SJI INNOMAKERS PROGRAMME

The Innomakers Programme in St Joseph's Institution is an innovative, student-centred approach that promotes experiential learning and cultivates curiosity and creativity. The programme encourages students to use Design Thinking to empathise, design a prototype, and create real-world solutions, strengthening 21st century competencies like Adaptive Thinking, Inventive Thinking, Collaboration and Communication.    

The Maker Education encompasses both analogue and digital making activities in the Makerspaces, offering diverse learning opportunities: 

1. Digital Making Activites: Students utilise technology and digital tools for design, creation and innovation, including coding, 3D modelling, AI and robotics. This enhances digital literacy and technological skills. 

2. Analogue Making Activities: Students engage in hands-on creation with physical materials and tools like cardboard modelling, 3D printing and building mechanical prototypes with micro-controllers. It fosters spatial reasoning, fine motor skills, craftsmanship and material understanding. 

Attainment badges are also awarded to students to recognise their competencies across various skill strands, and an E Certificate will be awarded at the end of year 2. The students learn through multi-disciplinary platforms through Play, Create and Innovate. 

Students learn to be the Agents of Change by innovating in service to the larger community in the Year 2 curriculum. The learning experiences allow the students to communicate, collaborate, self-manage, research, and think creatively as well as critically.

All Year 1 and 2 students in both SEC (Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate) and IP (Integrated Programme) will be in this programme. It is conducted during curriculum time and it is not a CCA. 

The IMP mentors are made up of teachers from various disciplines like Mathematics, Science, Computer Applications, Visual Art and 2 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) specialists.