Design It, Make it, Use it primary school outreach

Design it, Make it, Use it is the Design Museum’s national outreach project for EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils. Delivered through teacher CPD and focused around a handling collection of contemporary design objects,

DiMiUi unpacks the process of design and supports teaching of the subject by supporting delivery of a six week classroom project. DiMiUi was launched in 2016, is generously supported by the Helen Hamlyn Trust and is forming partnerships with primary schools across the U.K.

• Free teacher CPD sessions supported by design and learning professionals

• Free resources including a project guide, teacher notes and film series

• Support with planning a six week Design It, Make It or Use It project to be delivered at your school.

• Support from the Design Museum Learning team

• Opportunity to gain free access to the Design Museum’s teacher summer school.

The session allowed us to discuss what ‘Design’ means and how we could start these conversations with children. - Year 2/3 Teacher, Barnsley

In the session we delivered we liked how the children experimented with the different materials and were able to produce impressive designs without loads of instructions. - Year 3 Teacher, Manchester.

Express your interest in the programme by contacting us at designit@designmuseum.org

Please e-mail a short introduction to yourself and include:

• The name of your school
• Your location

Please also copy in your headteacher to the e-mail.

A number of printed resources are available to help guide you in running your own project in your school as well as video resources around objects in the handling collection that will be sent out to your school.