You're invited to... the OKIDO Crazy Drawing Party! Come and meet Messy Monster and the team from OKIDO Magazine on Sunday 8th October, as the Imagination Lab gets taken over for a day by the wonderful world of drawing. All activities at the OKIDO Crazy Drawing Party will include imaginative drawing of some kind, so be ready to imagine and...
We're inviting schools to step into the Imagination Lab for this free event, Lab Learn: Code Week. With coding being the modern literacy, the Institute of Imagination will be celebrating the development, creative application, innovation and invention that digital literacy brings. These free schools workshops will explore imaginative ways for young children to step into...
You're invited to... Lab Life: Coding Weekend! book now For Lab Life: Coding Weekend, we will be hosting a weekend of family workshops in our Imagination Lab. These workshops will give young children the opportunity to step into the world of coding through a number of imaginative routes. With coding being the modern literacy, we will be...
You're invited to... Volunteer Preview Evening Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering with iOi. During this 1 hour session, you will learn about our exciting programme, have the chance to explore the Lab and try out activities, meet the iOi team and learn more about what role you can play as...
You’re invited to… Lambeth Community Programme: Tinkering Club We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? With 'wearables' always trending in new forms, the Institute of Imagination will be celebrating the creative application, design, innovation and invention of new...
In partnership with iOi, FUZE Workshops consist of a full day's coding activities learning to code using a real text based programming language. Children from seven upwards get to code simple programs, control electronic circuits, interact with sensors and even code a robot arm. The activities are tailored to the individual’s ability level so each student will...
On 25th October, we will be running a day’s programme as part of GOSH Arts' family arts week, which is focused on architecture. The activity will challenge participants to de-mystify the idea of creating a piece of art; by using everyday materials, embracing colour and celebrating light. We will create light vignettes that enable participants to tell...
You're invited to... Lab Live: Cardboard Challenge! Book now To celebrate the Global Cardboard Challenge 2017, we will be hosting a day of Lab Live family workshops at the Imagination Lab. Cardboard plays a big part in our everyday lives and is a material that can be found in every household. But how can we reimagine and...
We’re inviting schools to step into the Imagination Lab for this free event, Lab Learn: Cardboard Challenge This event is now fully booked. If you're interested in future Lab Learn events, please contact imaginationlab@ioi.london The Institute of Imagination is celebrating the creative potential of cardboard as part of the Global Cardboard Challenge. We are inviting up...
You're invited to... Lab Liftoff: Global Designathon! The Institute of Imagination will be hosting a Designathon workshop as part of Global Designathon 2017. How can we teach our children to become the producer of new technologies? How can we show our children how to build a better world for themselves and the planet? The Designathon method was...
The Institute of Imagination presents Lab Learn: Making Movement - FREE school workshops at the Imagination Lab. These workshops are now fully booked - if you are interested in school workshops please email us. Please note: these workshops are part of Lambeth Community Programme at the Imagination Lab and your school must be based in Lambeth....
You're invited to... Lambeth Community Programme: Lab Life 'Making a Movement' We are hosting a Lab Life for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. This will explore the topic of ‘Making a Movement’ through wind, robotics, sound, engineering and scientific experiments. What can I expect at Lab Life: Making Movement? Friday...
You’re invited to… Lab Live: Tinker Wonderland Book now Join the Institute of Imagination for a festive celebration of tinkering and making. Tinker Wonderland is a Christmas market with a twist where you can explore over 25 interactive stands and stalls in our 12,000 sq ft space. Join us for a host of activities for...
Ever wondered what your pupils could gain from an Imagination Pod? Come and find out! We are inviting teachers and pupils to the Imagination Lab on 5 - 7 December to experience our Imagination Pods in residency. Bring a class from your school to explore and tinker with sound, senses and spaces through arts, science and digital...
You're invited to... Lambeth Community Programme: Lab Life 'Making a Movement' We are hosting a Lab Life for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. This event will explore the topic of ‘Making a Movement’ through programming, light, movement, robotics and coding experiments. Making a Movement will offer activities such as: Moving...
