These creative arts workshops,classes & after school activities below run from 1 - hr taster sessions, to half (2hrs) & full (4hrs) day & up to 8 week programmes! CRB checked artists travel to your venue. For all ages and abilities, groups of 20 + per artist and from only Β£130.00 - book now
girls stuff mix (workshops that girls like doing)As with the boys, many young girls, especially from aged eleven plus seem to ask for and engage with a range of activities they like. So what activities do girls enjoy? These include street dancing, one of the most requested workshops amongst girls throughout the country, especially with the recent exposure reality TV talent shows have given the genre.
Other workshops girls often choose are makeup, hair, nails and beauty workshops. Teenaged girls can learn how to apply makeup and achieve different looks; perhaps to suit a College or job interview for example. Other workshops include fashion (clothes); role play drama, singing, crafts gift making, jewellery making and Caribbean cookery. A mix of 2 hour sessions (4-6) of each usually applies. Remember, these workshops are bespoke and appropriately planned to suit the needs of both younger and older girls.
boys stuff mix (arts activities that boys like doing)The company has discovered over the years, that there are a number of activities that in general, boys tend to enjoy and engage with. Itβs important that boys (and young men β teenaged lads β young adult males), often more difficult to reach, learn from and engage with positive activities that they enjoy. Workshops can be utilised as diversionary activities, or to help propagate a given theme such as gun and knife crime, citizenship (PHSE aspects), looking at choices and aspirations and so on.
These activities (workshops) include all the popular urban arts such as graffiti art, rapping (or MC-ing), DJ skills, music production (any genre from hip-hop to Grime, Pop or Rock) and graffiti or street art mural creation (Banksy style) on a wall or board. Other things like cartoon drawing, creative writing and mobile phone music download workshops, and even African drumming can also be popular. A mix of these (4-6 individual sessions) workshops is usually booked.
creative writing workshopsCreative writing workshops and courses are a great way to get adults, children and young people to enjoy writing, expressing their selves in a creative way. Writing can be a great way to release inner thoughts or communicate ideas. With real writers delivering, these workshops are bespoke designed to engage.
African drum or drumming workshopsAfrican drumming is a popular workshop activity. We have done African drumming with every age group, to children and adults of all ages and abilities including children with disabilities. African drumming is fun, versatile and can even work well with mixed aged groups, or children with adults. With a range of African djembe drums, and larger bougarabou drums, along with other traditional instruments, itβs educational and fun. African drumming workshops can go down well for events, as an after school or educational activity linked to music or culture. African drumming is also a great tool for team building for corporate training days. Get in touch!
Japanese origami WorkshopsThis is amazing. Our Japanese crafts artist, Yoshiko Kurakawa started learning Origami at home in Tokyo many years ago. She has taught origami (folding) and kirigami (with scissors) in schools and youth centres, as well as with adults for many years. From simple things for small children, to intricate designs for youths and adults, there is a plethora of fantastic things participants get to make and keep. Using Japanese traditional materials, itβs a great introduction to the culture and traditional art of Japan.
healthy eating workshops with Jamaican foodThis activity helps to promote a healthy diet and healthy eating, with a particular emphasis on Caribbean or Jamaican food. The practitionersβ offer a fantastic introduction to diverse culinary practises of country as well as teach aspects of the physiological benefits of healthy eating. A former senior nurse lecturer, the teacher is well placed to teach healthy eating. Then on a practical level, we often cook a dish. We provide 2 hr workshops to 8 week courses. These workshops have been very well received by children and adults alike. We also provide fantastic Caribbean BANQUETS for events.
Japanese manga art workshopsManga art is very popular with children, particularly teenagers. Itβs a great way to engage people, disinterested in say an art curriculum, or just wanting to try something creative and cultural. Originating in Japan, manga art is the style found in Japanese comic books. It is often made into Japanese cartoons, or Anime.
corporate quality film production and film production workshopsWe have successfully produced a number of corporate quality films for organisations such as connexions and Knowsley council. Involving both young people, and youth sector workers, we have created promotional films and educational films that have received excellent feedback. Film workshops cover most areas of Film Production utilising digital technology / multi-media. Workshops include Scripting, Storyboarding, Camera Operation, and Editing and so on. With Visual Arts, we often have extended programs; often leading to a complete project It can be an expensive course but well worth it and cheaper with us, than specialist film companies.
crafts (of all kinds) and environmental / recycled craftsWe have some fantastic kids craftsβ ideas (and adults) and fantastic artists to deliver them. Children's and adults crafts workshops may include mask making, clay model making, willow sculpture, glass painting, card making, makeup and beauty, lantern sculpture, jewellery making, bag/cushion making, rock painting, T-Shirt design and puppet making. We also have many environmentally aware crafts projects and workshops on offer, where we make decorative ornaments, instruments or sculptures out of βrecycledβ objects. We lots of kidβs crafts ideas and we have something for everyone!
