Primary schools
Storytelling, talks, workshops and teaching resources for school groups
Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) to Key Stages 1 and 2
School visits 2024-25
The National Gallery's new Centre for Creative Learning will be opening early in 2025. It will give us larger and more dynamic spaces for making and talking about art, celebrating children and young people’s creativity and encouraging imagination.
We will be unable to host onsite school visits in the autumn and early part of the spring terms but will continue to run online sessions. To coincide with our van Gogh exhibition, which opens in September 2024, we will be offering additional online workshops inspired by van Gogh's works in the National Gallery collection.
Find out more about our full online programme and how to make a booking below.
Primary school sessions
Educator-led live sessions for schools, offered online only:
Online talks and storytelling
Live storytelling for younger years and interactive talks for older children, held on Zoom.
Online workshops
Online workshops, held on Zoom, to develop skills in communication, creativity and dexterity.
SEND groups
Tailored multisensory sessions for students with special education needs and disabilities (SEND).
Self-guided groups
Information about booking a group of six or more.
For primary school teachers
CPD sessions, cultural placements, and handy resources for the classroom.
CPD sessions
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) sessions, including our popular Take One Picture CPD days for primary teachers.
Initial Teacher Education
Sessions for trainee teachers training as part of a higher education course or in school-based training.
Learning resources
Handy notes and videos about works in the collection.
Make and create
Art tutorial videos using everyday materials that children can follow from home.
Hidden symbols in art
Short videos by educators, from spotting saints to birds and death in paintings.
Take One Picture
Learn about our nationwide programme for primary schools and see examples of students' work.