You’re invited to… Lambeth Community Programme: Tinkering Club We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents only, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Christmas is nearly here! At December's Tinkering Club, we're celebrating by making Chritsmas character Automatons that you can take home. Create elves, Santa...
This event is fully booked Imagination Camp FUZE Workshops consist of a full day's coding activities, learning to code using a real text based programming language. Children from 7-14 years old get to code simple programs, control electronic circuits, interact with sensors and even code a robot arm. The activities are tailored to the individual's ability level...
You're invited to... Educators Workshop: #RobotZoo We’ve teamed up with BirdBrain Technologies from Pittsburgh, USA for a day of experimentation with robotics. What can you expect at this event? If you have in interest in robotics, this day-long workshop is for you. Aimed at beginners this ‘hackathon’ for educators fuses science, arts and technology with the Hummingbird...
This event is sold out. You're invited to... Lab Liftoff: #RobotZoo We’ve teamed up with Birdbrain Technologies from Pittsburgh, USA for a day of experimentation with robotics. What can you expect at Lab Liftoff: #RobotZoo? In this all day workshop, children will learn about and interact with robotics, using Birdbrain Technologies’ Hummingbird Kits. Using these kits, children will...
You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Coding Movement (Lambeth Community Programme) These sessions are fully booked. As part of the Lambeth Community Programme, local Lambeth schools can sign up to a free Lab Learn: Coding Movement session. In these schools sessions aimed ay Key Stage 1 and 2 we...
You’re invited to…. Lab Life: Art Meets Science (Home Ed) Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be exploring the crossover between art and science. At these Lab Life sessions exclusively for Home Ed students, you can create your own environment with Co Spaces virtual reality app, work together in groups to build and...
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Art Meets Science (Lambeth Community Programme) Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be exploring the crossover between art and science. At these Lab Life sessions exclusively for local Lambeth residents, you can create your own environment with Co Spaces virtual reality app, work together in groups to build and...
Creative, multi-therapy & learning day (SEN and Lambeth Community Programme) You’re invited to a Lab Life for parents and carers in Lambeth with children with Special Educational Needs. This creative, multi-therapy and learning day is in partnership with the Lambeth National Autism Society and is aimed at Lambeth residents. We are looking to see how we...
You’re invited to… Imagination Lab Pop-Up: Festival of Opportunities If you’re a Peabody neighbourhood resident in Lambeth, join us at their Festival of Opportunities at the Rosendale Community Centre, 147 Peabody Cottages, London, SE24 9DR. The Institute of Imagination is hosting a pop-up Imagination Lab at the festival. We’ll be exploring the topic of ‘coding and...
This event is fully booked. You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Funky Sound Instruments We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Build your own guitar, drums or even a full band! Programme and engineer your creations with Mircobits and speakers...
These sessions are now fully booked. You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Sound Improvology If your school is located in City of Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea you can sign up to a free Lab Learn: Sound Improvology session. In these schools sessions aimed at Key Stage 1 and 2, we...
Due to the adverse weather conditions, this evening's Volunteering Evening at the Imagination Lab has been postponed. The safety of visitors is paramount to the Institute of Imagination and we want to ensure that with transport disruptions, you are able to travel home safely. We apologise for the inconvenience this causes. If you have any...
You’re invited to… imagine a new way to tackle climate change, at Lab Late: Managing the Biosphere Are you concerned about rapid changes facing the planet? Do you want to hear about a movement that advocates for action, driven by the people? Well this is the talk for you! In this 70-minute animated discussion, join Angus Forbes for a...
A festival where science meets art.
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Brain Play Explore the wonders of the brain through creativity and making, with London Brain Project and the Institute of Imagination. Ever wondered what makes you, you? Join us during Brain Awareness Week to discover the amazing organ inside your head. Using craft activities designed by London Brain Project and delivered...
You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Pod Residency THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED We are inviting teachers and pupils to the Imagination Lab on 20 and 21 March to experience our Imagination Pods in residency. Bring a class from your school to explore and tinker with sound, senses and spaces through arts, science and digital technology.We are inviting...
The Institute of Imagination is taking over Tate Britain for a day of digital fun throughout their galleries.
