Terri & the Time Machine
In partnership with our long-term supporters Z-arts, we have secured Paul Hamlyn Foundation funding for an ambitious experiment in creative curriculum: Terri and the Time Machine.
With the help of Year 3, Investigator Terri creates a working time machine – but finds herself trapped when the machine starts rocketing around in time and space. In an ongoing narrative of peril and adventure, can Year 3 work together to get her back?
Core Artistic Team on this project is:
Toni-Dee Paul
Sarah Punshon
Daniel Bye
Samuel Wilde
Sound Design: Nik Paget-Tomlinson
Zoom Technician: Humira Imtiaz
Production Management and Construction: Rob Athorn
Production Management and Construction: Rob Athorn
Additional props-making: Louise Manifold & Kamini Patel
Curriculum Advisor: Dr Lynne Bianchi, Director of the Science and Engineering Education Research & Innovation Hub at Manchester University (SEERIH).
The project has already reached 538 children in six inner city Manchester schools. In 2024 it will begin delivering to over 600 year 3 students in those original six plus seven more. Evaluation shows that “TTM” children are more likely to see themselves as “someone who likes science”, more likely to find science lessons interesting, and more likely to talk to their families about what they’ve done in science at school. Read more about our impact here.
““The children ADORE Terri and they love science because of TTM! Thank you!”
“It’s definitely changed my way of thinking as well, we can be way more creative in the way that we think about our lessons, letting our children discover things.”
Teacher feedback
The programme is inspired by previous successful projects My Planet and Curious Investigators.
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