

Use your environment to talk about what is designed. Why not start the year with the question ‘Why is Art Important?’ Have some post-it notes handy for students to think in pairs to start with and then open the discussion up to the class. You could use different ways of making sketchbooks with different year groups. Sketchbooks with different papers inside are so appealing and there are numerous ways to do this. You would need to be super organised but if you were, what a great first lesson this would be. Some art teachers really dive straight in and get their classes to make sketchbooks. Here are some ideas for lessons that will make an excellent, creative first impression: Making Sketchbooks Some teachers go through expectations and rules and this may be the right thing to do in your school or even a requirement by your management but given the choice, I like to try to get creative straight away and drip feed students the rules and expectations over the first few weeks. Art teachers have been sharing some great ideas for fun art lessons for the first day on social media.