You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Buzz Wire Games We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Buzz wire is a steady hand game that is well known to many as a table top amusement. Join us to build your own...
You’re invited to… the Lambeth Autism Fayre We’ve team up with the Lambeth branch of the National Autistic Society, for a day of activities in the Imagination Lab and the Engine Hall for children, adults, families, parents and professionals. If you are a Lambeth resident, you are eligible for free tickets. Please contact hello@ioi.london to request your discount...
Easter holiday activity camp for children
This event is now fully booked. See our other events here. We're partnering with CoderDojo London to host Girls Only Dojo at the Imagination Lab At this session, there will be plenty of coding tracks to choose from : Learn how to code a website Learn how to design and create web apps with...
You’re invited to… Lab Learn: Science of Sound Only schools located in City of Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow or Kensington and Chelsea are eligible to sign up to a free Lab Learn: Science of Sound session. In these schools sessions aimed at Key Stage 2, we explore sound through invention, code and...
You’re invited to…. Lab Life: Film Hacks and Gadgets (Home Ed) Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be making and exploring futuristic gadgets for film and TV. At these Lab Life sessions exclusively for Home Ed students you will: Work with Foley Sound to make your own SFX Hack a film with Morse...
You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Futuristsic Film Gadgets (Lambeth Community Programme) We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Join us at the Imagination Lab where we’ll be making and exploring futuristic gadgets for film and TV. Create your own...
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
You're invited to...OKIDO Get Into Science Family Event! BOOK NOW This event is all about the magic of science exploration! Make friends, learn about science and have fun in this bi-monthly event for young children and their families, run by OKIDO, with experts, artists and scientists. The event encourages learning through play in the most fun...
A schools workshop in partnership with Siobhan Davies Dance
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Super City (Lambeth Community Programme) What might a city of the future look like? How might we live and move around it? How would you animate it with people? Join Sculptor Jim Bond, wire artist Helaina Sharpley and Maker extraordinaire Samantha Bryan as we start to create Super City, a collaborative and interactive...
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Super City What might a city of the future look like? How might we live and move around it? How would you animate it with people? Join Sculptor Jim Bond, wire artist Helaina Sharpley and Maker extraordinaire Samantha Bryan as we start to create Super City, a collaborative and interactive cityscape which will...
A 3-day May Half Term activity camp with the team behind the War Horse puppets
You’re invited to… Tinkering Club: Electronic Chain Reactions We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? Celebrate the creative application, design, innovation and invention involved in creating electronic chain reactions. A Chain Reaction is an activity where each item has an effect...
A festival of the future in the Lab and the 12,000sq ft Engine Hall!
You're invited to... Design Thinking Workshop for primary school educators We are hosting a research evening with Michelle Borda, MA student at UCL Institute of Education. What is Design Thinking? Design Thinking it is a powerful innovation tool that engages participants in an analytic and creative process. It is currently being used as a learning method...
A school sessions for Key Stage 2 classes in the boroughs of City of Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea
Find out what volunteering at the Imagination Lab is like.
Explore the science of bubbles with OKIDO Magazine
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Happiness and Silliness (Lambeth Community Programme) At the Imagination Lab we will be exploring happiness and silliness though a range of fun activities! We forget how important it is to have fun, laugh and be silly. You will have the chance to explore, test and make with Jack-in the-box machines, play...
Lab Life: Tinkering with Motors (Home Ed) The Institute of Imagination will be celebrating creative application, design, innovation and invention using hobby motors. In our Imagination Lab we are inviting home educated children and their parents/carers to come and create their own moving jitterbugs, bottle speed cars and bubble machines, through an exploration of the possibilities...
You're invited to Lab Learn: Mark Making and Dance with Siobhan Davies Dance company (Lambeth Community Programme) These workshops will provide a fun, imaginative and sensorial experience of cause and effect. We will look at the ways in which cause and effect play out in movement and the multiplicity of ways in which the moving body...
An evening of making and constructing for adults, part of the Art Night Community Programme.
A school session for KS2, with a focus on students with SEND
You’re invited to…Lab Life: Super City (Lambeth Community Programme) What might a city of the future look like? How might we live and move around it? How would you animate it with people? Join Sculptor Jim Bond, wire artist Helaina Sharpley and Maker extraordinaire Samantha Bryan as we add more creations to Super City, a collaborative and...
