We are an arts charity based in Ipswich,
a town in the east of England.
We create art, we make the SPILL Festival of Performance and we run events, groups,
SCHOOLS
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We custom-make resources for schools, using artworks we create ourselves and projects we present in SPILL Festival as their basis. These resources each take artworks as their starting point and then extend ways for children and young people to think about a range of associated topics. Each School’s Pack we create is specifically built to support teachers in delivering National Curriculum Key Stage content and extends traditional learning in arts, history, languages and more. We also offer artworks and installations to schools within Suffolk, as well as workshops for kids and young people focussing on the difficult subject of death.
WW1 RESOURCE PACK
Suitable for: Primary + Secondary Schools
Subject coverage: English, Arts, History
Our free WW1 resource pack provides schools with information and lesson plan ideas focused on themes relating to World War 1, keeping your key stages in mind (KS1-3). This pack embeds learning around three artworks we presented during SPILL Festival 2018, Clarion Call, Processions, and Turned Red Earth.
BLOCK MAGIC
Suitable for: Primary Schools
Subject coverage: Arts, Design, Physical Education
Block Magic is an ever changing modular play space, created by Pacitti Company and architectural studio EDRM and designed by children. Alongside public presentations, we can donate Block Magic on a 1 year loan, completely free, if your school is based in the general Ipswich area. This is inclusive of free facilitated workshops with the artwork. If you would like your school to be nominated for a Block Magic loan, please contact our Participation Producer - Alice Sandon alice@spillfestival.com.
DOWNLOAD THE FREE TEACHER’S PACK AS A PDF HERE
DESIGN YOUR OWN PLAY SPACES WITH OUR BLOCK MAGIC SOFTWARE HERE
IPSWICH BISCUIT
Suitable for: Primary + Secondary Schools
Subject coverage: Arts, Food Technology, History
Created through a public competition, shortlisted by a community panel and voted for by the public, The Ipswich Biscuit is an edible namesake ambassador for the town. We’ve produced a free digital resource pack for primary and secondary schools, linked to key stages and spanning food, heritage, arts and environmental issues.
THESE BONES
Suitable for: Primary + Secondary
Subject coverage: Spiritual, moral, social, cultural development
Adapting our artwork Shared Frameworks specifically for children, These Bones is a child‑sized photograph of a human skeleton, turned into a large scale public jigsaw puzzle. It has been designed to offer space for contemplation and relaxed exchanges around our end‑of‑life choices and care. In 2019, Pacitti Company presented an adapted version of Shared Frameworks for secondary schools. It recognised that the language technology for young people and children was limited around death and dying, due to confusing language such as ‘passed away’ or ‘lost’. This space was held by creators of the project Landscape Historian Lucy Walker and artist Robert Pacitti (creators of the project) and Child Bereavement Specialist Robert Ilett, from St Elizabeth Hospice. The artwork has now been adapted to work as a touring model across primary and secondary schools.
If you’re interested in These Bones visiting your school please contact our Participation Producer Alice Sandon: alice@spillfestival.com.