Create your own Maker{School} project. This template is designed to support your thinking. We use the Maker{Cycle} to iterate our project planning; continually reflecting and refining. We use our expertise, experience and intuition to make changes in response to what we notice and feel.
Ten projects designed with real engineers and covering a range of engineering disciplines.
EYSF - Y6
Circuits and Craft
Make a safe electronic sparkler
Y1 - Y6
Cardboard cutting and construction
Make a box theatre to tell a story
Y1 - Y3
Materials attachment and prototyping
Design and build a boat to meet the criteria
Y4 - Y6
Metal and simple machines
Develop a moving model using a crankshaft
Y2 - Y3
Cardboard construction
Design, build and test a paper plane launcher
Y3 - Y6
Digital Literacy: stop motion animation
Produce a stop motion animation campaign film
Y4 - Y6
Sewing
Make a mighty microbe soft toy
Y2 - Y3
Materials and chemistry
Expressive artwork or make a pencil grip
Y4 - Y6
Paper and construction
Design and make a piece of furniture
Y3 - Y6
Digital Literacy: augmented reality
Build a virtual zoo
Risk assessments for each project along with some general risks associated with practical activities.
Y5 - Y6
Discover how maths can be useful in everyday life
Make decisions and predictions
Digital literacies animation
We've launched a new project to encourage children and their families to use their home languages in official settings like schools and libraries. To access a host of FREE resources and find out how to run your own workshops visit the website.
These resources have been developed by the Maker{Futures} programme and our previous project on making in the Early Years - MakEY.
Guidance notes
A powerful example of physical and digital making linked to an area of the curriculum. Take a look at The Story of Migration on the PositiveNegatives website.
Astrid Poot is a thinker and maker from the Netherlands. She has produced a series of wonderful resources exploring making and schools. You can visit her brilliant website here
Here are some of our favourites...
We are currently beta testing this 3D design software, aimed at primary age children, which enables them to create 3D shapes and scenes online with no specialist software. Check out the tutorial, have a go and let us know what you think.
Visit www.makerart3d.com.
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.