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This Term at Jump Studios

December 20, 2022 by Clara Collett Leave a Comment

Creative Hub

This term at Creative Hub we have had the pleasure of working with an external artist; David Beech who works at Bristol’s Ken Straddling Collection. David has worked alongside the Jump Studios Staff to create an amazing 10-week programme based on his project ‘My Family and Other Objects.’

We asked the young people to select a personal object that they thought told a story about them, their family, their culture, or their community. Using this object as inspiration, they are creating their own art pieces to exhibit at our Jump Studios Showcase.

The young people have explored what ‘the arts’ means to them. Through taster sessions and self-led practice, the young people have been able to tell their stories. They have used digital drawing, animation, photography, pixel art, Minecraft, sculpture, jewellery making, and even more traditional techniques.

We took a visit to the Ken Straddling Collection on Park Row this November. Everyone got a coach from Knowle West with cameras at the ready and sketchbooks in their hands to capture the experience and use it to inspire their projects.

As part of this project, the young people have had the opportunity to start their Bronze Arts Awards as an exciting way to show their participation in local creative arts as well as gain a qualification. The young people have created such a marvelous variety of work.

On Monday the 12th of Dec we invited friends, families, artists, and associates to join the young people for a beautiful end-of-term celebration. The young people gave tours around the exhibition space and shared their creative journeys with their guests. Families and friends were able to enjoy all of the art being exhibited, join in with some creative activities, as well as try out KWMC’s new Virtual Reality headsets. There was an incredibly special atmosphere as the community came together to share this celebration and we were touched to hear feedback from everyone who came.

Thankyou for this amazing club and fantastic opportunities.

parent

Thank you for giving my children the creative outlet – they love it here.

parent

Maker City

This term at Maker City, we wanted The Factory to become a space that the young people trusted, felt ownership over and felt inspired by. We wanted to build their confidence around the programme, around the space and within the new group dynamics.

The term started with lots of fun opportunities to learn how to use different digital design programs like Inkscape, Sketchbook, and TinkerCAD. They then used those programs to start making products with different briefs using the laser cutter, 3d printer, digital embroidery machine, UV printer, and vinyl cutter.

Throughout the term, the young people were able to meet their mentors from Arup, Arcadis and Mott Macdonald and have their say on the design of Bristol’s Castle Park. The young people thrived using their knowledge and opinions in this real world application and we saw the relationships between the young people and the mentors develop throughout the term as they worked together to tackle the brief.

A group of young people also onboarded the Maker City Youth Council who have been working with our partners and researchers; UCL and attending research sessions this term which will be continuing throughout the year. The young people have been proud to share their Maker City stories and help design their own research to understand Maker Spaces like The Factory. Last year Maker City young people co-designed a survey with UCL, which the current cohort filled out this term.

Using the theme of recycling and upcycling, we planted a social action seed that the young people explored with seriousness and curiosity. The young people were able to bring in items from their homes; using their new digital design skills to upcycle them. We wanted everyone to start understanding the design process this term and through, master classes and permission to fail, the young people practised; researching, prototyping, designing, redesigning, working independently, as part of a team and creating using all of the tools available to them at The Factory.

When we asked young people what they had learnt this term we were told; ‘I have learnt about the environment,’ ‘I have learnt how to use Inkscape,’ ‘I have learnt that the laser cutter is incredibly useful when cutting intricate pieces,’ ‘I feel excited,’ ‘I want to do more.’

The young people took ownership of their projects and as their designs started unfolding they worked together incredibly as a team to help get everyone’s products finished. By the end of the term, some of the young people were able to use the machines confidently and could help each other to print their work.

The young people chose to come to Filwood Community Christmas Market with the KWMC staff on their weekend to show their work to the community and tell other people what they had been working on this term. It was amazing to see the pride and excitement the young people had over their work and how confident they were to talk to the public about Maker City.

