Bridges, Maths & Design Workshop

Architecture Workshops

Architecture Workshops were employed by the Millennium Bridge commision in 1998 to develop a workshop to explain how the suspension footbridge works for KS3 students. From that we developed our most popular workshop Bridges, Maths & Design for KS3+, which easily led to running it for KS2.

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Where we travel to

We can visit your school in: East Midlands, West Midlands, London & South East, East of England, South West, North East, North West, Yorkshire, Wales

What activities are available during this school workshop?

Fine Motor Skills, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Creativity, Imagination, STEM, Resilience,

Which curriculum topics do we cater for?

Maths Workshop

Logic and Problem Solving Ratio and proportion Shape

Because we use nothing more than dowel and rubber bands in all of our unique workshops the importance of triangulation in making all other two dimensional shapes strong is key in all the structures we build.

Design Technology Workshop

Mechanics and engineering Materials

Construction Elements Included, where pupils have to follow instructions together to form the structure, so need to help and guide one another to ensure a successful build.

Art Workshop

Design

At KS2 and KS3+ learners are challenged to make their bridge stand out from the other bridges, so an eye on the aethetics of the structure is important as well as its strength. This is most evident at the older age range, where students can get the bridge standing quite quickly

PSHE Workshop

Teamwork and resilience

Problem solving and resilience are endemic in all of our workshops, but particularly in the STEAM orientated ones, like Bridge, Maths & Design, Shelters, Skyscrapers, Olympic Sculptures. Pupils Work individually, in groups and altogether to create one large structure, or remaining in groups make their own structure. e.g. bridge, shelter, sculpture. The teamwork and resilience needed helps develop pupils cooperative intelligence.

Team Building

Engineering

What size groups do we cater for?

KS2; 45 pupils in 120 minutes (Two Per Day) or 30 pupils in 90 minutes (Three Per Day)
KS3+ 35 Students in 120 minutes or 25 in 90 minutes (Two or Three Per Day)

Access for visitors with disabilities

yes Please let us know more about your group and we will get back to you with more details about the suitability of what we offer.

Visitors with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

We are happy to work with SEN pupils who are part of a class, but if the percentage is greater than 25% we may have to adjust the total number accordingly. Likewise we can run workshops at specialist schools with smaller numbers.

Anything else?

My son, Erno, ran out of his classroom today exclaiming 'best day ever'. Thank you so much for what sounds like an inspiring session building. His eyes were glistening and he is still buzzing!
Thank you very much.

Who are Architecture Workshops?

Designed to stimulate imaginations and excite children and teachers alike the Architecture Workshops Hands-On experience is a Focused Practical Task For All Key Stages & Abilities. The workshops focus on simple ideas to amazing affect, using all aspects of STEM pupil’s work together to build stunning large scale structures. In many of the workshops we take a history topic as a starting point and using, Design Technology, Maths Literacy, Science and Drama to differing degrees, pupils create large scale reconstructions of famous architectural landmarks that bring curriculum subjects to life. Pupils work individually, in small teams and altogether to build one large structure or many structures depending upon the focus of the chosen workshop. The ideas found in EYFS workshops are developed throughout our repertoire of workshops, from KS 1 & 2 right up to KS 3,4 & 5.