Engaging Primary D&T with The James Dyson Foundation - Free Course

Date and Time

Start Date: 2nd May 2025

Time: 09:30 - 16:30

Your Price: £0.00

Details

** Please ensure you have obtained permission to attend the course from your Headteacher prior to making your booking**

This Primary D&T course is Free to attend and will be hosted by the Dyson Foundation at their headquarters in Malmesbury.

By booking you are committing to attend.

No-shows on the day will result in your school being invoiced for £100. Please gain appropriate permissions prior to booking a place.

We will also pay your supply teacher costs up to a value of £150 should this be needed. Please claim by submitting proof of your supply teacher booking.

This exciting, full-day primary D&T course is perfectly suited to both teachers new to delivering/leading D&T, and also colleagues experienced in delivering D&T. Dyson engineers are famed for their modelling, prototyping, design iteration and innovation, and in this face-to-face course we will explore a range of techniques, processes and briefs aligned to the National Curriculum and beyond. The D&T Association trainer will help to demonstrate fun and engaging ways to tackle elements of the D&T curriculum, including structures, mechanisms, modelling and problem solving. The agenda will allow time to explore some of the resources which the James Dyson Foundation offers to schools. There will also be an opportunity to hear from an Engineer at Dyson and learn about their role and how they got to the position they are in now.

During your lunch break, delegates will enjoy a tour of parts of the facilities at the Headquarters in Malmesbury.

Course Objectives:

• To introduce fun ideas to engage pupils within D&T in your primary school and promote creative problem solving
• Engage in hands-on practical CPD with Dyson ‘Challenge Cards’ and further resources
• Improve personal subject knowledge and practical skills
• Increase knowledge of how professional designers and engineers work, to be able to translate elements back in school

By participating in this course, you will learn:

• How to use an iterative design cycle in D&T to improve student independence
• Practical techniques and approaches in mechanisms, structures and systems & control
• More about the work and processes at Dyson
• How the D&T Association’s and the James Dyson Foundation resources can support you and your team with D&T

• We recommend bringing a laptop or portable device for the session. 

Address

James Dyson Foundation, Tetbury Hill
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 0RP

Prices include VAT at the appropriate rate where applicable.

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