The end-of-the-term showcase was another beautiful celebration where friends and families came together with the young people to enjoy an exhibition of their upcycling projects as well as take part in some digital fabrication activities with the young people. The young people took ownership of the space; giving tours of the building and showing their friends and families how to use the machines to print off Christmas stickers and baubles to take home.

Some of the parents left feedback on the question: What have you noticed since your young person started at Maker City?

It’s amazing what we can see, how happy my daughter is here. She’s enjoyed every meeting with KWMC. Thank you all!

parent

My child is always excited to come to Maker City, very enthusiastic about all the activities and very lucky to have participated in it. It has been an amazing experience. – thank you!’

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Sound Wave & Sound Wave +

Across this term in Sound Wave, the young people have been exploring different creative activities around music. A few weeks ago, they planned and recorded their own podcasts that looked at a range of topics including music, football, and the climate crisis.

As well as creating their own music using software such as Garageband and Sound Trap, they also designed their own album artwork through Canva. We had a fantastic range of designs that really showed the young people’s creativity and personalities. As well as this, they created their dream playlist of songs and shared this with the group.

It has been great to see what the young people have made and see their confidence grow through the term. It had also been amazing to see them explore all the creative aspects of music from the recording and songwriting to the designing and sharing of music in the group.  

It’s been great to learn and improve music making skills.

young person

Our Soundwave showcase was really fun. We prepared the space together with the young people showing their songs on laptops and their songbooks out for viewing on tables. When the parents and caregivers arrived, the young people took pride in showing them around the space, playing them songs and reading them lyrics from their songbooks.

Ben’s dad was the first to arrive and he spent over an hour together talking through Ben’s process and listening to his songs. It was really special to see how engaged they were with the process and Ben’s Dad left us with some wonderful feedback.

“Inspiring how the young adults have expressed themselves so artistically and clearly. Thank you for all the support and enrichment!

ben’s dad

Lily came in just for the showcase. It was so nice to have her come as we had so much of her work on display. Her parents were really in awe of the space and what she had made over the weeks here with us. Lily wrote a beautiful song about her best friend who has been in hospital. We were so impressed when she wrote it and her parents were also really amazed at the vulnerability she showed in her writing.

“Thank you for helping Lily to better understand music and song writing! She has loved coming here and is keen to come back!

lily’s parents

A huge thank you to all of our funders for making this term possible.

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Filed Under: Creative Hub, Maker City, Sound Wave Tagged With: After-School Sessions, Case Studies, evaluation

Jump Studios In Schools

December 17, 2022 by Cashell Smith Leave a Comment

Maker City at Oasis Academy Connaught

We had the pleasure of running Maker City with the year 6’s at Oasis Academy Connaught this school term.

Maker City is a STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts and maths) programme aimed at inspiring young people to design and create products using state-of-the-art technology such as laser cutters, 3D printers and sticker machines. We focus on collaboration, creative problem solving and social action to work together to design something that would be useful for ourselves and our community!

It is amazing for us to be able to meet young people in their school environment and offer a different approach to education; broaden their horizons and show them what is available in their local area and how they can be involved.

For the school sessions, we brought iMacs, drawing tablets, and robots to work with. At the end of the term, we bought the young people to KWMC The Factory where they could see their work being made using our other equipment, have a tour of the space, and get stuck in with our hands-on engineering activities.

Sound Wave at Parsons Street Primary School

This term we have run three Sound Wave taster sessions at Parsons Street Primary School with two year 6 classes. We were able to bring in percussive instruments and laptops for the young people to use in the sessions. In our first session, we kicked things off by playing a conducting game where everyone in the class would have a piece of percussion and one young person would come to the front to conduct the room. They could affect when people played and how loud or quiet, they played their instrument. The enthusiasm from the year 6 classes was great to see and we had multiple volunteers all wanting to have a go at conducting.

We introduced the young people to composing and creating their own music using loops on Garageband. In a short period of time, the young people showed their amazing creativity and quickly took to building their own songs with loops and were really excited to show the rest of the class what they had been working on in the session.

