Design & Technology Workshops

Most of my workshops are based on QCA Scheme of Work topics....

I can work with classes of up to 30. Every pupil in the class makes their own model/toy.

Costs quoted includes all materials including batteries and motors where applicable

Discounts available if more than one workshop is booked in a day and for small groups (under 20)

All the classroom needs to supply are scissors, pencils/coloured pencils/pens.

Most of the workshops need an hour-and-a-half if possible. I can deliver up to 3 in a day.

Most of the materials and components I use are also available from the 'Technology Shop'.

Name of workshop Age range Cost for one workshop
Playground: 'Swings and see-saws'  (Making working models with straws & pipe-cleaners.For Yr1 this workshop is more successful in the 2nd or 3rd term) Yrs1-2 £70
Wind-Ups: 'Scuttlers'                     (Wind-up-and-go card insects and spiders. Also suitable for Rec/Nursery - extra adult helpers are useful if available) Yrs1-4 £80
Moving Vehicles                           (Making a school bus from a fold-up net with working wheels and if there is time adding a magnet to make a train!) Yr2 £80
Moving Monsters                          (Monster's heads operated by syringes) Yrs3-4 £80
Wind-Up Roman Chariots              (A two-wheeled model Roman chariot with 2 horses and charioteer and a friction drive mechanism) Yrs3-6 £100
Torches                                        (Making a twin battery torch) Yrs4-6 £110
Moving Toys                                 (A simple moving toy (a crocodile with a moving head) operated by a cam mechanism) Yrs5-6 £90
Pop-Ups                                       (Designing and making simple pop-up cards) Yrs3-6 £70
Fairground: 'Electric Carousels'       (A simple carousel powered by a motor and pulleys ready for decorating afterwards) Yrs5-6 £110
Electric Fan Buggies                       (A fan buggy with 2 batteries, motor and switch) Yrs5-6 £120
Making Kaleidoscopes                         (Every pupil makes their own working kaleidoscope with a mirror and pieces of coloured filter - takes just over an hour) Yrs3-6 £80
Jet-Racers                               (A more challenging balloon buggy design for older pupils featuring a chassis and fold-up body. Plenty of potential for pupils to add   their own 'design extras' after the session. If a hall is available the session ends with a race!) Yrs5-6 £90
Making Periscopes              (A fold-up-from-a-net periscope with 2 mirrors. The session also includes mirror symmetry activities with another 'free to keep' mirror) Yrs4-6 £80
Viking Longboats                (A cut out and fold up card design featuring a mast, sail and shields along the side) Yrs4-6 £90

*Please note: workshops are not subject to VAT.

My background:

My name is Paul Newham. I have been working in the field of science & technology education for over 30 years and have been delivering workshops in primary schools for over 20 years. I was based at the South London Science & Technology Centre in Camberwell for 26 years and set up the 'Technology Shop' there. Following the closure of the SLSTC I relocated to Ivydale Primary School and run the shop service from there and deliver workshops to schools anywhere within the M25. I am employed by the school and therefore have a current C.R.B. (enhanced) certificate.

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