Drawing Club at Whitehill Junior School

Booking available for Spring, 1st half term

BEGINS WEDNESDAY 7th JANUARY 2026

3.15-4.30pm

Club dates for Spring Term 2026 : Wednesdays 3.15-4.30pm

5x sessions take us up to the end of half term (total cost £57). Please Note : no club on 21st Jan

Wednesdays :  7th Jan/ 14th Jan / No session 21st Jan/ 28th Jan / 4th Feb / 11th Feb/

Please Note : There is no club on Weds Jan 21st as I am away on an art work trip.

Who is Drawing Club for?: It’s for children in Y5 and Y6 at Whitehill Junior School who want to draw more! The aim of the club is to have fun drawing and is open and welcoming to all.

How do I book? Book half term blocks £9.50 per session so £47.50 for the half term of 5 sessions.

Let me know via email if your child would like a place and I’ll confirm their place and send over booking and payment details. Places tend to go quickly as drawing club is popular so I’d recommend getting in touch as as soon as possible to avoid dissapointment.

Why? Drawing is good for all of our well being - it’s fun and it can be really calming. It can help to understand our thoughts and feelings and the world around us. I hear so many adults and children say “Oh but I can’t draw…” or “I’m not very good at drawing”. Drawing Club is here to show you that you CAN and that every one of us can feel good spending time drawing, connecting with the paper and ourselves - it’s not about the final outcome, it’s about enjoying the process of drawing and making - every mark made is valid. The time spent together drawing will support our wellbeing, teamwork, speaking and listening skills alongside growing our creativity, imagination and confidence.

What will we do there? We’ll have lots of fun with different drawing games and activities, each week there’ll be a different theme. There will be a variety of drawing materials and papers available to make marks with - we’ll use pencils, pens, chalk pastels, charcoal, paint sticks, oil pastels, graphite sticks, ink, scissors, glue, collage with different types of paper. We’ll use different tools and techniques, make mistakes and turn them into something new. We’ll draw on our own and work together on drawings in groups and pairs too. We’ll use big paper and small paper, we’ll also draw on things that aren’t paper. We’ll draw from observation (things we can see) and also draw from imagination and explore abstract drawing too.

How does the club work? It is a process led drawing club - this means it’s not about making perfect piece of artwork to hang in a gallery each week. It’s about exploring different methods of drawing, working on individual and group projects. There will be 10 places available to keep the group small.

Children will come to the group room just after school finishes. Please bring a snack and a drink, and after saying hello and a few minutes rest , we’ll start the session. The drawing activities will last for about an hour, then we’ll look and talk about our work together and then we’ll all help tidy away at the end of the session.

Who is Alexa? I’m a local artist and photographer and I really love making art with children, giving them a chance to explore materials and a space to express themselves. I also lead a local drawing group for adults called Hitchin Draw More. You can find some of my artwork by clicking the art tab at the top of this page. I work with the Broadway Gallery in Letchworth as part of their Teacher Artist exchange project working with Letchworth schools using visual arts to support children’s wellbeing within the curriculum. I also host some of the weekend Family Arts sessions at the gallery too. It was a huge honour to be Artist in Residence at Hitchin Library for the month of May 2025 to create a series of collaborative workshops - it was lovely to see so many Whitehill families come along to take part.

I am a qualified teacher - before I became an artist and photographer I was a primary school teacher at a school in Camden, and I have over 10 years of experience working with children and young people. Both of my children go to Whitehill and I have loved running drawing club over since October 2024.

I have public liabilty insurance and am fully DBS checked. Here you can find my safeguarding and privacy policies. First Aid will be provided by Whitehill Junior School staff if required, and Whitehill Junior School fire safety routines and policies will be observed.

 
 
 

I love drawing, I draw most days. Here’s a short video showing a sketchbook I took to the swimming pool 2022-2023. I made quick sketches while my children had swimming lessons or while I was at the outdoor pool. You have to draw realllllly quickly to capture movement! These small drawings aren't perfect finished pieces (does such a thing exist?). They are a series of drawing notes which filled a whole sketchbook and later I used them to remind me when I created a larger painting. I loved capturing the movements of the swimmers and the joy of being in the water!