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Schools & Education

Inspire your students with a whole host of workshops and resources designed to encourage engagement with art and culture.

Learn & Create with our venues

acw@sunderland.gov.uk
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Arts Centre Washington

Bring your class to Art Centre Washington with group discounts available for our exciting, year-round programme of music and theatre – including Christmas performances! Email for more information.

acw@sunderland.gov.uk
National Glass Centre
School children interact with a museum display with blue walls and glass cabinets. A teacher gestures to one of the cabinets and the children look up at it.

National Glass Centre

Delve into a world of glass and contemporary art with your class with workshops for all ages and subjects.

National Glass Centre
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
A group of children are led by the group leader through a glass room filled with tropical plants. Hidden in the greenery to the left is a statue of a dinosaur.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Explore a rich collection of history and nature with workshops for all subjects and our museum loan service.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Work Experience
Two young people sit at a reception desk that has 'Welcome' written in white font along the front. The desk is inside a glass walled building.

Work Experience

Our work experience programme is for anyone aged 15-18 and interested in pursuing a career in the arts sector. We’re currently accepting applications for the following dates:

Summer: Tuesday 15 – Friday 18 July

Work Experience

Lesson plans and resources

Download Potty About Sunderland
Close-up of a colorful hand-painted plate featuring pink flowers with black outlines and a black-and-white patterned design on the right side, resting on a wooden surface.

Potty About Sunderland

Target key stage: KS1 – KS2

Target age: 8-11

Discover Sunderland’s rich pottery heritage through this creative classroom activity inspired by Maling Pottery. Learners will design and exhibit their own ceramic-inspired plates while exploring local history, colour, pattern and storytelling through art.

Download Potty About Sunderland
Download Pyrex100
A selection of white crockery with a variety of floral designs.

Pyrex 100

Target key stage: KS2

Target age: 8-11

Celebrate innovation and creativity in Sunderland and the world! The pack contains a history of Pyrex – invented in the USA and produced for over 80s years in Sunderland. Exploring various subjects, offering ideas and resources for cross-curricular projects and activities.

Download Pyrex100
View Blackout Poetry
A black-and-white illustration of ocean waves with fine line details, set against a dark sky with tiny stars drawn on a book page. Word have been outlined and excluded from the illustration forming a vertical poem on the left side. It reads “miraculous waves of wonder climbed around her and the desire to start over again was official.” The waves fill the bottom half of the image, curling upward with sharp peaks.

Blackout Poetry

Target key stage: KS1 – KS2

Target age: 8-11

Recommended duration: 50 – 60 minutes

A classroom resource inspired by the exploration of language. Explore words and art in a mindful activity all about sparking your imagination. With curriculum links to Art & Design and English.

View Blackout Poetry