Our Sound Wave taster school sessions have also included young people creating their own podcasts! In these sessions, the young people worked in groups to come up with a theme for their podcast, something that they are passionate about or want to talk about. Then after some planning, and writing down a few key points they moved on to recording their podcast on software such as Garageband or Sound Trap. They also looked at creating some theme music or a jingle for their podcast which could be from loops or recording an instrument. Again, we saw amazing creativity from the year 6 classes at Parsons Street and a willingness to share their work with us which we always love to see at the end of sessions.

If you are interested in having any of our sessions at your school, please contact jump@kwmc.org.uk.

If you are interested in signing up for any of our after-school sessions or have any questions, please follow this link or email jumpstudios@kwmc.org.uk.

Filed Under: Jump Studios Stories, Maker City, Sound Wave, Uncategorized Tagged With: Creatives, Jump Studios, Jump Studios Stories, Maker City, Sound Wave

The Jump Studios Summer Programme 2022

September 21, 2022 by Cashell Smith Leave a Comment

Maker City

Jump Studios star-jumped into August with an action-packed Maker City week at KWMC The Factory. The programme’s first day began with exciting tasters of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) world we were about to explore.

The young people were given a tour of the building and shown live demos of the diverse technology we have available at The Factory. Excited by the laser cutter and the vinyl cutter; the young people tried their hand at making their own personalised stickers and wooden name badges, learning how to use Inkscape and transfer files onto the machines. They even learnt how to drive Sphero robots and created their own 3D mazes to race them around.

As well as tasters of the technology, Maker City Day 1 delved into Social Action; practising interactive activities to ignite conversations around interests and passions within their community. This led us to our first ‘Build Your Bristol’ challenge where the young people were given a budget for simple materials to design and engineer a prototype of something that Bristol would benefit from as a city.

Day 2 of Maker City continued with the fight for Social Action as we went out as a group into the local community and started highlighting things that we noticed. The young people were aware of the positive infrastructure around them and were equally aware of the things that were missing or that they would like to change. Passionate conversations arose about the environmental and social needs of the people and the area and how they could start making positive changes.

The group noticed social issues; large amounts of litter on the ground and overflowing bins, a lack of greenery and dull signposting. They discussed how these issues made some of them feel unsafe and unwelcome on Filwood Broadway. The young people started to think about the technology available at KWMC The Factory and how machines like the laser cutter or the vinyl cutter could be used to create bright colourful signs for the high street and how the CNC machine could help build more bins for the community.

When we got back to the Factory the young people started thinking about the Social Action Campaign they wanted to focus on throughout the project. They came up with snappy slogans and designed their own protest placards using digital drawings on their computers ready to be cut out on the laser cutter. Some of the slogans included; ‘This Is Not Freedom’, and ‘Protect Our Planet.’ The young people thought about products they might want to create to support their social action campaign and created prototypes of their designs.

One young person designed a pill-shaped magnet with their slogan on it to spread awareness about the current anti-abortion laws in America. Another young person wanted to focus on improving people’s lifestyles in Bristol by designing a free transport bus. One even designed an ocean-cleaning boat which gathered plastic from the top of the ocean as it moved.

The ideas were courageous and diverse, looking to help people and the environment in a variety of creative and innovative ways. Other STEAM tactile design activities were carried out on this day to help the young people develop their STEAM practices and influence their Social Action campaigns. The young people created personalised kaleidoscopes and embroidered their own tote bags to take home.

The third day of the programme is when we bought everything and everyone together. The young people processed their ideas from prototypes to their final products and created PowerPoints on Canva to explain their Social Action journey in a colourful and accessible way. Gathering all of their hard work together, the young people set up KWMC The Factory as an incredible exhibition space and invited friends and family to come along to enjoy their incredible creations.

Sound Wave

We ran our Sound Wave summer programme in the second week of August at Knowle West Media Centre. These three days consisted of young people taking part in drumming circle workshops, jamming together and creating their music using a mix of instruments and music software.  

