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Thoughts, Practises and Reflections from members of the Dream Networks CommunityAccentuating mishaps into beauty
Recently we were faced with a build dilemma which resulted in a rather wonky looking sandpit shelter in the Early Years (EYS) play area of an inner city London school we have the privilege to be creating a play area for Rather wonky sand pit shelter After...
Hopscotch provides more enjoyment than I ever imagined
I recently received a video from George Karis, the exceptional talented building project manager for our Molo play area. It was of 2 children playing hopscotch. I regularly played hopscotch when I was younger and as a budding play designer, had assessed the key...
The Baraa Playground is standing strong and loved by all
Just over 5 months ago, the community in Baraa opened the playground for over 1,500 school children. It was a great occasion and marked the completion of a collaborative effort to enable all children to play. It was also the start of a playful adventure for the...
The mission to regenerate Deptford Playground through co-design with the children themselves
On Wednesday the 21st of June 2017, I had the privilege of joining a group of adults from Deptford Folk and Anthology in conducting a fun and interactive workshop at Sir Francis Drake Primary school. We had a clear mission, to engage over 20 children between the ages...
How CAD enables children as young as 8, to engage with the engineering design process in an accessible manner.
In a classroom based in CAMS school in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, students between the ages of 10-12, turned on their computers and began to bring their ideas to life through the power of Computer Aided Design (CAD). After spending previous weeks, understanding...
Can integrated engineering design sustain our world?
In 2013, the managing director of Dream Networks was a finalist of the Institute Engineering & Technology (IET) women of the year awards and subsequently presented a webinar on integrated design for the IET community in 2014. You can listen to her passionate...
Love your global neighbour
In one of the 8 workshops at Greenfield E-act Academy in Bristol, the children learnt about requirements. I was very proud of them being able to sit through 1 hour and 45 minutes of engineering requirements. They learnt new words such as sustainability,...