One project, six weeks
Six weeks, week by week
Every project in every studio follows the same six steps. The question changes; the shape stays.
- 01Week 1
Step 1: Choose a question
The studio spends its first days on a single question. Children and teachers bring ideas, argue for them out loud and choose one that is worth six weeks.
A question, not a topic
Every child says what they would try
- 02Week 2
Step 2: Find out
Children read, visit places, interview people who know the subject and measure what can be measured. Each keeps a notebook, and the teachers help each child find the next thing to look up.
Visits and interviews outside the school
A notebook for every child
- 03Week 3
Step 3: Make a first version
A draft, a model, a map, a recording. The first version is rough on purpose, and it is made to be looked at and argued with.
Rough is expected
Workshops teach the skills the version asks for
- 04Week 4
Step 4: Test it and hear critique
The studio looks at each first version together. Classmates and teachers say what they see and what they wonder, and the maker writes down what to change.
Critique is specific and kind
The maker decides what to change
- 05Week 5
Step 5: Make it again
A second version, with new materials and the skills picked up in the workshops. Some children rebuild, some start over, and some go deeper into one corner.
Rebuilding is part of the work
Teachers meet each child about next steps
- 06Week 6
Step 6: Show it
Families come to an exhibition night. Children stand beside their work and explain how they made it and what they would change, and the studio closes the project with a look back.
Held in the hall and the studios
Open to families and neighbors
Exhibition night
How a project ends
An evening in the hall and the studios, four times a year.
Each project ends with an exhibition night. Families and neighbors walk through the studios, and children stand beside what they made and explain it in their own words. Nobody is ranked, and nothing is judged against another child's work.
Open to families, friends and neighbors
Children explain their own work
Held in December, February, April and June
Come to an exhibition night
The office can tell you when the next one is, and families who are thinking about applying are welcome.