Day 1 of the programme introduced the young people to different ways of creating music. We had workshops from our associate facilitators/musicians around lyric writing, using synthesizers and finding inspiration when writing a song. In one activity everyone shared a song that they really enjoy and connect with then gave a few reasons why. We found there was an eclectic range of songs and styles within the group and the young people were able to use it as a springboard to start creating and making their own music!  

Day 2 started with some group games that included learning how using different sounds in your music can change the feeling of your song. The young people would hear a sound and have to walk to a spot if they thought it was a High end, Midrange or Low end sound. We then went into a group jam with young people trying out different instruments and taking turns to conduct the group. We saw great group dynamics with everyone taking part and giving it a go.  

After everyone was warmed up the young people started creating their own songs using software (Soundtrap, Garageband or Logic) and instruments of their choice. We were then able to showcase the amazing work that was made. Parents and staff were invite to the main studio of KWMC, where the young people had their laptops and headphones ready to play the songs they had created. It was amazing to see the creativity that they all have.  

If you are interested in signing up for any of our after-school sessions or have any questions, please follow this link or email jumpstudios@kwmc.org.uk 

Filed Under: Jump Studios Stories, Maker City, Sound Wave, Uncategorized Tagged With: Maker City, Sound Wave, Summer Programme, Young People

The New Term Begins!

May 5, 2022 by Clara Collett Leave a Comment

As we welcome young people back for a new term at Jump Studios, we thought we’d let you know what our first week looked like. Following on from last term’s theme ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing’, this term we will be focusing on ‘The Celebration of Community!

Maker City

We kicked off Maker City this term with Sphero Mazes…

The young people worked collaboratively to decide on their interpretations of a ‘new Bristol’. They created new rules, such as everyone must be kind and everyone gets free bus fare. They also decided on some new landmarks and then prototyped their new city using scrap material. From there, they began to use Sphero robots to navigate around their new cities, allowing them to discuss what change they would like to see. Finally, they tried their hand at ‘Tinkercad’, using their new cities as inspiration to learn 3D design.

Young people creating their own cities for the Spheros to navigate through

Control Alt Delete  & Creative Hub

The group shared their favourite celebrations and festivals throughout the world. They carried out self-led research around a different celebration they did not know about already; from a different culture, religion or historical time. The group then used to learn ‘Canva’ and created posters and PowerPoints which advertised an event for their chosen celebration. At the end of the session, the group presented their work and shared their research findings with the rest of the group.

 

Young people researching various celebrations

Sound Wave

This week at Sound Wave, we welcomed some new young people to Knowle West Media Centre and we also had some familiar faces return. In our 10 – 16 group, we went over what we do at Sound Wave. This meant young people were able to try out different instruments in a group jam and then use ‘Soundtrap‘ loops to create their own piece of music and share it with the group.

In Sound Wave +, we looked at writing a song from a group jam and then continuing to refine or add sections to it as we progressed throughout the section. The young people really showed off their creativity after writing something in under an hour and the exciting part is that this is only the foundation of what they will be working on in the coming weeks.

Members of Sound Wave Jamming

Check out the video below to see Jump Studios in action!

If you want to find out more about how young people can get involved in any of our programmes, click ‘here‘ to find our registration form!

Filed Under: Creative Hub, Maker City, Sound Wave Tagged With: After-School Sessions, Control Alt Delete, Creative Hub, Creatives, Jump Studios, Maker City, Sound Wave, Young People

Our End Of Term Wrap Up

April 25, 2022 by Cashell Smith Leave a Comment

At Jump, we believe in looking after ourselves as well as looking after each other. The ‘5 steps of Mental Health and Wellbeing’ have helped guide the winter-spring term at Jump Studios. These 5 steps are: give, connect, keep learning, take notice and be active.

We know how important it is for young people to keep learning and exploring topics around mental health and wellbeing so we have been spreading awareness around the 5 steps and using each one to drive creativity and design throughout our sessions.