makeup, hair and beauty workshops and coursesMakeup and beauty workshops are great fun for girls and women of all ages. We deliver these both as workshops and more often as six to ten week courses with a certificate of achievement awarded on completion. Workshops involve teaching young women how to look after their skin, hair and nails, as well as beautify themselves with a variety of styles, including more formal looks for job interviews for example. A course may involve learning a range of skills including manicures, pedicures, facials, safe eyelash application, and safe body waxing; nail art, artificial nail application and body exfoliation. All these are things most young girls will regularity do some of, and learning how to do it well and safely is a very useful skill.
music production (make their own compilation CD) programmeMusic production - this is by far our most popular course with children and young people of any age. Over six two hour sessions with both a rapper or MC (sometimes a singer) and DJ, students will learn all about Programming, Sampling, Mixing and Arranging Music. Our programmes are all taught by experts in the use of βPro-Toolsβ, βCubaseβ, βAcidβ and other Music-Production computer programs. Participantsβ get to write, practise and then recite and record their own songs or raps that end up on a compilation designed CD that they get to keep. Skills are learned, confidence is built and creativity is enhanced. This is our number 1 recommended course.
Kids (childrens) Party EntertainersWe can provide a huge range of bespoke activities, events and entertainment for kids of all ages. The things we do, and do well range from face painting and kids crafts (make and take) to circus skills for smaller children, to disco's, singers, Rappers, MC's, graffiti artists to decorate BEDROOOMS and DJ's for teenagers. Children, especially teenaged kids are much more sophisticated, and these kinds of activities, from under two hundred pounds are a fantastic part entertainment product. How many young people can say, well for my birthday, a break dancer came and danced, or a graffiti artist put my name on my bedroom? They love it.
drama and group activitiesThis may include Role-play or Improvisation, Puppetry, comedy drama and Physical Theatre, to name but a few disciplines. We regularly employ Drama workshops or simply what we call βgroup activitiesβ, for the embodiment of key themes / initiatives, such as citizenship, social inclusion, anti-racism, and respect for self and others. We have achieved outstanding results from our Drama projects. Feedback from participants regularly states that their confidence has increased since starting on our courses.
school / youth or EVENT discoWe can arrange a variety of DJβs, Dancers and MCβs to make your Disco or event go spectacularly. Kids are getting more sophisticated, and we have found that using house and hip hop DJ makes it allot more exciting than booking a normal disco. As with a disco, the DJ can play music, but they can also do a bit of a DJ-ing skills and tricks performance during it. Its great fun and very popular. For that special celebration Disco or event, look no further than Nugent Education Ltd.
animation workshopsA workshop looking at the process of 'stop gap' animation. Here, participants will learn one of the many methods used to help bring creations to life. Using modelling clay and their imaginations, the models will be captured using digital cameras and then edited together to create motion. Learners will learn that patience brings out the best results in this imaginative, creatively stimulating and fun workshop. Animation courses can produce full films at a much cheaper rate than conventional filming. Animation is great fun and our videos page has some examples of previous animation workshop completed films.
A bespoke workshop structure!
Nugent Education Ltd does offer a bespoke service to primary and secondary schools and youth organisations. All workshops, activities and events, are structured according to individual organisation and participant needs. Many of these workshops may seek to reflect or teach various aims, objectives or skills, whereas, with others, it may be more about a creative experience, or simply a positive fun activity.
We do aim to have, only the best workshop Artists / Practitioners (CRB checked & fully insured) on our books. All our artists are freelance professionals, so in the final analysis, how a session is delivered is their responsibility. However, they are all experienced workshop practitioners, and accomplished in their given areas. We encourage feedback from our clients, and aim to constantly improve the quality of our workshops, programmes and events.
To book a workshop or make an enquiry (and / or receive a NO OBLIGATION QUOTE), please fill out our enquiry form below or call one of our friendly team today on 0845 481 1920.
girls stuff mix (workshops that girls like doing)As with the boys, many young girls, especially from aged eleven plus seem to ask for and engage with a range of activities they like. So what activities do girls enjoy? These include street dancing, one of the most requested workshops amongst girls throughout the country, especially with the recent exposure reality TV talent shows have given the genre. 
boys stuff mix (arts activities that boys like doing)The company has discovered over the years, that there are a number of activities that in general, boys tend to enjoy and engage with. Itβs important that boys (and young men β teenaged lads β young adult males), often more difficult to reach, learn from and engage with positive activities that they enjoy. Workshops can be utilised as diversionary activities, or to help propagate a given theme such as gun and knife crime, citizenship (PHSE aspects), looking at choices and aspirations and so on. 
creative writing workshopsCreative writing workshops and courses are a great way to get adults, children and young people to enjoy writing, expressing their selves in a creative way. Writing can be a great way to release inner thoughts or communicate ideas. With real writers delivering, these workshops are bespoke designed to engage.
African drum or drumming workshopsAfrican drumming is a popular workshop activity. We have done African drumming with every age group, to children and adults of all ages and abilities including children with disabilities. African drumming is fun, versatile and can even work well with mixed aged groups, or children with adults. With a range of African djembe drums, and larger bougarabou drums, along with other traditional instruments, itβs educational and fun. African drumming workshops can go down well for events, as an after school or educational activity linked to music or culture. African drumming is also a great tool for team building for corporate training days. Get in touch! 
