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 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. 

The IMP supports highly differentiated learning through the provision of online learning platform called Inno Dojo and multiple achievement levels. 

Attainment badges are also awarded to the students to recognise their competencies in various skill strands and an E Certificate will be given at the end of year 2. The students learn through multi-disciplinary platforms through Play, Create and perhaps 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 OP and IP will be in this programme. It is conducted during curriculum time and it is not a CCA. Upon completion of the Innomakers Programme, students will be awarded an E certificate.