Sound Wave

This term in Sound Wave, we have been exploring songwriting, inspiration and collaboration. We have seen some amazing work from the young people and we have really noticed their confidence grow throughout the term. We have a range of interests and tastes which has resulted in an amazing selection of great music. Some have taken to creating music on software such as Sound Trap, Garage Band and Logic Pro and some have used the range of instruments to jam with others and create songs for the first time.

Through these discussions about the ‘5 Steps of Mental Health and Wellbeing’, we were able to get some insights into the importance of having a safe creative space for them to come to each week. This has been demonstrated by the supportive atmosphere the young people have created, as well as the work they have created.

Sound Wave cohort performing

Youth Council

We have started running our Youth Council sessions with the new 2022 cohort. We understand how important it is that local young people get their voices heard and with the new Youth Council committee they are willing to use their voices to start making positive change!

We have been communicating with the wider Knowle West community and the young people have been working with re:CREATE Filwood, Play:Disrupt and the wider ‘KWMC‘ organisation to help drive change and make real-life community decisions.

The Youth Council having a discussion

Control Alt Delete

The young people have demonstrated a lot of creativity throughout the term and have been willing to explore new technologies that they may have not used before. They have been trying out a range of different tech that includes VR, coding with Spheros even creating their own face filters using P5 coding. We have also seen some incredible 3D designs using Tinkercad where they have created their own gaming worlds. Along with this, they created their own characters for their gaming world, digitally drawing them using Sketchbook or Pixel art.

Young person using VR

Creative Hub

Creative Hub used the 5 steps to inspire their own personal creative projects.

While learning new creative tech skills the young people continued with the theme of ‘Keep Learning’ while they researched new topics that they felt curious about. They used this research to help guide their personal creative projects. Gathering new information through self-led research and channelling their new ideas and knowledge through different creative vices.

Some of the sessions focused on the idea of ‘Giving’ where we thought about the people we cared about and made them gifts using the sticker making machine. ‘Be Active’ was channelled through animation and the concept of movement as expression. Throughout all of our sessions, we make sure that the group starts with an active, tangible exercise to get everyone’s brains and bodies moving to help inspire their creative juices.

We successfully included all of our themes in the sessions and had a really positive response from the young people.

Young people learning stop motion animation

Maker City

This term at Maker City we have been busy delivering a programme alongside the curriculum at ‘KnowleDGE‘ (a local school down the road from ‘KWMC‘). The students have tried their hand at designing laser cut and vinyl objects they have been fascinated with 3D design and have learnt some new 3D design skills using Tinkercad and Thingiverse. This proved useful when taking part in STEM-in-Action activities where they designed and built a bridge out of spaghetti! The young people also took part in creating Sphero mazes, and carefully engineered a parachute to protect their eggs in the famous Maker City Egg Drop!

Combining Maker City with assessments alongside the school curriculum has allowed the young people to express their creativity, learn lots of new STEAM skills and have the chance to talk about social issues that matter to them. It has enabled a different perspective on how you can combine STEAM, product design and creativity all whilst completing assessment criteria.

Young people creating

Maker City Industry

The participants have been taking part in live project work alongside mentors from ‘Arup’, ‘Arcadis‘ and ‘Mott Macdonald‘. The projects the young people got to work on were: Ensuring accessible transport for the “Youth Zones” project, prototyping houses for Better Lives at Home, and How Sustainability is considered in businesses when designing homes. Maker City Industry is a space for young people to gain real-world experience and insight into how some of the most influential construction organisations create change and make things happen in Bristol and Beyond!

Young person creating designs on Tinkercad
Young person using a laser cutter

We are readying up for the next term as we focus on the celebration of community, which is dear to our hearts!

If you want to find out more about how young people can get involved in any of our programmes, click ‘here‘ to find our registration form!

Filed Under: Jump Studios Stories, Sound Wave Tagged With: Control Alt Delete, Creative Hub, Maker City, Maker City Industry, Sound Wave, Youth Council

‘Our Space’ Celebration Event

April 13, 2022 by Megan Ballin Leave a Comment

Last month, we ran the ‘Our Space’ celebration event at Knowle West Media Centre. The event celebrated the new artwork created by Yoli Ward-Streeter on the railings outside the media centre on Leinster Avenue to welcome the community inside.

