeholders is more important than ever.

Bring your school’s walls to life – our design process

Use bespoke designed wall graphics to help communicate your school’s visions and values, impress visitors, inspire learning and add a wow factor to your school.

Are your school’s walls uninspiring?

Research on the effects of learning environments on pupil’s show that school buildings lay the foundations for pupils’ learning and for their experience in school.

Using photographs to promote your school

It is often heard said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. This is so true when trying to communicate the atmosphere, aims and ethos of your school to prospective parents, pupils, staff and Ofsted. Well-taken photographs used on bespoke designed wall art can say it all.

Make your school a happy place for your pupils

Is your school visually appealing for your pupils? When they close their eyes and imagine their school will it be a breathtaking, ‘happy place’ with wow factor or will their mental images be of plain, bland walls?