Schools sessions at The Hub at Wellcome Collection
Events celebrating how our brains think, explore and imagine at The Hub at the Wellcome Collection
Electronics, mechanics and programming Summer activity camps with MakerClub
Imagine, design and build a moving robot animal for the robot zoo in a one or two day camp.
You’re invited to… Lab Life: Tinkering Day Project (Lambeth residents) Join us at the Imagination Lab on 9 or 10 August where we will be exploring: Physical games such as tag, how fast your reflexes are and reinventing these games through digital code. Pinbal and Board Games: by building digital dice, recreating operation or making LED snakes and...
You’re invited to… Lab Liftoff: Coding Camp with FUZE Imagination Camp FUZE Workshops consist of a full day’s coding activities, learning to code using a real text based programming language. Children from 7-14 years old get to code simple programs, control electronic circuits, interact with sensors and even code a robot arm. The activities are...
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
You are invited to... London Curriculum Children's Festival We're excited to be a part of the London Curriculum Children's Festival, where we'll be hosting a water rafting workshop for children and families. Come and see us at Potters Fields for a fun afternoon of free workshops, family activities and more. Water Rafting Workshop The act of making a raft...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Making Movement This event is now fully booked. Movement plays an integral part in our everyday lives. We are always fascinated how, why and what makes something move in our world. These sessions at the Imagination Lab explore, test and experiment the theme ‘Making Movement’ through mechanical wire automatons, jitterbug...
City Hall opens its doors as part of Open House and we're running a Future Cities workshop!
Schools sessions for Key Stage 2 classes at schools located in Barnet, Brent, City of London, Westminster, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing, Harrow, Kensington and Chelsea
A hands-on STEAM family festival celebrating science, technology, engineering, arts and maths at the Imagination Lab
You are invited to…Lab Life: Making Mechanisms Mechanisms are all around us. They make our lives and jobs easier, often without us consciously recognising them. At Lab Life: Making Mechanisms, you'll be able to explore the crossover between engineering, art and science, with two workshop activities that allow you to create your own automata and sorting,...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Robot Zoo This event is now fully booked. To celebrate EU Code Week 2018, we're excited to be running a beginner friendly ‘hackathon’ focussed on coding and programming, while fusing technology, science and arts. Lab Learn: Robot Zoo will be a free workshop for school children to play, explore and tinker in...
You are invited to…Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Velocity This event is now fully booked. Join us at the Imagination Lab to satisfy your need for speed! At Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Velocity, we will be playing and experimenting with elasticity, balloon power, electricity, motors and Micro:bits. We’ll be exploring how we make robots, paper aeroplanes,...
A two-day robotics camp to get into the Halloween spirit
A free session for KS2 schoolchildren to tinker with a Rube Goldberg Machine.
You’re invited to… explore, invent and tinker at Lab Late: Building A Rube Goldberg Machine Are you interested in encouraging children's interest in engineering? Want to get hands on and build your own Rube Goldberg Machine? At our next Lab Late, join us and Kids Invent Stuff to get inspired by engineering and get tips and ideas about how...
You are invited to…Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Flight This event is now fully booked. Join us for an extra-special Tinkering Club to explore the topics of electrification and flight, in partnership with Rolls-Royce. There will be two activity stations to spark the imaginations of young inventors. Activity Station One: What could become possible – now and in the future –...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Pioneering The Power That Matters book now What could become possible – now and in the future – with the power of electrification? We’re partnering with Rolls-Royce to inspire new generations about the challenges and possibilities presented by our future energy demands, as well as introduce the role that electrification...
You are invited to…Lab Life: Pioneering The Power That Matters This event is now fully booked. What could become possible – now and in the future – with the power of electrification? We’re partnering with Rolls-Royce to inspire new generations about the challenges and possibilities presented by our future energy demands, as well as introduce...
Schools and Home Education sessions for 8-12 year olds
You are invited to… Festive Maker Market! Smart gifts for curious minds book now We’re celebrating the festive period in style at the Imagination Lab… with a magical Festive Maker Market! Teaming up with some of our most popular partners from throughout the year (as well as some exciting new makers), the Festive Maker Market...