Yoli collaborated with the young people of Jump Studios to create the beautiful artwork and at the celebration event, we invited friends and family down to the media centre to celebrate with refreshments and music performances.

Young people performing for friends and family

The young people co-led the event to showcase their musical talent and share their work that they have been rehearsing and practising over this term at ‘Sound Wave’.

Young people displaying their creations

The young people had the chance to share their creative personal projects with their parents and other members of the community. They took ownership of their space and their achievements, the energy was incredible and there was a real sense of pride and inspiration while we celebrated.

Our Space was such an exciting project to be part of, not only through collaborating with the young people but as an artist, I was given an enormous amount of creative freedom and support throughout the project.

Yoli Ward-Streeter

If you get the opportunity, please come down to the media centre and check out the new artwork on display and if you would like any updates you can follow us on Instagram or Twitter.

Filed Under: Jump Studios Stories, Sound Wave, Youth Council Tagged With: Community Architecture, Jump Studios, Jump Studios Stories, Sound Wave, Young People, Youth Council

Amplifying Local Young People’s Voices over a Cuppa’

March 16, 2022 by Clara Collett Leave a Comment

The Knowle West Media Centre‘s young people’s team hosted their first Tea and Coffee morning this January.

The event was set up to be an open space for anyone working in the local area to come along and find out what people are up to, shout about any amazing opportunities other organisations have coming up, and chat more about how best we can support local young people. Plus, it wouldn’t be right without a cuppa and some biscuits.

We were joined by Robins Foundation, Unique Voice, Youth Moves, and a local illustrator.

I thought I would take the opportunity to talk about how the morning went so you can get an idea of what we’re up to and hopefully, join us for a cuppa at the next one.

We started off with some informal introductions to find out what we all do, what ages we work with, and what areas we work in.

We had some flip chart paper set up with some questions, that we thought were of interest to those working in the area, and it was a great way to get the conversations flowing!

Here are the notes that were made around the topics we chatted about: 

Firstly, on ‘What works well when working with young people in Knowle West / South Bristol?‘

  • Having a “logo” to that young people know who we are
  • One-to-one approaches
  • Being reactive

‘How can we best support each other and others working with young people in the area?’

  • Advertise sessions in local schools
  • Combine the ‘Youth Council’ from Robins, KWMC, Youth Moves and Youth Voice
  • Sit with young people, sign-post, and sign-up to other services directly with them
  • Networking and finding out what is on
  • Attending sessions with young people

‘What areas do you work in?‘

  • Filwood
  • Hartcliffe
  • SBSC
  • Stockwood
  • Knowle West

‘What do we want to improve when working with young people in 2022?’

  • Asking young people what they want and need, before delivering it collaboratively
  • Not losing contact if they go quiet
  • Transport
  • Access
  • Engagement
  • Youth Zone to have more collaboration and have other organisations working alongside Youth Moves
  • Mobile Skate Park with KWMC Blocks

‘What would you like to start asking young people, so youth voice is at the forefront of what we do?’

  • Youth Council socials so young people can get together to discuss what is important
  • ‘How can we collaborate more?’

After these discussions, we spent some time highlighting some projects that were happening (My Future Self – Unique Voice, Primary Holiday Programmes, Future Legacy Project, and FAMBALL) and what training we have found useful (Gaming Training, Mental Health and Wellbeing Resilience and Mental Health First Aid).

Clara leading a group of young women and non-binary people in our 2021 Future Legacy Project retreat.

Finally, KWMC used the opportunity to highlight Eight Creative Agency and the work they do for young, emerging creatives (18-30).

A photo of an artist performing at a Sound Wave event, ran by Jump Studios and filmed by Eight Creative Agency.

These conversations proved invaluable and really got us excited about looking ahead to the potential of a bi-monthly meetup that can bring together South Bristol services that are working for young people, in order to amplify their voices.

