A free gallery workbook for Key Stage 1
Schoolbook is a free creative workbook filled with exciting activities to support self-led school visits to Tate Modern and Tate Britain.
Encourage your students' imagination as you move through the galleries together, and invite them to collect their ideas in their Schoolbook!
Paint Room Schools Week at Tate Britain. Photo © Tate (Larina Fernandes)
Please bring drawing materials for your group. A pencil each will be enough!
This workbook supports your students to explore the galleries through the shapes, colours, and ideas they discover in the art around them.
On your self-led visit to the galleries, encourage your students to work through the prompts in any way they like - they can fill the entire workbook, or just focus on one page!
Example prompt
Artists love shapes and this gallery is full of them. How many different shapes can you draw?
This resource can be used throughout the permanent collections at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. The prompts and activities can be followed with any artwork on display, so you are free to move through the gallery and visit artwork that fits your curriculum.
Copies of Schoolbook will be available for collection upon your arrival at the schools desk, enough for 1 workbook per student. You don't need to reserve resources in advance.
If you would like to see a digital copy to plan for your visit, please get in touch at schoolsandteachers@tate.org.uk.
We invite all teachers to engage with this resource and assess whether it suits your class’s needs. All of the prompts in this workbook are designed as suggestions, and there is no obligation for students to follow them to the letter.
The prompts can be spoken out loud or signed for a more conversational approach.
Visual stories
Our visual stories offer photographs and information on what you can expect from a visit to the gallery. You can also download communication cards.
If you’d like to discuss other ways to adapt this resource for your class, please get in touch at schoolsandteachers@tate.org.uk.
If Schoolbook is not suitable for your group, we’d be happy to provide alternative resources for your self-led visit and welcome any feedback on how to better support your class when visiting Tate.
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