STEM Workshops for Primary Schools
Inspiring your pupils with hands-on STEM
Inventors & Makers is an award-winning provider of hands-on, curriculum-linked STEM workshops for primary schools across the UK - in person or online, for EYFS through to Year 6.
Whether you're planning a one-off STEM day, a British Science Week special, or a series of workshops linked to your curriculum topics across the year, our qualified Inventioneer teachers take care of everything, from the planning down to the very last craft stick.
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Workshops from £69 for self-led online sessions and from £149 for in-person visits - with even better value the more classes you book. Get in touch for a full quote.
“It was wonderful having the Inventors & Makers workshops in our school. The kids absolutely loved them.
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Sometimes when external companies come in you worry that the kids won't be fully engaged by them as they aren't necessarily 'natural teachers'. However, having Susie who has worked as a teacher before, she knew exactly how to hook them. The pupils absolutely loved it."
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- Miss Kershaw, Spinfield Primary
Susie is one of our Inventioneer teachers basd in the South East
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Why Choose an Inventors & Makers Workshop?
Planned Around Your Curriculum
Our workshops already cover the topics your school is teaching - structures, forces, space, the environment, Romans, coding, and more - so finding a session that fits your planning is straightforward. Not sure which workshop suits your year group or topic? Just ask and we'll help you find the best match.
Everyday Materials, Real Engineering
We use simple, reusable materials - cups, craft sticks, straws - because we believe engineering should feel accessible to every child, not just when a specialist arrives with an expensive kit. It's better for the planet, and it means pupils can pick up where they left off long after we've gone.
Education Not Entertainment
Every workshop is built around genuine learning — hands-on activities that give pupils real opportunities to think, investigate, and problem-solve. We don't just put on a show. Children leave having actually made something, understood something, and felt like real engineers.
Delivered by Qualified Teachers
Every session is planned and delivered by our Inventioneer teachers - qualified, experienced primary educators who know exactly how to tailor learning for each age group, manage a classroom, and make learning stick.
Our Workshops
Engineering & Structures
Pupils learn about famous structures and the engineers behind them, then apply engineering principles to build their own towers and bridges.
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Year groups: EYFS · KS1 · KS2
Curriculum links: Structures, Bridges, 3 Billy Goats Gruff, Romans (KS2 themed version available in-person)
Available: In-person and online ​
Engineering & Machines
Pupils discover the six simple machines and how they work, then build and test their own levers, pulleys, inclined planes, wheels and axles and compound machines like winches.
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Year groups: EYFS · KS1 · KS2
Curriculum links: Forces, mechanisms (pulleys, wheels)
Available: In-person and online​
Engineering & The Environment
Pupils explore the impact of unsustainable energy on our planet and investigate how engineers have designed renewable solutions, building circuits with solar panels and learning about electricity production with wind turbines and gears.
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Year groups: EYFS · KS1 · KS2
Curriculum links: Sustainability/Our planet, electricity & energy, mechanisms (gears)
Available: In-person and online
Space Engineering
From the first rocket launch to robotic missions on Mars and splashdown returns from trips to the Moon, pupils learn about how we've engineered our way into space before building their own balloon rockets, splash down parachutes and Mars rovers.
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Year groups: EYFS · KS1 · KS2
Curriculum links: Space, forces, electricity, planes and flight (KS1 themed version available)
Available: In-person and online
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Invention & Design
Pupils learn how inventions solve real-world problems, meet famous and not-so-famous inventors, then use the design thinking process to create their own inventions.
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Year groups: KS1 · KS2
Curriculum links: Design, inventions, can be linked to many topics through focus of problems solved by inventions
Available: In-person and online
Coding & Robotics
Pupils learn about coding and the function of different robots before programmibg their own - from simple directional code and light sequencing in KS1 to real-world problem-solving in KS2.
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Year groups: KS1 · KS2 (EYFS unplugged version available)
Curriculum links: Coding, sequencing, algorithms, KS2 space
Available: In-person and online
Schools provide computers for KS2 - we bring the robotics equipment
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
Pupils learn what AI is, where it's used, and how it works - including mistakes and bias - before designing their own useful AI. KS2 use micro:bits and KS1 take part in an unplugged activity.
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Year groups: KS1 · KS2 (EYFS unplugged version available)
Curriculum links: AI, digital literacy, micro:bits
Available: In-person and online
Video Game Design
Pupils discover what video game designers do, explore the history of game design, then use drag-and-drop software to build their own ball and paddle, maze and platform games.
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Year groups: KS2 (KS1 stop-motion workshop available)
Curriculum links: Game design, computing design
Available: In-person
Schools provide iPads with paid app downloaded (£3.99)
Coding Unplugged
Pupils explore human communication through history - from cyphers to binary code - with activities to code and decypher codes and UKS2 extending into how encryption works.
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Year groups: EYFS · KS1 · KS2
Curriculum links: Computing, communication, World War 2
Available: In-person or online
“Our staff were all really impressed with the knowledge and content of the activities as well as the behaviour management and pedagogical understanding of the person delivering.
All of the children were engaged and really enjoyed the workshops - which lent themselves really well to our topics and gave the children and staff lots of ideas and understanding to be built upon in later lessons.”​
- Mrs Buttgieg, D&T Lead Fosters Primary School
Covering a Larger School? Try a Kickstart Day
If you're a larger school and don't have budget to stretch to full-length workshops for every class, our Kickstart Days mean every pupil still gets a hands-on STEM experience - over one or two days depending on your school size.
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We kick off with a live Launch Assembly for each phase, delivered by our Inventioneer teacher. Pupils then complete hands-on engineering challenges back in their own classrooms with their own teachers, guided by our specially created videos. Our Inventioneer teacher drops in to every class while they're working to give feedback and support.
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We provide all the materials, plus optional follow-up ideas for teachers. EYFS is available as an optional add-on.
Currently available for Structures and Artificial Intelligence themes with bespoke prices based on your theme and number of classes.
STEM for Early Years & Nurseries
Our Little STEAMers sessions are designed specifically for the way young children learn - through play, exploration and wonder. Every session includes a sensory warm-up, a story, a song, physical movement and hands-on activities.
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We have EYFS versions of many of our primary workshops - covering topics like space, the environment, structures, and machines - as well as other topics covered in EYFS like life cycles, dinosaurs, and our bodies. So if you're booking a whole-school STEM day, we've got your youngest learners covered too.
What to Expect
Our workshops run for 50–90 minutes and can be extended to half or full days. Each session accommodates up to 30 pupils.
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In-person workshops are delivered by one of our Inventioneer teachers at your school. Prices start from £149 for a single class visit, £349 for a half day (3 classes), or £549 for a full day (5 classes) - the more classes you book, the better the value per class. Kickstart Days offer a lower price per class.
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Online self-led workshops are available for most topics and are a flexible, lower-cost option - ideal if you want to run a session independently or have a limited budget. Prices start from £69.
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Every booking includes:
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Teacher information sheets for your planning evidence
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Parent information sheets to demonstrate your school's commitment to STEM
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Display materials to raise the profile of STEM in your school
“Having Inventors & Makers into school was wonderful! There is always seamless booking and communication before the day.
In the workshops the children were all fully engaged with well-planned, age-appropriate content with a mix of teacher led and group work.
The leader had great classroom management skills so the teachers could all learn and enjoy the sessions too.”
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- Mrs McWeeney, Head of Science
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We always put children first
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All of our school workshop leaders are qualified and experienced teachers.
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All our leaders have Silver SEND Inclusion certification.
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Our leaders always have an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check and paediatric first aid training.
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All classes are fully insured and a risk assessment is carried out prior to each in-person session.