We now have an exciting programme of activities for families during the school holidays.
Visit our What’s On page for upcoming activities for families.
Hogarth At Home
Hogarth At Home is a series of free activities and learning resources developed for families to do at home during the pandemic. Looking for something creative to do during the school holidays? We’ve created a series of videos with activities families can do outside or at home.
Share your creations with us on social media using #HogarthAtHome
Shadow drawing
Materials:
- light source such as a torch
- paper
- coloured pens
Make your own birdfeeder
Materials:
- cardboard tube (or an apple, but we’ve reused a tube from recycling here)
- string or twine
- honey or peanut butter
- bird food (could be birdseed or a homemade mix of oats and/or nuts)
Designer dogs
Materials:
- any crafting materials you like such as pens, crayons, coloured paper… anything!
- to make a simple and free stop motion video, you could use the Life Lapse app on a smartphone
Print your own wrapping paper
Music from bensound.com
Materials:
- paper large enough to wrap your present
- washable paint
- paint tray
- a clean sponge
- scissors
- newspaper or similar to keep your table clean
Nature Weaving
Music from bensound.com
Materials:
- 4 sticks
- string or twine
- scissors
- leaves found on the ground
Learning from home
These Hogarth At Home downloadable resources cover a range of themes and curriculum links for Key Stages 1 and 2. They were developed during the Covid-19 lockdown to support home learning. Each topic includes activities that encourage children to ‘Get Creative’ and ‘Get Outside’.
Habitats and the Local Environment
KS1 can Get Outside to explore what creatures live in their local habitats (Science, Maths) and Get Creative by thinking about and drawing their own habitat that they live in (Science, Art & Design).
KS2 can become detectives and Get Outside to discover how their local area has changed over time (History, Geography, Maths) and Get Creative as they suddenly find a new animal living in a tree (Art & Design, English, Science).
Print like Hogarth
KS1 Get Outside to search for leaves to print from (Art & Design) and Get Creative by mastering the art of drawing in a mirror (Art & Design).
KS2 Get Outside and spot adverts of shops in their local areas (Design & Technology) and Get Creative by designing their own business cards (Art & Design, Design & Technology).
Me and My World
KS1 will Get Outside to use their eyes, ears, nose and body to explore the world around them and think about how they express how they feel by making a nature diary (English, Art & Design, Maths, Science, PHSE, P.E.). They can then Get Creative by making their own self-portraits and consider how they want others to perceive them by what they include (Art & Design, English).
KS2 can Get Outside to make their own nature diary, exploring their world through feeling, seeing, hearing, smelling and doing (English, Art & Design, Maths, Science, PHSE, P.E.). They Get Creative by creating their own detailed street scenes and comparing it to the streets of Hogarth’s time (Art & Design, History).
The Hogarths and Their Home
KS1 will be encouraged to Get Outside and do one good deed a day (History, English) and Get Creative by having a go at designing and building their own home (Art & Design, Maths, Science).
KS2 will think about ways they can get involved in their community to help people and make change (History, English) and have a go at designing and building their own home (Art & Design, English).
Did you know Jane Hogarth made mulberry pies for the Foundling children who stayed with the Hogarths in the summer? Bake a pie Mrs Hogarth style with this recipe (Design & Technology).
All About Trees
KS1 will Get Outside to spot different leaves and discover that most leaves are symmetrical (Science, Maths) and Get Creative by drawing our own leaves and making a tree (Art & Design).
KS2 can Get Outside and examine the different angles trees can grow at (Science, Maths) and Get Creative with a challenge of making a tree person flip book (Art & Design).
Outside with Hogarth
KS1 can Get Outside and do a sound walk to let the sounds we hear influence our art (Art & Design, English, History). Get Creative and have a go at making a set of skittles (History, Art & Design, Design & Technology, P.E.).
KS2 – Get Outside to spot the S-shaped curve Hogarth found everywhere in nature and called the line of beauty (Art & Design, History). Get Creative and have a go at making a set of skittles (History, Art & Design, Design & Technology, P.E.).