Real-world skills for children who need more than worksheets.
The Foundry is Fennby's practical learning track: business ideas, coding, craft, problem-solving, and confidence work delivered through safe workshops, clubs, and community learning sessions.
What the Foundry is for
- ✓ Business ideas and pitching
- ✓ Coding and digital confidence
- ✓ Vocational and craft learning
- ✓ Inclusive sessions for SEND learners
What comes with it
Business thinking
Children learn how ideas become plans: audience, cost, value, simple budgeting, pitching, and reflection.
Coding and making
Practical sessions that connect digital skills with real-world projects, from simple apps to hands-on craft.
Safe local delivery
Workshops are planned around safeguarding, consent, venue checks, supervision ratios, and clear parent visibility.
Community conversations
A way for schools, councils, charities, and local organisations to explore structured learning days with Fennby.
The 6-week Foundry cycle
Discover
Explore the skill area, choose a child-sized problem, and set a calm goal.
Learn
Meet the core tools, words, examples, and safety rules for the track.
Build
Create the first version with AI-guided prompts and human support where needed.
Improve
Use feedback to revise, simplify, strengthen, or practise the work.
Present
Explain the work to a small audience, guide, parent, or peer group.
Showcase
Save the outcome into a parent-visible portfolio entry.
Foundry tracks
Business & ideas
Mini Founder
Children turn a problem into a simple idea, audience, name, cost, story, and pitch.
Outcome: Idea card, one-page plan, prototype, or short pitch depending on age.
Coding & technology
Code Lab
Logic, Scratch, simple web pages, Python basics, and age-appropriate AI tool use.
Outcome: Animated story, game, web page, Python project, or demo link.
Making & design
Craft Studio
Practical making through sewing, leathercraft, design, illustration, food enterprise, or local partner sessions.
Outcome: A physical object or visual design portfolio with progress photos.
Speaking confidence
Voice & Stage
Storytelling, persuasive speaking, structured talks, confidence, and supportive feedback.
Outcome: Recorded story, short pitch, structured talk, or showcase presentation.
Financial literacy
Money Confident
Spend, save, give, earning, budgeting, cost choices, banks, tax, and practical money decisions.
Outcome: Savings plan, budget, event plan, or simple future-life finance plan.
Local impact
Community Makers
Children spot a local problem, research it, design a response, and document what they did.
Outcome: Project record with writing, photos, evidence, and a short reflection.
How to start
Family route
Interest list
Parents can register interest for coding, craft, confidence, and business-thinking workshops.
School route
By request
Schools can discuss enrichment days, after-school clubs, or targeted skills sessions.
Community route
In discussion
Councils, charities, and venues can speak to us about inclusive local programmes.
The Foundry is about Fennby-led enrichment, with quality, safeguarding, and parent visibility kept consistent as the programme grows.
Thinking about it for your setting?
Tell us about your school, charity, council, venue, or community group, and we'll talk through whether a safe, useful Foundry session is the right fit.