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A growing movement internationally, maker education provides children and young people with the skills, knowledge and habits of mind to make projects in relation to real world problems using high and low-tech tools, materials and technologies.
A growing movement internationally, maker education provides children and young people with the skills, knowledge and habits of mind to make projects in relation to real world problems using high and low-tech tools, materials and technologies.
Makerspaces encourage children to create, make and mend things, but they also support the development of 21st century transferable skills such as collaboration and critical thinking through nurturing a maker mindset or Maker{Spirit}.
Although closely linked to STEM subjects, making can enhance all areas of the curriculum and provides an interdisciplinary practice at the crossroads of every subject. Many schools are now keen to develop their own makerspace or maker education provision. Our programme currently focuses on support for early years, primary and special schools.
What is the Maker{Spirit}?
We believe that everyone can develop a way of being that helps to see the world as full of possibilities. This is our Maker{Spirit}.
What does a Maker{School} look like?
Arbourthorne Community Primary School have worked with Maker{Futures} and The University of Sheffield to help develop the Maker{School} programme and are now working towards their Gold Award. Take a look at our video about Arbourthorne.What does a Maker{School} look like?
What our schools say...
What our schools say...
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Sheffield, UK
"What’s been truly remarkable about Maker{School} is the unexpected impact it has had on inclusion. One of the most powerful examples is a group of boys who were vulnerable to exclusion—disengaged, struggling to connect with the curriculum, and often on the edge of classroom life. The Maker{School} approach has given them a different way in. Suddenly, learning became practical, creative, and meaningful... They found success in designing, building, collaborating—and with that success came confidence, motivation, and a sense of belonging. Now in upper KS2, these same boys are thriving—not just in Maker sessions, but across the curriculum. Their behaviour, attendance, and engagement have been transformed. The programme hasn’t just prepared them for the future. It’s given them a real place in the present."
Debra McFarlane, Headteacher
Pedagogy, curriculum and assessment
Pedagogy, curriculum and assessment
Whatever you choose to focus on, every Maker{School} will share the same approach to pedagogy, curriculum and assessment.
Maker{School} pedagogy.pdf
Maker{School} curriculum.pdf
Maker{School} assessment.pdfHow do we become a Maker{School}?
How do we become a Maker{School}?
You can register your interest in becoming a Maker{School} and join our mailing list. Take a look at how our awards process works or get in touch with the Maker{Futures} team to find out more.
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