You are invited to…Lab Learn: Pioneering The Power That Matters book now What could become possible – now and in the future – with the power of electrification? We’re partnering with Rolls-Royce to inspire new generations about the challenges and possibilities presented by our future energy demands, as well as introduce the role that electrification...
You are invited to… Lab Life: Winter Wonders (Lambeth Community Programme) book now Kickstart the season of giving with some festive making and tinkering at the Imagination Lab! What can I expect at Lab Life: Winter Wonders? At Lab Life: Winter Wonders, you’ll be able to create a host of handmade gifts with three crafty...
You are invited to…Tinkering Club: Tinkering With Electronics & Circuits This event is now fully booked. We’ll be getting into the Christmas spirit at Tinkering Club in December. Come along to the Imagination Lab where we’ll be making Christmas-themed products by tinkering with electronics and circuit making. We’ll be experimenting with soldering, LED, sounds, parallel...
One day coding camp during the Christmas holidays
You’re invited to…find out more about volunteering with the iOi Come to the Imagination Lab to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi. Volunteers are crucial to our work and with your help, we can make a real difference to the lives of children and families. During this 1.5 hour session, you will:...
We’re taking our award winning RE:CODE London schools session to the 2019 Islington Computing Celebration at Emirates Stadium. This event celebrates computing and digital activities from Islington Schools and beyond and includes demonstrations from 100s of children and digital leaders showcasing their amazing digital and computing projects from the last year. We’re taking RE:CODE London...
Put your coding skills to the test at our interactive light installation in Canary Wharf.
You are invited to…Tinkering Club: Fantastic Beasts and How To Make Them This Tinkering Club has a magical twist! Come alog to the Imagination Lab, where you’ll discover fantastic beasts and how to make them. From griffins and bowtruckles to any fantastical creature you can create using your imagination, get hands-on using micro:bits, motors and structural...
A day long skills camp for children aged 7-12 exploring coding and robotics.
A full day skills camp for children 7-12 exploring coding, creative invention and making using Micro:bit, motors and sensors
A full day skills camp for children aged 7-12, learning to code through playful technology.
Coding camp for 7-14 year olds. Code simple programs, control electronic circuits, interact with sensors and more.
A digital storytelling workshop at Pinner Library.
We're partnering with Second Home for a family day full of activities at Second Home London Fields.
An evening to discover volunteering opportunities with the iOi.
A day long skills camp for children aged 7-12 exploring coding and robotics.
Sessions for KS2 classes in Lambeth exploring flight.
You’re invited to…Tinkering Club: Coding Light & Sound We are hosting a Tinkering Club for Lambeth residents, as part of the Lambeth Community Programme. What can you expect at Tinkering Club? This month children will learn how to code light and sound. Using BBC Micro: bits, LED’s and structural materials children will be able to create...
A day long skills camp for children aged 7-12 exploring coding and robotics.
A full day skills camp for children ages 7-12 exploring creative invention using micro:bit, a tiny programmable computer!
A full day skills camp for children aged 7-12, learning to code through playful technology.
A full day skills camp for children aged 7-12, learning to code through playful technology.
A day long skills camp for children aged 7-12 exploring coding and robotics.
A full day skills camp for children ages 7-12 exploring creative invention using micro:bit, a tiny programmable computer!
A Lambeth community programme for residents of Lambeth.
A schools workshop for Key Stage 2 students exploring empathy through multi-sensory games and activities.
A hands-on family festival celebrating curiosity at the Imagination Lab - book for 18 and 19 May.
A robotics and coding schools workshop for Key Stage 2 students.
A full day Half Term skills camp for children aged 7-12 exploring creative invention using micro:bit.
A full day Half Term skills camp for children aged 7-12 years, inventing games and learning to code with BBC micro:bit.
A day long Half Term skills camp for children 7-12 exploring coding and robotics with LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 kits.
An evening event for adults with Bittersuite, this year's winners of the Cultural Residency.
A chance to find out about volunteering with us, in Volunteers Week!
