Make a Maker{School}
About the project
Make a Maker{School} is an exciting project led by Maker{Futures} at the School of Education, University of Sheffield. The project is funded by The University of Sheffield, Garfield Weston Foundation, CIVA, Erase All Kittens, and Arbourthorne Community Primary School. The programme involves ten schools in the South Yorkshire region. The teachers, children and senior leadership team at Arbourthorne are working closely with us to develop a relevant, innovative and engaging programme that will be rolled out in the nine further partner schools throughout 2022.
The project has three main strands.
To develop a Maker curriculum and class activities for use in primary classrooms
To engage with 30 families from each school to support maker activities at home
To develop a series of after-school coding clubs led by Erase All Kittens for use in school
The project is led by Dr Alison Buxton and Dr Louise Kay from the School of Education. For more information or enquires, please contact them via alison.buxton@sheffield.ac.uk and louise.kay@sheffield.ac.uk
Trailer.mp4Makerspaces for Creative Learning
Online FutureLearn course
This free-to-access MOOC is a great starting place to give you an idea of what makerspaces are and how you can get started. It is packed with loads of inspiring ideas. It is broken down into three week-long sections, but you can learn at your own pace.
Welcome to our school partners
We are please to be partnering with some fantastic primary schools to develop the Maker{School} programme
Abourthorne Community Primary
Arbourthorne Community Primary School is our lead development school in the Maker{School} programme.
Tinsley Meadows Primary Academy
Tinsley Meadows Primary School is a Sheffield school and is part of the Five Rivers Multi Academy Trust
Bentley New Village Primary School
Bentley New Village Primary School is located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Crags Community School
Crags Community School is a large primary school in Maltby, a town on the outskirts of Rotherham and is part of Nexus Multi Academy Trust.
Pipworth Community Primary School
Pipworth Community Primary is a large school on the Manor estate in Sheffield.
Worsbrough Common Primary School
Worsbrough Common Primary School is a larger than average sized primary school in Barnsley.
Tankersley St Peter's C of E Primary School
Tankersley St Peter’s Primary School is in the outskirts of Barnsley
Acres Hill Community Primary School
Acres Hill Community Primary School opened as an academy on 1st December 2016 as part of Sheffield South East Trust.
Brockwell Junior School
Brockwell Junior School is located in Chesterfield and was opened to pupils in September 1965. It is a two-form entry and is administered by Derbyshire Education Authority (LA).
High Hazels Academy is located in Darnall in Sheffield and part of the United Learning MAT
This project has been made possible by the generous funding from our funding partners.