If you would be interested in coming to an event like this then the next one will be on the 24th of March from 9.30 – 11.30 am at Knowle West Media Centre.

This month, we are going to be focusing on youth voice and how we can bring youth councils in the area together to amplify young people’s voices in decision-making in South Bristol.

If you are working nearby as part of an organisation, a freelancer, part of the council or you would like to lend an ear to find out more about how we aim to support South Bristol young people collectively, please get in touch by emailing clara@kwmc.org.uk and we will be happy to welcome and accommodate you at our event.

Filed Under: Sound Wave, The Jump Studio's Journal, Youth Council, Youth Workers Tagged With: eight creative agency, future legacy project, knowle west, kwmc, robins foundation, Sound Wave, unique voice, Youth Council, youth moves, youth workers

Jump Studios Summer Programme – What We Got Up To!

September 17, 2021 by Cashell Smith Leave a Comment

What have we been doing?

Over the course of 3 weeks, we had a plethora of workshops lined up. This included 2 days of ‘Young People Can Make’, 2 days of ‘Maker City’ and 3 days of ‘Sound Wave’. We had a jam-packed summer, full of fun here at Jump, and we are really grateful to everyone involved, from the young people to the Jump team!

Young People Can Make

Jump Studios, local young people, We Can Make, and Automated Architecture collaborated to create Young People Can Make. The young people learned vital design skills and had hands-on experience working with the construction blocks.

Those that participated in YPCM were given the ability to design and materialise whatever structural or architectural ideas they may have had. Houses, bridges, community centres, and anything else their creativity allows them to manifest.

If you want to see what happened during the days of Young People Can Make, click here. Check out our blog, which reflects the fun-filled time we had.

Maker City

The Maker City Summer Programme welcomed a brand-new cohort of aspiring creatives and makers eager to learn how to create socially conscious products for causes that are important to young people! They developed STEAM(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) skills, product design, and participated in digital fabrication masterclasses. The participants also mastered collaborative creative problem-solving tasks, such as the infamous egg drop challenge and building spaghetti bridges that could hold 1kg of sugar! By the end of the two days, new friendships had formed, new skills had been learned, and confidence had been built!

Maker City is where we design products about things we care about.

young creative

We are excited to restart the Maker City programme at KWMC The Factory in October. Please contact clara@kwmc.org.uk if you would like your young person to become part of the Maker City Movement.

Sound Wave

Over the three days of ‘Sound Wave’ in the Summer Programme, young musicians’ musical creativity shone through. Our young musicians demonstrated their musical abilities in a variety of ways, including playing together, conducting the entire room, creating podcasts, and writing and performing their own songs.

The young people started off by building their first beats and exploring the beauty of loops using the FREE web-based DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) Soundtrap. We even saw some future podcasters shine through with podcasts that included facts about bunnies, inspirational quotes, and things they care about within their community and wider Bristol.

On Days 2 and 3, the emphasis was on the students working together to compose their own songs. Our two groups not only wrote the lyrics, melodies, and chord progressions to their songs, but also performed them in front of KWMC personnel, thanks to seminars on rhyming and song writing and performance advice from our music facilitators!

All in all, it was an amazing experience to see such an array of musical talent come through in such a short amount of time.

Not only did we learn about music but we made new friends!

Young musician

To learn more about how you can get involved with Sound Wave in the new term, contact Mike at mike@kwmc.org.uk.

We are delighted to say this summer break has been amazing! With a wide array of activities and endless enjoyment, on behalf of everyone here at Jump we would like to say a big thank you to all involved its been a blast! But even though the summer is over and young people have returned to school, we are returning with after school workshops and half term festivities to carry on the fun!

Interested in coming to Jump Studios After-School sessions in Autumn 2021? Sign up here!

Filed Under: Jump Studios Stories, Sound Wave, Summer 2021, Uncategorized Tagged With: Community Architecture, Creative Hub, Jump Studios, Maker City, Sound Wave, Tech, Young People, YoungPeopleCanMake

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