Schools Programme

We work with local South Bristol secondary schools, colleges and Adult Learning Provisions, bringing our hands-on, inclusive and engaging workshops to your students, for FREE!

Our Approach

At KWMC we champion STEAM over STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths. We believe that the inclusion of Arts encourages a creative lens for solving the challenges of our collective future. 

What skills will young people develop?

Our current schools offer is based on our Maker City programme. Young people will learn about a range of skills and pathways, including:

• Technology
• Engineering
• Architecture
• Retrofit construction
• Design
• Critical Thinking

“I wish they had opportunities like this when I was at school – it’s a different way of learning and the young people need it – especially young people with SEND. They can actually learn with their hands and have a break from sitting down and writing all day.”

– Local Key Stage 4 Teacher

In-School sessions

We offer FREE in-school sessions, trips to our Neighbuorhood Makerspace, in-school assemblies, careers fairs and work experience. Find out more about each offer below.

Maker City

An engaging scheme of work designed to spark creativity, critical thinking and STEAM skills through hands-on learning, in 4 parts:

• Part 1: Ideation, Digital Drawing, and Social Action
• Part 2: Prototyping, Coding, and Robotics
• Part 3: Ideation, Digital Drawing, and Social Action (continued)
• Part 4: Prototyping, Coding, and Robotics (continued)

We offer these as lesson-sized sessions or full-day sessions.

Trip to our Neighbourhood Makerspace, The Factory

Session lasts 1.5 – 2 hours and offers a hands-on creative task, utilising our digital fabrication and design equipment. Transport funding to/from The Factory is available.

All of our schools provision and work experience is generously supported by Comino Foundation and Bristol City Council’s Strategic Partnership: Arup, Mott MacDonald and Arcadis.