Inventors & Makers and Little STEAMers

Hands-On STEM Workshops, Clubs & Classes for Ages 2-12

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Hi, I'm Laura from Inventors & Makers. Our self-led virtual workshops and clubs are designed to make STEM accessible for you to do from school, nursery or home.

We do all the hard work of planning and teaching STEM for you. We even use resources and equipment you'll probably already have. So all you need to do is get yourself set up and press play on our videos.

Take a look through our workshops and after-school clubs for EYFS, KS1 and KS2, and our home-based Little STEAMers classes for ages 2-5.

"The teachers were able to simply click on their link and use the STEM workshop with their children in their own room. The resources for the activities were easy to grab and low in cost and each activity was age appropriate. The children were engaged throughout and it was very helpful to be able to pause the video to ask their very curious questions and discuss further if needed. They had lots of fun!" (Miss Field DT/Science Lead, Kirkheaton Primary School)

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Saving the Day Invention Workshop for KS1

This STEM Workshop is perfect to get your KS1 pupils working collaboratively and thinking creatively with hands-on invention and design activities.

Pupils start by learning about inventions and specifically how inventions solve problems. We take part in an invention challenge to save the day of a character from a fairy tale and end in a practical engineering challenge.

"The workshop was great fun, pitched correctly and really easy to manage with the resource list provided. My class loved it!"

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What you get:

Interactive Video Workshop with easy to follow instructions to pause and do activities, meaning all the planning and teaching is done for you.
Practical Activities that emphasise problem solving, collaboration and creative thinking along with design and engineering concepts and skills.
Materials List with simple resources like paper and junk modelling materials.
Teacher Information Sheet telling you what we cover, the National Curriculum Links and some follow up ideas to extend the learning.
Parent Information Sheet to include parents in their children's learning.

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The practical engineering challenge at the end could be done as part of the workshop or used to extend the learning on another day if you prefer, using any junk modelling resources or craft sticks and tape.

The workshop will take around 60-90 minutes in total, though it can be made to last longer.

For just £99* you can use the workshop with as many KS1 classes as you like for a whole school term on your own schedule.

Please be aware that for this workshop you will need to source some simple materials in advance such as A3 paper, pencils and junk modelling materials like straws and craft sticks. We estimate the total materials costs for running this workshop with one class of 30 pupils would be £10-£15 with each additional class costing less than this.

* Discounts are available when purchasing more than one workshop at the same time, for small schools or when you will use the workshop with a single class.

For information on discounts or if you want to get a taste first or have any questions email laura@inventorsandmakers.com

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Take a quick look at a sample of the video lesson to get an idea of the way the teacher-facilitated workshops look and feel for you and your class.

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Part 1 Saving the Day - KS1 Workshop

The workshop is broken down into two parts with two shorter videos.

You can use these across separate days, separate lessons or go straight from one to the other. They are designed to flow on from one to the other, but you might want your pupils to take a break in the middle.

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