Japanese origami WorkshopsThis is amazing. Our Japanese crafts artist, Yoshiko Kurakawa started learning Origami at home in Tokyo many years ago. She has taught origami (folding) and kirigami (with scissors) in schools and youth centres, as well as with adults for many years. From simple things for small children, to intricate designs for youths and adults, there is a plethora of fantastic things participants get to make and keep. Using Japanese traditional materials, itβs a great introduction to the culture and traditional art of Japan.
healthy eating workshops with Jamaican foodThis activity helps to promote a healthy diet and healthy eating, with a particular emphasis on Caribbean or Jamaican food. The practitionersβ offer a fantastic introduction to diverse culinary practises of country as well as teach aspects of the physiological benefits of healthy eating. A former senior nurse lecturer, the teacher is well placed to teach healthy eating. Then on a practical level, we often cook a dish. We provide 2 hr workshops to 8 week courses. These workshops have been very well received by children and adults alike. We also provide fantastic Caribbean BANQUETS for events.
Japanese manga art workshopsManga art is very popular with children, particularly teenagers. Itβs a great way to engage people, disinterested in say an art curriculum, or just wanting to try something creative and cultural. Originating in Japan, manga art is the style found in Japanese comic books. It is often made into Japanese cartoons, or Anime. 
corporate quality film production and film production workshopsWe have successfully produced a number of corporate quality films for organisations such as connexions and Knowsley council. Involving both young people, and youth sector workers, we have created promotional films and educational films that have received excellent feedback. Film workshops cover most areas of Film Production utilising digital technology / multi-media. Workshops include Scripting, Storyboarding, Camera Operation, and Editing and so on. With Visual Arts, we often have extended programs; often leading to a complete project It can be an expensive course but well worth it and cheaper with us, than specialist film companies. 
crafts (of all kinds) and environmental / recycled craftsWe have some fantastic kids craftsβ ideas (and adults) and fantastic artists to deliver them. Children's and adults crafts workshops may include mask making, clay model making, willow sculpture, glass painting, card making, makeup and beauty, lantern sculpture, jewellery making, bag/cushion making, rock painting, T-Shirt design and puppet making. We also have many environmentally aware crafts projects and workshops on offer, where we make decorative ornaments, instruments or sculptures out of βrecycledβ objects. We lots of kidβs crafts ideas and we have something for everyone!
makeup, hair and beauty workshops and coursesMakeup and beauty workshops are great fun for girls and women of all ages. We deliver these both as workshops and more often as six to ten week courses with a certificate of achievement awarded on completion. Workshops involve teaching young women how to look after their skin, hair and nails, as well as beautify themselves with a variety of styles, including more formal looks for job interviews for example. A course may involve learning a range of skills including manicures, pedicures, facials, safe eyelash application, and safe body waxing; nail art, artificial nail application and body exfoliation. All these are things most young girls will regularity do some of, and learning how to do it well and safely is a very useful skill. 
music production (make their own compilation CD) programmeMusic production - this is by far our most popular course with children and young people of any age. Over six two hour sessions with both a rapper or MC (sometimes a singer) and DJ, students will learn all about Programming, Sampling, Mixing and Arranging Music. Our programmes are all taught by experts in the use of βPro-Toolsβ, βCubaseβ, βAcidβ and other Music-Production computer programs. Participantsβ get to write, practise and then recite and record their own songs or raps that end up on a compilation designed CD that they get to keep. Skills are learned, confidence is built and creativity is enhanced. This is our number 1 recommended course. 
Kids (childrens) Party EntertainersWe can provide a huge range of bespoke activities, events and entertainment for kids of all ages. The things we do, and do well range from face painting and kids crafts (make and take) to circus skills for smaller children, to disco's, singers, Rappers, MC's, graffiti artists to decorate BEDROOOMS and DJ's for teenagers. Children, especially teenaged kids are much more sophisticated, and these kinds of activities, from under two hundred pounds are a fantastic part entertainment product. How many young people can say, well for my birthday, a break dancer came and danced, or a graffiti artist put my name on my bedroom? They love it. 
school / youth or EVENT discoWe can arrange a variety of DJβs, Dancers and MCβs to make your Disco or event go spectacularly. Kids are getting more sophisticated, and we have found that using house and hip hop DJ makes it allot more exciting than booking a normal disco. As with a disco, the DJ can play music, but they can also do a bit of a DJ-ing skills and tricks performance during it. Its great fun and very popular. For that special celebration Disco or event, look no further than Nugent Education Ltd. 
animation workshopsA workshop looking at the process of 'stop gap' animation. Here, participants will learn one of the many methods used to help bring creations to life. Using modelling clay and their imaginations, the models will be captured using digital cameras and then edited together to create motion. Learners will learn that patience brings out the best results in this imaginative, creatively stimulating and fun workshop. Animation courses can produce full films at a much cheaper rate than conventional filming. Animation is great fun and our videos page has some examples of previous animation workshop completed films. 