Maker Days
Hands-on project days for home-educated children aged 8–16.
About Maker Days
Maker Days are hands-on project days for home-educated children aged 8–16. Each course centres on a real-world design challenge, from designing a restaurant to building an eco home. Children take their ideas from first sketch to finished model, learning to use CAD software, 3D printers, vinyl cutters and traditional model-making along the way.
Every course ends with a pitch day, where children present their work to family and friends. Along the way they build real skills in maths, design, technology and communication, and leave with a finished model and a portfolio of their work.
What Children Will Experience
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Real-world design challenges
Each course centres on a real brief, from designing a restaurant to building an eco home
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From sketch to finished model
Children take their own ideas all the way from first sketch to a finished model
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Real tools and kit
CAD software, 3D printers, vinyl cutters and traditional model-making
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Pitch day
Every course ends with children presenting their work to family and friends
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Skills that count
Maths, design, technology and communication, built along the way
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Something to keep
Every child leaves with a finished model and a portfolio of their work