21/11/2024
New Journal post - hear from the MAKE with the Knit Shop Makers! đ
Panel is partnering with and on âMAKE with the Knit Shopâ, a two-year teacher development project designed to embed craft approaches in schools. Working with six primary schools in Dundee and three textile makers: , and , the project introduces teachers and pupils in p5 and p6 to new craft-based approaches that support numeracy skills development in the classroom.
Find out more about the textile makers involved in the project - including some of what has surprised and delighted them throughout project thus far - in a special interview with Kim, Jolene and Kate, now live on the MAKE website.
âI couldnât believe how well the kids responded to this project. I could see them counting the rows they would need in one colour and how many in another. Thinking about pattern and symmetry. Craft may not be a conventional way to aid the teaching of numeracy and maths skills, but I could see how much more confident the kids were in talking about numbers and counting when it wasnât their primary focus.â Kim Norrie
MAKE with the Knit Shop is a partnership between MAKE, Knit Shop and Dundee Creative Learning Network, led by Craft Scotland and Panel. It is funded by âs Teacher Development Fund, with additional support from as part of their targeted funding to strengthen the craft sector in Scotland.
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1. Left to right: Erin Campbell (Knit Shop Manager - ) Kate Scarlet Harvey, Donna Wilson (Knit Shop owner - ), Kim Norrie and Jolene Guthrie at Verdant Works, Dundee
2. Kim Norrie with a teacher from Rosebank Primary School
3. Kate Scarlet Harvey with a teacher from Downfield Primary School
4. Jolene Guthrie during a MAKE with the Knit Shop Residency workshop
Photographs by Julie Howden and Neil Hannah
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