A family music, movement and craft workshop with musicians and dancers from BitterSuite
Award-winning schools sessions for 9-11 year olds with the LEGO Group and the Mayor of London. There are sessions in Feb, Mar and Jun for mainstream, SEND and home education groups.
A creative, problem-solving workshop using robotics for Home Education students.
You’re invited to… Volunteer Evening: Summer Volunteering Throughout August, we are putting on a major summer experience for families to tinker, experiment and play together and we need dedicated volunteers to help bring this to life – the Mega Maker Lab The Mega Maker Lab will be a 12,000 sq ft experience, imagined by young...
A half day workshop for families to learn to code, build and invent together.
An evening of live music, movement workshops and fun for adults at the Imagination Lab
A tinkering club for Lambeth residents only
You’re invited to… Volunteer Evening: Summer Volunteering Throughout August, we are putting on a major summer experience for families to tinker, experiment and play together and we need dedicated volunteers to help bring this to life – the Mega Maker Lab The Mega Maker Lab will be a 12,000 sq ft experience, imagined by young...
Part workshop, part performance, add your imaginative stories inspired by music to The Firebird Lab experience.
Find out about summer volunteering opportunities with us at Mega Maker Lab in August and meet the team.
Your chance to preview Mega Maker Lab before volunteering in August and find out more about your volunteering role.
Book for 1-31 August weekday entry to Mega Maker Lab, a summer celebration of creativity, invention, making…and fun!
Book for 1-31 August weekend entry to Mega Maker Lab, a summer celebration of creativity, invention, making…and fun!
A masterclass exploring virtual reality as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass exploring the gadget Sphero as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass in stop-frame animation as part of Mega Maker Lab
A day long coding skills camp for children aged 7-12
A quieter day to explore Mega Maker Lab. This day is particularly focussed on enhancing the experience for children with SEN.
A day long robotics workshop for children aged 7-12 using BBC Micro:bit
A full day skills camp exploring electrical circuits
A masterclass exploring virtual reality as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass in creating holograms as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass exploring coding, conductivity, sound and music by learning how to create circuits and applying computer code and improvised sound and music
A masterclass exploring virtual reality as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass exploring the gadget Sphero as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass exploring stop-frame animation as part of Mega Maker Lab
A day long coding skills camp for children aged 7-12
A day long skills camp with BBC micro:bit for children aged 7-12
A masterclass exploring virtual reality as part of Mega Maker Lab
A masterclass in creating holograms as part of Mega Maker Lab
Explore the creativity of micro:bit (micro-computing) hosted by us as part of the global micro:bit challenge!
Join a workshop at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's drawings.
Become part of the Lambeth Sparks programme and develop valuable skills in digital project based learning.
A day-long school's workshop for Year 3,4 and 5 classes based in Southwark. Alongside this, teachers will take part in CDP sessions
The award winning programme for schools with LEGO Group and Mayor of London. For years 5 and 6.
A pop-up at Curry’s PC World, Brixton with creative technology tasters.
Become part of the Lambeth Sparks programme and develop valuable skills in digital project-based learning.
We're popping up at South Friern Library for workshops in creative coding and digital storytelling.
We need your opinions! Join a focus group for adults exploring the ethics of artificial intelligence in toy.
Free half term workshops exploring digital design and making with Tate and Institute of Imagination.
Join Institute of Imagination, LEGO Education and Dr. Ethan Danahy for a Q&A on the power interdisciplinary learning.
Become part of the Lambeth Sparks programme and develop valuable skills in digital project-based learning.
A schools workshop for Year 5 and 6 held at The Crystal
If your child took part in the Lambeth Sparks programme, we're inviting them to use their imagination to create a world of wellbeing!
Join our FREE online Creative Technology in the Classroom CPD - supported by Sir John Cass Foundation. Bringing together the arts, engineering and digital technologies.
If your child took part in the Lambeth Sparks programme, we're inviting them to use their imagination to create a stop motion story!
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub and play with aerodynamics! Suitable for SEND families from Brent, Barnet and Harrow.
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub and create your own games in Make Cube Arcade! Suitable for SEND families from Brent, Barnet and Harrow.
