Case Studies
Blog post and news updates from all of the Cultivate Halton partners.
Video Game Design Learning Resources from Mako Create
Video Game Design Learning Resources from Mako Create Welcome to Mako Create's Video Game Design learning resources, brought to you as part of the Bubble Up project from Curious Minds. Here you'll be able to find instructional videos, lesson plans and resources to...
Bubble Up Summer School With Curious Minds
Curious Minds is excited to offer its tried and tested Bubble Up programme to schools this summer. Bubble Up is a solution for schools that are interested in delivering high-quality creative summer school activity for incoming Year 7s, in line with DfE guidance....
Prepared for Change: Making the case for developing 21st century skills through cultural education
Curious Minds' Head of Careers & Employability, Holly Ball, considers the vital skills cultural education offers young people, as they prepare for a rapidly changing and unpredictable employment landscape.The world of work is changing. Jobs for life no longer...
Elements of Halton CPD recordings now online
The Elements of Halton project team have created a range of resources to support teachers who are taking part in the project. The CPD recordings are now available. These recordings follow the same format as the Teachers' Pack and are in two parts. The first part is...
Drama Workshop with the children of Beechwood Primary School
Today, we (Mandela Class, Beechwood Primary School) had a delightful visit from a lovely lady called Laura. She talked to us about doing an ‘Arts’ performance as part of the Elements of Halton (using a cranky system, maybe do a bit of drama and possibly playing our...
Elements of Halton Teachers’ Pack available to download
The Elements of Halton project team have created a range of resources to support teachers who are taking part in the project. The Teachers' Pack is now available to download as a pdf document. This Teachers' Pack will be accompanied by two PowerPoint presentations and...
Elements of Halton project
The Elements of Halton project is funded by a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Outreach Fund grant. The project explores the scientific history of the Borough of Halton by looking at the chemical elements that were significant in its development. This story begins...
Working with Halton Primary Arts Network
Hazlehurst Studios worked with Halton Primary Arts Network to create a series of online workshops for their ‘Elements of Halton’ project. These resources will be used to inspire local schools to create exciting artwork for their upcoming exhibition next year. We...
Halton Primary Arts Exhibition 2021
We are excited to announce that we have 29 schools working together to create our annual art exhibition. Our theme for this academic year is 'Elements of Halton'. Our exhibition will be held in the Town Square, Runcorn Shopping City from 8th February 2021 to 26th...
Halton MakeFest 2020: A Volunteers Perspective
On Saturday 22nd Feburary, MakoCreate got to open the doors to Halton MakeFest. An event we organised to help bring together the local creatives of Halton. If you’d like to find out more about what a MakeFest is, click here. On the day we had a plethora of...