STEAM WORKSHOPS

SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES

I design creative, hands-on STEAM workshops and experiences for all ages, from early years and families to secondary students, with a strong focus on intergenerational learning and making together. Choose from established workshops or work with me to create something bespoke. Sessions can be structured, bookable, drop-in or Jamboree-style or a combination of formats — and are tailored to your audience, space and setting.

  • Light Art Play

    A playful, hands-on exploration of light, shadow and movement. Experiment with torches, objects and motors to create light drawings and simple pattern machines through curiosity and creative play.

  • Robotics

    Explore design thinking and making skills to engineer moving or drawing robots using circuits and hobby motors.

  • Light Boxes

    Design and build your own illuminated light box using craft materials, patterns, LEDs and motors. Create individual designs to take home or combine them into a collaborative light installation.

  • Learning Machines

    Explore how to design, engineer, and create their own cardboard micro:bit learning machines to test and experiment with hands-on ways of learning.

  • Paper Sculpting

    Explore the art of paper sculpting to design and build a collaborative cityscape, reimagining a place or designing art sculptures through creativity, making and 3D construction.

  • Animation

    Explore hands-on animation techniques to design, create, and bring their imaginative stories to life, using storyboards, characters, and backgrounds or arty faces using everyday materials.

  • Spinning Animators

    Explore programming micro:bits and servos to create spinning animations, combining their creative drawing skills with hands-on technology.

  • AI Animation

    Creative Character Making, tinkering with nature, everyday objects, drawing, painting or kinetic sand to create imaginative creatures and characters, then use AI to bring them to life through animation.

  • Conductive Games

    Explore combining their design-maker skills and use micro:bits, circuits, and sound to programme to create their own electronic games.

  • Sound and Light Sensor Art

    Explore various artists worldwide and discover how they use micro:bit and servo motors to bring movement to their art with sound and light sensors.

  • Live Art Coding

    Experiment with code to create colourful, moving digital artwork in real time. Working in pairs, participants use Hydra to explore creativity, coding and visual effects through playful experimentation.

  • Creative Constructions

    Explore creative design thinkers and makers, utilising everyday materials and modelling techniques to invent, build, and engineer their ideas. They will collaboratively build small-scale models or expansive immersive structures, fostering an appreciation for architecture and sculpture.

  • micro:bit Invention

    Prepare for an exhilarating day of exploration and invention with the pocket-sized micro:bit computer, ideal for KS2 and educators! Together, participants will delve into physical computing, programming LEDs, servo motors, and sensors to construct and animate their own inventions.

  • Illusion Machines

    Explore programming micro:bits and servos to explore the art of illusion, experiment with, and design their own optical illusions.

  • Toy Dissection & Redesign

    Take apart old toys and everyday objects to discover how their electronics and mechanisms work, then redesign the parts into imaginative new creations. Experiment with LEDs, motors and simple circuits to bring your ideas to life.

BOOK STEAM WORKSHOP

  • “Thank you on behalf of us all at Kids on Track for joining us today and introducing everyone to AI Animation. We were bowled over by you, how you ran it, the concept, and results. The children thought it was great and came running back to Red Rice telling me all about it. We very much appreciate your support for our charity and for your part in helping to make the kids’ summer just that little bit better, as well as getting them to try something new. ”

    Jo Gammell, Kids On Track, Camps

  • “Emma is a great teacher and at the workshop I attended the children were inspired and engaged in the animation process for the entire 2 hours. The workshop was really well organised and all the participants produced really creative mini films.”

    Hilldenborough Guides

  • "We attended one of Emma's family animation workshops today and it was a HUGE hit with our boys (ages 9 and 7). The event was very well resourced and set up and Emma gave a great little intro to the activities. It was lovely to see the children so absorbed in their animations and there was so much creativity and fun throughout the workshop. Really super session and has opened our eyes to a whole new world of fun to be had through animation!"

    Amy, Parent