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub with Oily Cart! Suitable for SEND families across London.
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub with Oily Cart! Suitable for SEND families from across London.
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub and experiment with Chain Reactions! Suitable for SEND families across London.
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub and experiment with stop motion animation! Suitable for SEND families from across London.
Join the Inclusive Virtual Imagination Hub and experiment with food colouring! Suitable for SEND families from Brent, Barnet, Harrow, Camden, Kensington & Chelsea, City of Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham.
Join us for our Online Volunteer Evening to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi.
Children and young people will explore how to animate and create exciting campaigns.
Children learn how to animate their own films using clay, plasticine and wire!
Using Unity, children will learn how to create and animate their own games!
Children use MakeCode Arcade to create and code their own games, characters, background and much more!
It's time for the Lambeth Sparks animation challenge!
Children will tinker with different animation techniques using food and drink
Children and young people will create characters using clay, wire and plasticine!
Children will be learning Aardman inspired techniques as well as using Aardman's new stop motion app.
Children will be using MakeCode Arcade to create and code their own games.
Sign up for a funded imagination box - a creative resource pack for children and young people from Newham
Learn how to make instruments out of everyday objects and join the iOi's junk orchestra.
Children will be using MakeCode Arcade to create and code their own multiplayer games!
Children will learn how to make a lava lamp and experiment with food colouring.
It's time for the Lambeth Sparks animation challenge!
A taster workshop to help parents explore Stop Motion Animation!
Children will then tinker and explore different animation techniques using food or drink.
Join us for our Online Volunteer Evening to find out more about volunteering opportunities with the iOi.
Inspired by Aardman, we'll build characters and backgrounds for animations
Children will be using MakeCode Arcade to create and code their own games.
Visit public sculptures inspired by the young people of Newham!
Children will animate their own films using the skills they have learnt from the previous sessions.
A chance to celebrate the achievements over the last six weeks.
Gallions Primary School invites pupils and their families to create your own Paper City!
You’re invited to... Lambeth Libraries: Digital Handheld Cities iOi at Home is a new creative programme in Lambeth. iOi and Lambeth Libraries are working together to bring families in Lambeth a Digital Lending Library where equipment can be borrowed and used at home to support learning, experimentation and playing with imagination! In this workshop we...
Join us online to create and experiment with your own paper city!
Learn more about the Institute of Imagination's latest theme and how your school can get involved!
Part 1 of this activity you will go on adventures through exploring scenes in Virtual Reality
Classrooms across Lambeth and Newham can join in our sculpting paper cities workshop!
In Part 2 of this activity you will continue building your Digital Handheld City and learn how to begin coding it to make it move and come to life
Build your own microscope and and explore the nature around you.
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sounds of the Docks!
Play and tinker with everyday materials to create your own sound orchestra
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sounds of the Docks!
Play and tinker with everyday materials to create your own sound orchestra
Build your own microscope and and explore the nature around you.
Continue creating a digital city by using Virtual Reality!
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sounds of the Docks!
Play and tinker with everyday materials to create your own sound orchestra
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sounds of the Docks!
Play and tinker with everyday materials to create your own sound orchestra
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sounds of the Docks!
Play and tinker with everyday materials to create your own sound orchestra
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sound of The Docks
Build your own rainstick inspired by the sounds of the Docks.
Build your own microscope and explore the world around you!
Join us at Millennial Mills to make your own paper city!
Hack the Millennium Mills using Virtual Reality!
Join us at Millennial Mills to reimagine Silvertown!
Hack the Millennium Mills using Virtual Reality!
Build your own microscope in our afterschool club!
Build your own paper city in our afterschool club!
Explore Virtual Reality using cospaces!
Learn how to bring your city to life using coding in our afterschool workshop
Interactive light box installation celebrating the Royal Docks.
Discover creative hands on activities across Newham libraries!
We have three fun activities from the new SEND Imagination Box!
A free inclusive workshop this February Half Term!
Design your own lightbox in this inclusive workshop
Brent Parent Carer Forum Join us for SEND Family Day!
SEND families are invited to play with Light and Shadow at Harrow Arts Centre
