After 30 workshops, Little Experts: Why Money Matters has drawn to a close for 2023...

Little Experts is complete for 2023

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70 ootiboo schools - and counting!

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To support Spark UK's fantastic advent calendar, we have launched our All Star competition...

All Star competition launches today!

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All Star competition launches

ootiBOO! 2023 has now closed! Thank you all so much for every one of your fantastic entries.

ootiBOO! 2023 has closed

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Today is the launch of our first Little Experts project, based on Why Money Matters, a guide to managing money by the fabulous Deborah Meaden.

Little Experts: Why Money Matters launches today

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We love this spookily sweet entry to this year's ootiBOO! competition...

The beastliest cake

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It's easy - and free - to become an ootiboo school, and now 50 schools have joined us!

50 ootiboo schools - and counting!

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50 ootiboo schools!

To support Spark UK's fantastic advent calendar, we will be running our All Star competition...

All Star advent calendar and competition announced

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All Star competition announced

We have just been filming in Svalbard - the most northerly human settlement on Earth - for our first Ice Cream eco-project. 

Ice Cream: Svalbard filming complete

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Welcome to our ootiboo news page - here we share all our exciting announcements and upcoming events, so to make sure you stay in the loop, don't forget to pop back and see what we're up to!

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We will be working closely with Farshore, the NSPCC and schools on a big project to celebrate the launch of Ant & Dec's book…

ootiboo is Propa Happy

We’re excited and proud to announce the launch of our brand new Digital Platform, ootiboo.com!

Our Platform has launched

Our Digital Platform has launched!

Collaboreggs is our egg-citing Easter-themed project, designed for the whole family to join in.

Get cracking with Collaboreggs

To celebrate the launch of Ant & Dec's book, Propa Happy, we want you to Pass the Positivity to make our big project a success.

Pass the Positivity is launched

It's time to Pass the Positivity!

We're so excited to announce the launch of the ootiboo teachers area!

ootiboo launches teachers platform

Our first ootiboo skills project in collaboration with Canterbury Christ Church University to explore imagination.

My imaginary world

Through short stories from the traditional _Mr. Men Little Miss_ classic books and characters, the _Discover You_ series introduces children to a range of emotions, exploring what it means to be happy, sad and everything in between.

_Discover You_ After School Club

Mr. Men Little Miss: Discover You

We are pleased to announce our latest partnership with Spark UK  - a mental health organisation run by young people for young people.

ootiboo partners with Spark UK

Interdimensional Explorers is an exciting empathy-based creative project running April 24-May 26 in collaboration with Farshore and EmpathyLab

Interdimensional Explorers

Our Easteroo project is now up and running with over £500 worth of prizes to be won! Come help us hit our target of over 300 entries...

Easteroo 2023 has launched!

Easteroo launches

We are excited to be starting development on Little Experts, a new collaboration with Farshore that will be launched November 2023. 

Little Experts launching Nov 2023

Little Experts 

We’re so pleased to have joined the Artsmark scheme, the only creative quality standard for schools and education settings accredited by Arts Council England.

ootiboo partners with Artsmark

The workshops have been a resounding success...

Teachers give us their thoughts on My Imaginary World

Our exciting My imaginary world project has begun…

My imaginary world kicks off!

We're so pleased to welcome the 1,500 students of the Koinonia Federation on board!

The Koinonia Federation joins ootiboo

We had some amazing entries, but someone had to win the spooktacular prizes!

The winners of ootiBOO! 2022 have been announced

Our ootiBOO! 2022 winners have been announced!

ootiBOO! is our fun spooky annual project for all ages; 2022's ootiBOO! was in collaboration with The Works, Farshore, Harper Collins

ootiBOO! comes to a close - until next year

ootiBOO! is over - until next year

We're looking forward to developing a variety of projects with The Works for 2023!

Our latest partner is The Works!

Announcing our latest partner, The Works

ootiBOO! is our fun spooky annual project for all ages, in collaboration with our partners Farshore and The Works.

Launching ootiBOO!

Easteroo draws to a close

Over 600 entries - but someone had to win...

Easteroo winners announced

Easteroo winners announced!

This playful and enlightening new project journeys into the imagination of our children - and ends with a very special prize&hellip;

Imagine better with Picture-This Books

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This fantastic BRAND NEW illustration has been created by illustrator Jo Lindley for our Interdimensional Explorers project – how cool is that?! 

Interdimensional Explorers is ready to launch

We were given this by Hi3 for innovation in education - which sums up everything we're trying to do!


We've won our very first award!

Our first award!

We successfully delivered our Interdimensional Explorers project to 120 students from schools in the Koinonia Federation in London. 

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We’re excited to announce the first winner of our Interdimensional Explorers project! 

The first Interdimensional Explorers winner

The very first Interdimensional Explorers winner

Close your eyes and imagine. A fun simple project to deliver before the end of term with a great prize.

Running the first Picture-This workshop

Picture-This Workshop

Ice Cream: Svalbard will be our first eco-themed project launching January 2024 and will also be our first international project!

Ice Cream: Svalbard

Author Lorraine Gregory talks about her experience of being part of the Interdimensional Explorers workshops in the Koinonia Federation schools.

Interdimensional Explorers video

Morehall Primary in Folkestone is one of the latest schools to have ootiboo co-founder Goose run a Picture-This project...

Picture-This in Folkestone

Our co-founder Goose recently had the chance to talk to the students and teachers from dyslexic specialist school Moon Hall in Reigate at their mini film festival event!  

Goose talks to Moon Hall

We had some fantastic entries, but as ever, a winner must be selected...

Picture-This winners announced

We're Propa Happy to announce that our big project event at Hillcross Primary with Ant & Dec was a huge success.

Our Propa Happy event was a huge success!

Our Pass the Positivity event was a huge success!

We will be visiting seven schools over the next three weeks to deliver our latest creative project.

ootiboo prepares for World builder

ootiboo is proud to be supporting EmpathyLab with their aim to teach and inspire young people to learn about empathy

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